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All Blog Posts Tagged 'startups' (7)

What It Will Take to Create the Next Great Silicon Valleys, Plural

What does Hawaii's tech community think of Marc Andreessen's thoughts on building other Silicon Valleys:

What It Will Take to Create the Next Great Silicon Valleys, Plural

Added by Augusto Callejas on June 23, 2014 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

March 2013 Newsletter

Aloha TechHuians,

I'm sending the March newsletter a few days early to make you aware of a number of interesting upcoming events as well as imminent committee votes on key bills that affect the Hawaii tech community.

Events

Unconferenz

March 2 from 8am-4pm at Windward Community…

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Added by Daniel Leuck on February 26, 2013 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

A New Hawaii Accelerator: Blue Startups

Henk Rogers has launched a new Hawaii-based venture accelerator called Blue Startups focusing on capital-efficient and scalable-technology companies, including Internet, software, mobile, gaming and e-commerce. They are also interested in tech companies selling into Asian markets.

I'm excited to see Henk and friends making this sort of investment in our…

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Added by Daniel Leuck on November 21, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments

Meet appbackr. The World’s First Wholesale Marketplace for Mobile Apps

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Added by Shiva on August 31, 2010 at 8:23am — No Comments

Pono Media partners with MotherApp to buiild mobile applications

Industry-leading provider of cross platform mobile applications, Motherapp Limited has partnered with local media marketing startup, Pono Media to develop and market mobile applications in Hawaii, Guam, and throughout Polynesia. Founded in Hong Kong in 2005 by former original Google team member, Ken Law and serial entrepreneur, Leo Chan; Motherapp focuses on creating mobile apps using their patent-pending technology, which allows them to create applications quickly and easily for all major… Continue

Added by L.P. "NEENZ" FALEAFINE on January 12, 2010 at 8:18am — No Comments

Are Hawaii's Tech Tax Credit Worth the Cost?

Today, the Honolulu Advertiser ran an article on 221/215. The article is primarily a strong attack on the prudence and viability of the tax credits. The article cites a new 25 page report by the Department of Taxation that is well worth reading.

The numbers look bad and the public reaction (both in quotes and… Continue

Added by John on December 29, 2008 at 9:45am — 226 Comments

Great Video on Software Startups from Hubspot Founder Dharmesh Shah

The key take-aways from this excellent video:

*VC money is really expensive because you spend so much energy getting it. Build a product instead.
*Write a blog not a biz plan
*Your ideas suck. So get started anyway.

Added by Alex Salkever on December 1, 2008 at 7:37pm — 1 Comment