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It’s our Hubiversary + This Week’s Newsletter

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TONIGHT from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Time flies when you’re having this much fun. Come celebrate our 2-year Hubiversary Party at Ala Moana Beach Park. Join for food, drinks, games and friends. This event is free. Get all the details here.

Welcome to our New Members this week: 👋 Mi Yung Park, Brian Smith, Josh Jackson, Roy Mason, Jennie Kaahui, Bryce Henney, Erik Chang, Lesley Harvey, Dennis Burns, Jacob Thorp,Jorma Winkler, and Jodi Mews. 👋

✨UPCOMING EVENTS✨

Wine Down: Business & Legal ‘Office Hours’ with Candela Strategy Group

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 5 PM – 8:30 PM. Are you ready to move your business to the next phase and have lingering legal or business questions? Candela Hawaii is ready to help! Free event, RSVP here.

Lunch & Learn: How to Improve your Health? Start with your Home

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 12 PM – 1:30 PM. Learn more about how common stressors in the home negatively impact your health with Functional Medicine expert Lauren Adler. Free event, RSVP here.

Startup Grind HNL: Fireside Chat with Peter Rowan

Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Chat with Peter Rowan, who has a background in entrepreneurship and new venture strategy, and is active in the entrepreneurial community as an advisor, mentor, and investor. This is a paid event, please register here.

Wellness Wednesday: Sound Bath & Spoken Word Experience

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM – 8 PM. An evening of sound healing with Lucie Lynch and storyteller Marcia Zina Mager. This is a paid event ($15), click here to register. Members: enter to win 2 FREE tickets – see display box in the kitchen! 

Hawaii Freelancer’s Network: IP & Trademarks for Small Business

Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 12 PM – 1:30 PM. Dick Mosher of Denton’s Law Firm will share his decades of experience with intellectual property (IP) and trademark law. This is a free event, register here.

✨COMMUNITY NEWS✨

Member Organization Zero Waste Oahu (and founder Nicole Chatterson) is working hard to promote a zero waste future for the island. The community has the opportunity to play a big role with the current Waste Management Plan. If you want to help share your support of compost or recycling, read more in our Member Feature here.

Explore our Member Discount program in our newest blog article: movies, locally made products and services, website design, yoga, and MORE are yours with your memberships. See all your Discounts HERE!

Interview with Meli James of Mana Up

By George Yarbrough

We are so excited to be a part of the #startupparadise that is Hawaii. We share a vision with many accelerators, businesses, organizations, and individuals to expand business opportunities here in the islands, and beyond.

One such visionary, whom we are proud to call a friend and a partner, is Meli James. She’s the President of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association and the Founder of Mana Up, an accelerator for packaged goods and brands in Hawaii. She’s a leader in the business community here in Honolulu, and she had some awesome thoughts to share during a recent conversation at her offices in Honolulu.

Meli understands that connecting Hawaii’s business leaders at locations like Impact Hub HNL is vital to the growth of our startup ecosystem, and is helpful to connect entrepreneurs with each other. Along with alternative workspaces, she’s excited to see the type of investment campaign we’re running. She says these different types of investment – beyond the traditional bank loan or angel investors– can create a lot more opportunity in the islands.

Take a peek at the video below to learn more about her thoughts!