Kauaʻi CC student, taro farmer, honored for educational contributions
Sierra-Lynn Harada-Stone, a business student at Kauaʻi CC, is the recipient of the 2021 Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award.
Sierra-Lynn Harada-Stone, a business student at Kauaʻi CC, is the recipient of the 2021 Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award.
Funding of up to $5,000 is available per venture.
Pulse Utility won the competition and received $15,000 in funding.
The 2021 LaunchPad competition is on February 20.
Kauaʻi CC one of eight international teams in social entrepreneurship finals.
Team Nimbus AI took first place and a $5,000 prize.
More than 160 aspiring entrepreneurs completed UH Mānoa’s economic recovery program in an effort to reinvent workforce industries.
The Hacking 4 Recovery program’s objective is to diversify the economy, assuming that tourism will not fully reopen soon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The three startup companies are Pono Potions, Manaola Innovations, Inc. and What’sFresh!.
The combined, virtual information sessions are on April 28 and May 27 from 12–1:30 p.m.