Small Business News
April 2005 | Online Edition
The SBA Small Business Persons of the Year were honored at the Legislature last month.
SBA Announces Small Biz Awardees for 2005
The SBA Small Business Person of the Year Award honors the owners/operators of a small business that has demonstrated increased revenues and job creation as well as staying power, positive response to adversity, innovation in products or services and community involvement.
Selected awardees — Statewide winners: Dennis Matsui, Modesto Revilla Jr.
and Robert R. Acasio, Aloha Machine & Welding, Ltd. (Hilo)
sland of Hawaii — Rodney Inaba, Kamuela Kayak (Hawi)
City and County of Honolulu/Island of Oahu — Chad Buck, Hawaii Food Service Alliance, LLC.
sland of Maui — Bob and Kelly King, Pacific Bio Diesel,
Island of Kauai — Martin and Carole Kahn, Kanai Corporation
2005 Family Owned Small Business National Winner, Region IX and State of Hawaii: This award honors a family owned and operated business which has been passed from one generation to another and has a track record of at least 15 years. Walter “Kamika” Smith, Smith’s Motor Boat Service, Inc. (Kauai). City and County of Honolulu/Island of Oahu, Clyde Fukuyama and Melvin Matsuda, Kahuku Farmers, Inc. and Matsuda-Fukuyama Farms, Inc.
2005 Minority Small Business Champion Region IX and State of Hawaii — Olin Kealoha Lagon, CEO, Hawaiian Homestead Technology.
2005 Small Business Exporter State of Hawaii — Carole Baguio, Pacific Hawaiian Music Corporation. A complete list is on our website: Click here to download PDF file of honorees
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