5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Henk Rogers

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Henk Rogers

1. 3 sentences about yourself that you wouldn’t post on LinkedIn? I dropped out of High School and University. I got fired from a job delivering pizza supplies. I developed electric ovens for heat treating rubies and sapphires that reached 1,900º C. 2. What will you... read more
Conference for startups set to include investors

Conference for startups set to include investors

  (This story originally appeared in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on Dec 19, 2016 (http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/12/19/business/conference-for-startups-set-to-include-investors/). Written by Kathryn Mykleseth with photo by Dennis Oda.)   Blue Startups,... read more
10 Questions with Cohort 8 – RealtyReturns

10 Questions with Cohort 8 – RealtyReturns

Blue Startups welcomed Cohort 8 in late October and we want you to get to know them better as they reach the half-way point in the program readying for their demo day at East Meets West 2017 in January and in San Francisco the first week of February 2017. Today please... read more
East Meets West in Startup Paradise

East Meets West in Startup Paradise

By Nicole Tam, HawaiiBusiness, December 2016 Asian and Mainland entrepreneurs and investors will experience a different East Meets West startup conference next month – and that’s not just because some business ideas will be pitched in outrigger canoes. Honolulu-based... read more
Top 5 Things I Learned About Raising Money for My Startup

Top 5 Things I Learned About Raising Money for My Startup

Margot Schmorak is the co-founder of Hostfully, now in Cohort 8 and she is in the middle of intense funding round for her startup. We asked her to share with us here top 5 things she learned while raising her first round of funding. Here are five things I wish I would... read more
5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Henry Lee

5 Questions with East Meets West 2017 Speakers – Henry Lee

1. 3 sentences about yourself that you wouldn’t post on LinkedIn? Wish I could find the next big thing and identify the company which could capitalise on it. Then retire! Wish I had more time for family and friends. Wish I was back at my weight in college. 2. What... read more
10 Questions with Cohort 8 – Hostfully

10 Questions with Cohort 8 – Hostfully

Blue Startups welcomed Cohort 8 in late October and we want you to get to know them better as they reach the half-way point in the program readying for their demo day at East Meets West 2017 in January and in San Francisco the first week of February 2017. Today please... read more
10 Questions with Cohort 8 – Virtual Fantasy League

10 Questions with Cohort 8 – Virtual Fantasy League

Blue Startups welcomed Cohort 8 in late October and we want you to get to know them better as they reach the half-way point in the program readying for their demo day at East Meets West 2017 in January and in San Francisco the first week of February 2017. Today please... read more