ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIVE
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIVE SPEAKER SERIES INVITES FOUNDERS AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY WITH UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I STUDENTS.
Each event features individuals who educate and inspire students by sharing their real-world challenges and triumphs, and range of emotional experiences in forging a startup.
Each talk is followed by Q&A and a networking session. The networking session gives the chance for students from various disciplines to interact with each other and with the presenter. The series if free and open to all UH students. Each Live event is recorded and posted to the website for future viewing.
Entrepreneurship Live is organized by PACE. This series is possible thanks to the generous support of Tony Bernheim in honor of Saul Reinfeld, Catherine Lynham and Alan Wong.
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIVE SPEAKER SERIES INVITES FOUNDERS AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY WITH UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I STUDENTS.
Each event features individuals who educate and inspire students by sharing their real-world challenges and triumphs, and range of emotional experiences in forging a startup.
Each talk is followed by Q&A and a networking session. The networking session gives the chance for students from various disciplines to interact with each other and with the presenter. The series if free and open to all UH students. Each Live event is recorded and posted to the website for future viewing.
Entrepreneurship Live is organized by PACE. This series is possible thanks to the generous continued support of First Insurance Company of Hawaii. Please check back later for the fall speaker line up.
PAST SPEAKERS
- All
- Business Specifics
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- Investing
- Retail
- Startups
- Technology
- Other
- Real Estate
- Intrapreneurship
- Family Business
Ryan Sung
Honolulu Cookie Company - February 18, 2026
Kyle and Josephine Wai Lin
Please Come Again - January 28, 2026
Lexee Howes
Made by Lexee - November 12, 2025
Branen Yamamoto
Huff 'n Puff - October 15, 2025
Timothy Kim
Gochi - September 24, 2025
Avian Ku
ILA SWIMS - September 12, 2025
Ryan Ching
Ry's Poke Shack - April 30, 2025
Joni Redick Yundt and Rose Wong
FAMES Hawaii | Kolohe - April 15, 2025
Kūha‘o Zane
Sig Zane Designs - April 3, 2025
Doreen Wong and Jennifer Loh
Startup Advisor | TRAVARAS - March 31, 2025
Lynn Sakutori & Camille Heung
Always a.line | Aloha Cut + Cloth - March 4, 2025
Sara LaTorre
Entrepreneur - March 3, 2025
Kris Goto
Independent Artist and Creator - February 4, 2025
Josh Reppun
Pivoting through an iterative life - December 11, 2024
ECUH Speaker Panel
Eric Tam, Eddie Ontai, and Andrew Lau - November 20, 2024
Zach and Courtney Villanueva
Sage Creamery - November 14, 2024
Matt Bruening & Rumi Murakami
Matt Bruening & Rumi Murakami - November 12, 2024
Kini Zamora
Kini Zamora - October 22, 2024
Rocket Ahuna
Rocket Ahuna - September 24, 2024
Linh Owen
Fighting Eel - May 1, 2024
Aaron Kagawa, Amber Imai-Hong, Nicole Cacal, & Brody Uehara
Tech Panel - March 27, 2024
Bahman Sadeghi & Kimia Sadeghi
Meadow Gold Dairies - February 27, 2024
Jared Kushi
Hawaiiverse - February 26, 2024
Pia Arboleda, Kit Furukawa, Lalaine Ignao, & Karlo Tanjuakio
Entre-Pinoy-Ship Panel - October 27, 2023
Michelle Ngo-Wong
Lava Integrity Group - October 12, 2023
Dr. Robert Yonover
SEE/RESCUE - September 12, 2023
Chirs Iwamura
Rainbow Drive-In - April 19, 2023
Greg Young
HawaiiUSA - March 30, 2023
Anthony Duong
Illikoi Goods - March 1, 2023
Rose Wong
Kolohe - February 22, 2023
Chloe Shih
Discord - November 22, 2022
Ed Schultz
Hawaiian Host Group - November 9, 2022
Bryson Honjo
HiConnect Studios - October 20, 2022
Davin Higashi
Crowdmade - October 13, 2022
Tyler Saenz
Parklinq - April 21, 2022
Erin Kanno Uehara
Choco le‘a - March 24, 2022
Assaf Karmon
TurnoverBnB - February 18, 2022
David Hijirida
Acorns - February 3, 2022
Maya Rogers
Tetris - November 19, 2021
Melissa Bow
Via Gelato - October 21, 2021
Rechung Fujihira
BoxJelly - September 23, 2021
Tetsuya O’hara
INCS Corporation, Patagonia, Gap Inc. - April 30, 2021
Mylen Yamamoto
Cropsticks - March 5, 2021
Neale Asato
Asato Family Shop - February 26, 2021
Deena Tearney
Pacific Point - November 20, 2020
Hyram Yarbro
Content Creator & Influencer - November 9, 2020
Andrew Tran
Redefined Media & Panda General Store - October 23, 2020
Tommy Griffith
ClickMinded - September 11, 2020
Covid 19 Problem Solvers
May 4, 2020
Mark Kurano
Monster Energy - April 24, 2020
Trung Lam
La Tour Group LLC - March 6, 2020
Cindy Wu
Experiment - February 7, 2020
Lee Wang
Lucy's Lab Creamery - November 1, 2019
Tamara Butterbaugh
Mānoa Chocolate Hawaii - October 4, 2019
Eric Bjorndahl
ClickTripz - September 6, 2019
Isar Mostafanezhad
Nalu Scientific - April 17, 2019
Allison Izu
The Allizon Izu Company - March 14, 2019
Daniel Lau & Chris Loo
Light Speed Vision - February 15, 2019
Jimmy Chan
Hawaiian Chip Company - November 8, 2018
Lucie Lynch and Marcia Zina Mager
Lucie Lynch and Marcia Zina Mager
Lauren Michaels
Aloha Bridal Connections - September 12, 2018
Zak Noyle
Extreme Surf Photographer - April 5, 2018
Mike Bravo & Travis Ito
A-Crew Apparel & HVN Apparel - March 8, 2018
Henk Rogers
Blue Planet and The Tetris Company - November 17, 2014
Benjamin Trevino
Bikeshare Hawaii - November 6, 2017
Tanya Johnson
Manoa Botanicals - October 10, 2017
Mattson Davis
Ulu Development - September 14, 2017
Paul Kosasa
ABC Stores - April 10, 2017
Donavan Kealoha
Startup Capital Ventures - March 6, 2017
Matt Hong and Luke Untermann
Banán - November 14, 2016
Christine Camp
Avalon Development Company - October 17, 2016
Lawrence and Zachary Hester
Fareharbor - September 19, 2016
Ryan Arakaki and Jun Jo
In4mation - April 4, 2016
Lawrence Ho
The Pig and the Lady - March 14, 2016
Erin Kanno Uehara
Choco le‘a - February 22, 2016
Reg Baker
SMB Specialist - November 17, 2015
Dean Okimoto and Roy Yamaguchi
‘Nalo Farms, Inc. and Roy's - October 20, 2015
Kini Zamora
Fashion Designer - September 22, 2015
Jacob Isaac Lowry
Flywire Cameras - April 20, 2015
Steve Haumschild
Serial entrepreneur - March 16, 2015
Liz Schwartz
Coffee Talk, Inc . - September 22, 2014
Tab Bowers, Jean Hamakawa, Karen Street, Kent Tsuakamoto
Panel on Entrepreneurial Thinking - February 2, 2015
Henk Rogers
Blue Planet and The Tetris Company - November 17, 2014
James Koshiba
Kanu Hawai‘i - October 27, 2014
Peter Rowan
Coinstar - October 13, 2014
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