Mike McLelan Owner, Office Station Tell us about your business. In October 2011 I formed the company Office Station. I then partnered with the Office Depot wholesale division to bring the Office Depot Discount Program to Kaua’i. The Office Depot Discount Program is designed so that small businesses (or individuals) can receive the same special [...]
The S&P500 is up more than 11 percent this year and above 1,400 for the first time since mid-2008. This is good news, but many people are still on the sidelines worried about the global economy and the precarious conditions in Europe. The knee-jerk reaction may be to move all assets into a bank account [...]
Lorna Santos and Ben Silva Lawai Cannery and Self-Storage Please tell us about this business. Lorna: Lawai Cannery is a self-storage and industrial warehouse. We have more than 600 units. The sizes range from 5-by-8-feet up to 12-by-30-feet for a mini storage unit and from 600 square feet to more than 6,000 square feet in [...]
Jeanette Huttger Owner of Salon J How did you get started in this business and how long has it been going? I was born into the hair business – both my parents are hairdressers. I started doing hair when I was about 13, and went to beauty school years later. I was a hairdresser on [...]
Shannon Hiramoto | Owner of MachineMachine Please tell us about your business. I sell handmade clothing using new and vintage fabrics, usually one or two of a kind. I create dresses, tops and skirts for women. I also make trucker-style hats and hand-stitch vintage fabric on them. I began my business, MachineMachine, in January 2007. [...]
With the average life expectancy of Americans at 77.8 years, the likelihood that we will need long-term care (LTC) has increased dramatically. In fact, more than half of us will spend part of our lives in situations that require some sort of LTC. Americans who reach age 65 will have a 40 percent chance of [...]
Mike Pemberton Owner of Fantasy Shirts Tell us about your business. We’re a screen printing and promotional products company. We offer T-shirts, hats, mugs, shot glasses, koozies, beach towels … really anything that can be customized. We can take products and put logos on them so businesses throughout Kaua’i can increase their brand recognition. It [...]
A budget is an essential component of one’s finances. A cash flow or budget plan can help tell your money what to do instead of asking where your money went. The “B” word unfortunately has some dreadful connotations. You might feel as though a budget will put you in a financial straightjacket or you may [...]
Michael and Sonja Mcginnis Owners of Divine Planet Please tell us about your business. Divine Planet sells everything from jewelry and women’s clothing to home décor, crafting materials and gift items it’s a pretty wide gamut. The style is “Kaua’i Zen.” We focus on products that have some sort of significance, whether it’s a warm-andfuzzy [...]
Financial problems are all around us. Many Americans today are in debt and are having difficulty paying it down. According to the latest statistics: * U.S. households have more than $15,000 in credit card debt. * 43 percent of Americans spend more than they earn. * 14 percent of income is used to just pay [...]
