Participating Providers · Affluent Trade Management · A&RM Systems · Business Plans Hawaii · Carlson Communications · Ching, Yuen & Morikawa · Dean Choy, a Limited Liability Law Company  · Dreammasters · Susan K. Eichor · Furniture Plus · Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong    · Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel · Grant Thornton LLP · Hawaii Business Research Library · Lester J. Hee, CPA · Ted H. S. Hong, Esq. · HTDC-MEP · Ho’ike Enterprises LLC · Robert M. Hunter, PPLC · Dr. Judith K. Inazu · Insight Consulting & Training · Jackson & Co., LLP · KMH LLP · Law Office of Erik Kvam · Law Offices of Jack R. Naiditch, Inc. · The Limtiaco Company · Mauka Makai Web Services · Mindwind Labs · NetEnterprise · Nippon BC · Oceanit ITS Division · Pacific Business Services · Pacific Light Studios · Pen-for-Rent · Preview Hawaii · Revacomm · Russell R. Yamada, Attorney at Law   · Spunge · StarrTech Interactive · Darryl M. Taira, AAL, ALC · Kevin T. Wakayama - Attorney · West Island Productions · John P. Wooldridge · XMLStar

Affluent Trade Management
Affluent Trade Management has been providing software development services since 1998. Since 2004, our focus has been to serve organizations in Hawaii. We foster long-term relationships with clients through total commitment to their needs. Our software development facilities are strategically located in India. Access to skilled programmers in India translates into cost-effective, high quality solutions for clients in Hawaii.

Affluent Trade Management has perfected a proprietary Software Engineering process which allows us to offer premier software development services at up to 75% reduced rates, quickly expand staff and hire specialized programmers to support unique client demands, and manage around-the-clock development to meet client requirements on short-notice.

Categories odf Expertise: Custom software development on Microsoft and Open Source Platforms

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Website: www.affluent-trade.com

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Attitude & Response Management Systems - Denny McDonough
Denny McDonough, president of Attitude & Response Management Systems (A&RMS), provides consulting, training and coaching in sales, sales management, leadership, conflict management and communications development. His seminars, which are "chock-full" of practical ideas and fun-filled experiences, combine classroom theory with his experiences as a trainer, manager, corporate coach and a leader.

His experience in corporate sales and sales management at IDS/American Express as well as in providing training for several US government and state agencies, Fortune 500 companies and not-for-profits, etc., gives Denny the background, ability and expertise to improve leadership, communication, selling skills and sales results.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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Business Plans Hawaii - Valerie Koenig
Information gained through marketing research is solid data that can guide your most important strategic business decisions. Do you know who your customers are? Or why they buy from you? What share of the market do you have? What share would you like to have? Information gleaned from market research dictates how you communicate with customers, helps you identify opportunities in the marketplace, and reduces the risks of doing business. It can identify potential problems with your product or services, especially vis-à-vis your competitors.

Valerie Koenig of Business Plans Hawaii has over 11 years experience in creating business plans and conducting market research, financial projections, feasibility studies, and providing business development and operations consulting to existing and start-up businesses. Business Plans Hawaii can help if you are considering any of the following: opening a new business; introducing a new product or service; entering a new market; acquiring a new business or franchise; selling your business; or planning an exit strategy.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Website: www.BusinessPlansHawaii.com

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Carlson Communications – Doug Carlson
Doug Carlson formed his consulting business in 1993 after 20 years in public affairs, business communications and journalism in Hawaii. His service as corporate spokesperson for a major public utility for nearly a decade included continuous involvement with the media and community as a crisis communicator and public speaker. Carlson Communications provides clients with crisis communications, public relations, media relations, communications planning and executive development services and has assisted scores of Hawaii's business, government and professional leaders in elevating their presentation and media relations skills (see mediatraininghawaii.com).

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui, Kauai County and Hawaii County

Website: www.DougCarlsonCommunications.com

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Ching, Yuen & Morikawa - William W.L. Yuen
Mr. William W.L. Yuen, of Ching, Yuen & Morikawa concentrates in all aspects of the venture capital financing process. Mr. Yuen has assisted Hawaii technology start up companies in incorporating, in obtaining qualified high technology business comfort rulings from the State Department of Taxation and in obtaining venture capital financing.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui), and Hawaii County.

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Dean Choy, A Limited Liability Law Company
Dean Choy is a graduate of Yale University and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. He is licensed to practice law in Hawaii, California, and Missouri. He is in solo practice specializing in labor and employment law representing both employers and employees. Mr. Choy is listed by Woodward & White in The Best Lawyers In America under Labor & Employment Law. He is a past President of the Hawaii Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association and has been a NELA lecturer at its annual convention in Toronto, regional convention in Minneapolis, and Hawaii chapter convention.

Offering PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.deanchoy.com

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Dreammasters - Ryozo Ariyoshi
Dreammasters creates spectacular, breathtaking and dynamic 21st century websites.

Recently, Dreammasters has created a new system, blending the technical skills of Dreammasters with the cutting-edge design skills of NIPPON BC – creating HYBRID websites never before seen!

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu.

Website: www.dreammasters1.com

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Susan K. Eichor
Susan Eichor is a senior operations manager with proven success in a Fortune 10 telecommunications company addressing competitive and reorganization challenges. With expertise in optimizing customer service processes, planning and engineering management, employee development, budgeting, vendor negotiations and labor relations, Ms. Eichor's strengths include:

• Motivating, energizing and engaging front line staffs to achieve unprecedented results.
• Obtaining workforce "buy-in" for needed organizational changes.
• Finding simple, straight forward answers to complex issues.

  Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

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Furniture Plus - Charles M. Black
Furniture Plus is a commercial/contract design and supply firm with professional interior designers on staff specializing in space planning, ergonomics, and CADD design.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.furnitureplushawaii.com

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Godbey Griffiths Reiss Chong
Godbey Griffiths Reiss Chong is a Honolulu, Hawaii, law firm concentrating principally on commercial matters with a particular focus on Internet, intellectual property and health care law. The firm strives to provide a high level of legal services coupled with the direct personal contact with its clients that a smaller firm size allows. With extensive experience in both transactional work and litigation, the firm is regularly engaged for high tech and on-line matters, all varieties of intellectual property - patent, trademark, and copyright - on both a state and federal levels, health care, business and corporate, and real estate related legal tasks. Our litigation practice, which is supplemented by a substantial alternative dispute resolution component, emphasizes intellectual property, commercial litigation, and defense of white collar fraud matters.

Seth M. Reiss
Seth M. Reiss emphasizes patent, trademark, copyright, technology and Internet law while also providing services in the areas of business law, commercial litigation and regulatory matters. In addition to being admitted to practice law in Hawaii, Seth is admitted to the California bar, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, and is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has taught intellectual property law at Richardson Law School, and served on the boards of the Hawaii Board of Bar Examiners, the Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the Hawaii State Bar Association's Intellectual Property and Technology Section, a section Mr. Reiss co-founded and currently serves as its chairperson. Mr. Reiss also serves on the World Intellectual Property Organization's Panel of Domain Name Dispute Arbitrators.

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Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, established in 1878, has grown with Hawaii businesses to become Hawaii's largest law firm.

Ricardo S. Galindez concentrates his practice in the areas of business, technology and entertainment law. Examples of his work include:

• Start-Up/Business: Formation and organization, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements, independent contractor agreements, contract review, negotiation and drafting, strategic planning, capital structures, equity financing, business planning and general corporate governance.
• Technology: Negotiation, drafting and review of software license and support agreements, OEM and reseller agreements, services and development agreements, and website/internet policies.
• Entertainment: Formation and representation of domestic and international film, and television production companies, including negotiation, drafting and review of production services agreements, recording, composer and soundtrack agreements and financing documents.

Mr. Galindez draws from a wide range of administrative, business and legal experience, including five years as a senior-level administrator at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington and most recently as corporate counsel at INTERLINQ Software Corporation, a publicly traded software company located in Bellevue, Washington.

Lori M. Hiraoka concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, securities, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, technology contracts and life sciences. Examples of her work include:

• Corporate:
  Assists companies with business formation, structure and governance. Advises companies regarding corporate, partnership and limited liability company law.
• Securities:
  Assists companies with public offerings and private placements, securities registration and exemptions, SEC reporting, NYSE listing, state blue sky laws, stock splits, stock transfers, proxy statements, and related securities compliance matters.
• * Venture Capital:
  Assists emerging companies with capital raising transactions, including the offer and sale of preferred securities in series, bridge financing involving convertible instruments and warrants, and related financing matters. Assists companies in establishing and maintaining stock option plans, submitting State of Hawai'i "Qualified High Technology Business" tax ruling requests, and organizing special purpose entities for Hawai'i investment tax credit purposes.
• Mergers and Acquisitions:
  Assists in documenting transactions involving the merging, reincorporation, purchase and sale (stock and asset transactions) of companies.
• Technology Contracts and Life Sciences:
  Assists companies with license agreements, confidentiality and invention assignment agreements, feasibility study agreements, consulting agreements, distribution agreements, supply agreements, and other technology contracts, with a focus on the needs of life sciences companies.

Ms. Hiraoka received her B.B.A. from the University of Hawai'i, where she was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. Prior to entering law school, she worked in the advertising and marketing industry. Ms. Hiraoka received her J.D. cum laude from the William S. Richardson School of Law, where she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for secured transactions. She is a member of the Business Law Section of the Hawai'i State Bar Association and participates in two of its subsections: the DCCA Work Group (focusing on legislation) and the Hawai'i Venture Lawyers Work Group (focusing on venture law).

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

Web Site: www.goodsill.com

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Grant Thornton LLP - Patrick Oki
Patrick H. Oki is an assurance partner in the Honolulu office of Grant Thornton LLP.  Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Mr. Oki spent over 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers servicing public and private companies in the Hawaii market.  In addition to providing assurance services to middle market companies, Mr. Oki was the practice leader for PwC’s advisory group in Honolulu.  Mr. Oki has experience in assisting Hawaii companies on improving their internal controls including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and business process improvement work.  As a certified fraud examiner, Mr. Oki has conducted numerous forensic and fraud investigations and has performed various litigation and bankruptcy support work in Hawaii.  He also specializes in mergers and acquisitions in the hospitality industry.

In 1999 and 2000, Mr. Oki was employed by a Hawaii venture capital-backed high-tech company where he helped develop and manage the company’s finance, human resources and accounting functions. Since returning back to public accounting, Mr. Oki has been an advisor to several high-tech companies in Hawaii. Working for a high-tech start-up company and directly with its investors gave him many new experiences and additional knowledge. Mr. Oki received hands-on experience in developing accounting and human resources systems including implementing policies and procedures; producing budgets, forecasts and financial models; writing business plans; and fundraising.

Mr. Oki is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  He is also the treasurer and board member of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association and the IONA Contemporary Dance Theatre.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County.

Website: www.GrantThornton.com

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Hawaii Business Research Library - Ruth Corn, Library Director
HBRL is a full-service business, reference and research electronic library with a staff of degreed professionals providing one-on-one assistance. Researchers answer information requests in all areas of business, science and technology. HBRL maintains specialized e-collections of journals, newspapers, directories, business CD-ROMs, extensive commercial database subscriptions on over 800 industry, state, local and international topics covering all fields of research, market research, census and demographic statistics for customized geographical areas.

The HBRL is a U.S. census depository and State Data Center Affiliate housing government documents and CD-ROMs. The HBRL publishes and maintains a web-based current business awareness newsletter, the Maui County Data Book for the County of Maui and brochure guides focused on specific business subjects. Staff respond to inquiries on a broad range of topics from Hawaii entrepreneurs, non-profits, educators, students, government officals, business startups and established businesses. Individuals and businesses may contact the library via email, fax, 800-509-3100 or 808-875-2400.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.hbrl-sbdc.org

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Lester J. Hee, CPA - Accountant
Lester Hee is the owner of a certified public accounting practice that has five professionals who provide bookkeeping, accounting, and tax compliance/consulting services primarily to small business clients. Mr. Hee started the firm in 1993 after working 14 years in both the audit and tax practices of an international accounting firm.

Full-service bookkeeping is one option for clients, while other clients choose to customize the level of services—these clients might write their own checks, make their own bank deposits, and reconcile the bank accounts, but need bookkeeping and accounting assistance to prepare a general ledger and compile financial statements. The firm’s professionals utilize computer accounting software programs (QuickBooks, Quicken, Peachtree Accounting, and MAS 90) either in the firm’s office or on clients’ computers. Tax services include preparation of Hawaii general excise tax returns and federal and state income tax returns for individuals, trusts, partnerships, C corporations, and S corporations. Act 221 provides tax incentives related to Hawaii high technology businesses and the firm prepares Hawaii tax returns for businesses and investors that comply with the requirements for obtaining these tax incentives.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

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Ted H. S. Hong, Esq.
Ted provides business owners and employees, throughout the State of Hawaii, with individualized attention and access to quality, up to date legal services in the rapidly changing area of Employment and Workplace law. Ted assesses and evaluates businesses for compliance with employment and labor laws. Ted is an experienced litigator with real world experience as lead counsel in more than twenty (20) jury trials in State and Federal Court. Ted has been lead counsel in over twenty (20) arbitrations and mediations. He has argued appeals before the appellate courts of the State of Hawaii, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ted was recognized as the “Best Lawyer,” Kama’aina Services, by the Hawai’i Island Journal, in its June 16-30, 2002 issue .

Ted recently served in Governor Lingle’s administration as the Chief Negotiator for the State of Hawaii, responsible for coordinating and negotiating all collective bargaining agreements with the public sector employee unions. Ted has been an invited speaker to several employment law seminars dealing with Violence in the Workplace issues. He was an invited speaker at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s “Start Up: The Hawaii Entrepreneurs Bootcamp” held on November 8, 2002 to discuss Employment Law issues. On November 13, 2002, Ted was one of the featured speakers at the “Supervisor’s and Management’s Challenge with Discipline and Termination,” which was sponsored by the County of Hawaii.

Offering PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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High Technology Development Corporation-Manufacturing Extension Partnership (HTDC-MEP)
HTDC-MEP works with small and medium size companies that want to improve their business. We act as your general practitioner in providing a wealth of knowledge and meeting various industry-specific needs. We have worked in food processing, construction, management consulting, wood, textiles, biotech, value-added agriculture and many other industries applying our expertise to a broad base of industries in Hawaii.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County.

Web site: www.htdc.org/mep

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Ho’ike Enterprises LLC - Kehau Kali
Specializing in early-mid stage entrepreneurial ventures, Ho’ike Enterprises LLC (formerly known as Ho’ike Consulting), provides strategic consulting services that including planning, development and execution of plans for achieving profitable corporate vision through marketing, product development, appropriate organizational structure and leadership/key personnel teams. Other areas of expertise include applying sustainable entrepreneurship models and creating ‘money magnets’ to attract and attain capital necessary for growth.

Other areas of expertise include identifying core difficulties, creative problem solving with ‘out-of-the-box’ solutions, branding, effective networking strategies, viral marketing strategies, resource development and business plan development.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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Robert M. Hunter, PPLC
Robert M. Hunter assists independent inventors and innovative organization in development of intellectual property protection strategies, staff training, and preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.webpatent.com

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Dr. Judith K. Inazu
Dr. Judith Inazu has worked as an instructor, administrator, and researcher at a number of universities in Hawaii and on the U.S. mainland for more than 25 years. Her professional experience includes designing and conducting program evaluation, conducting applied research, writing and editing grant proposals, writing and editing technical and "user-friendly" reports and other documents, and data analysis and interpretation. Last summer, she was selected to attend an intensive three-week evaluation institute at Western Michigan University sponsored by the National Sciences Foundation. At her place of work, she specializes in grant writing, evaluating social programs, and monitoring and evaluating infrastructure development and capacity-building grants. She is comfortable working with clients that require extensive interaction and frequent meetings as well as those who operate remotely by assigning responsibilities and requiring a finished product by an established deadline.

Recent clients include Aloha Tool & Rental, Inc. dba Honolulu Recovery Systems and the Honolulu Festival, which has been a client for three years.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

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Insight Consulting & Training – Sherri Okinaga
Insight Consulting & Training partners with small and medium sized organizations to tackle the significant business challenges of the 21st century. We offer both consulting and training services - specializing in the areas of leadership development, team buliding, personal effectiveness, and organizational planning. Our training services primarily involve conducting workshops and facilitating small group follow-up sessions. We have a variety of topics to offer in our workshops and can even tailor them to best suit your specific requirements. By creating a supportive environment, we can ensure true return on your training investment.

In the area of organizational planning, we work with executives and department directors to conduct an assessment of the organization and develop or refine strategies to achieve their goals. We believe that theassessment is critical to understanding the current state and defining the desired state of the organization. We also offer consulting services to facilitate planning sessions and retreats for busy executives and their teams who understand the value of taking time from the day-to-day activities to step back, reflect on how the business is running, and plan for the future. For more information, please visit www.insight4u.org.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.insight4u.org

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Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.jacolaw.com

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KMH LLP - Alan M.L. Yee
Alan M.L. Yee is the partner-in-charge of KMHLLP’s Tax and Business Advisory practice. Prior to joining KMH, Alan was the office managing partner and head of the tax department of the Honolulu office of Grant Thornton LLP. With more than twenty years of experience in public accounting, Alan recognized that the rapidly changing competitive environment on the mainland was having a dramatic impact on the national firms operating in Hawaii. Realizing that the future prospects for these firms in Hawaii were becoming increasingly uncertain and having the same shared vision as the partners in the newly formed firm of KMH LLP, Alan accepted the position of leading KMH LLP's tax practice.

Selected Experience

• More than 20 years of experience providing tax and business advisory services to corporations, partnerships, nonprofits, closely-held businesses and individuals
• Substantial experience in the areas of compensation and estate planning
• Alan has worked with a variety of clients representing Hawaii’s major industries, including real estate developers, contractors, financial institutions, retail and wholesale companies, brokers, nonprofits and personal service companies
• Alan’s commitment to Hawaii’s small business industry was recently recognized when he was awarded the Small Business Administration’s National Accountant Advocate Award for 2002

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu and Kauai County

Web Site: www.kmhllp.com

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The Law Office of Erik Kvam
Erik Kvam is an intellectual property attorney, registered to practice patent law before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Mr. Kvam has more than 15 years of experience in the protection of intellectual property rights through licensing and sale of such rights and, when necessary, the enforcement of such rights through litigation and/or alternate dispute resolution. His fields of technological expertise include materials science, chemistry, the physical sciences and engineering generally. Mr. Kvam, who has an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, has successfully piloted, to closing, several multimillion-dollar tax-leveraged technology-related investment transactions. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Hawaii, California and New York. Mr. Kvam is a Director of the Intellectual Property and technology Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association and a member of the Hawaii Academy of Sciences.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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Law Offices of Jack R. Naiditch, Inc.

Jack Naiditch is a sole practitioner in private law practice in Paia, Maui and serves as a per diem judge for the District Family Court of the Second Circuit (Maui). Naiditch specializes in real estate, intellectual property, corporate and commercial transactions and related litigation. He was formerly a partner in the Honolulu/Maui law firm, Jaress & Rafetto. Naiditch was a general partner and vice president of research in two New York-based investment companies engaged in risk arbitrage and leveraged buyouts. He also served as vice president of mergers and acquisitions in a London-based investment banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and municipal financing. Naiditch was also a founder and Chief Executive Officer of a New York-based electronic music publishing company.

Offering PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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The Limtiaco Company – Diane Peters-Nguyen
Since its inception in 1989, The Limtiaco Company has earned a solid reputation as an innovative, resourceful and dynamic public relations and marketing firm. Our highly responsive, "hands-on" team personally keeps clients fully informed on project progress and successes. With wide ranging experience in a wide variety of industries, our team can effectively increase public exposure and help target your services or products to specific market segments. We will work to develop your messages so that no matter how complex the technology, your company information is understandable to the general public. We are able to leverage our expertise and ongoing list of contacts to generate literally millions of impressions and thousands of media placements. See www.TheLimtiacoCompany.com for further information.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui, Lanai, Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.thelimtiacocompany.com

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Mauka Makai Web Services - Bruce Campbell
Our only business is enabling small businesses in Hawaii to achieve local and global advantage through affordable, professional web site design, development and marketing. As former tenant of high tech incubation centers in Hawaii we have personal experience of the needs and challenges of young companies.

Each project is as unique as the business and owner themselves and our goal is to listen to you to hear the story you want to tell. The web is the window through which you express who you are to your worldwide customers and interact with them through design, image, word and services. Our work and client's satisfaction speak for themselves . Visit our portfolio now and see for yourself . Call or email us to set up a free consultation about your new website or redesign.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.emaukamakai.com

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Mindwind Labs - Burt Lum
Mindwind Labs is engaged in providing clients with strategic business development with a focus on enhancing the value of their Internet and information technology investment to meet their strategic goals. For early stage companies this includes:

• Strategic business planning
• Operational processes and work flow
• Technology infrastructure development
• Telecomm & network assessment
• Business process analysis and project management
• Sales and Marketing
• Accounting and business practices
• Research and Development

Mindwind Labs can operate in a consultative or advisory role with key executive management, investors and board members.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.mindwind.com

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NetEnterprise - Benny Mateo
NetEnterprise, Hawaii’s most trusted IT solutions provider, delivers technology investment value for networking, Internet, and business application initiatives through its suites of services. These include Business EDGETM managed IT services, Business POINTTM Internet connectivity solutions, and the NetEnterprise ROI Assurance program. The NetEnterprise combination of state-of-the-art technology, ingenuity and Hawaii’s most experienced group of IT professionals provides fast return on technology investments. In the areas of IT services, Internet services and infrastructure, as well as business application solutions, customers have come to rely on NetEnterprise for quality, cost-effective solutions tailored to the way their business operates.

NetEnterprise corporate headquarters is located at 1132 Bishop St., Suite 700, Honolulu, HI 96813; phone: 808-441-5000; fax 441-5069; email: sales@netenterprise.com.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu and Maui

Web Site: www.netenterprise.com

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Nippon BC - Ryozo Ariyoshi
Nippon BC is a business center that provides consulting, marketing, PR and media buying. Our design section provides graphic design, translation, copywriting, typesetting and printing. Past project list includes SONY Open 1st Magazine, JAL 2000 template, MITSUKOSHI, Hawaii State Government (DBEDT), TIFFANY, LV, PRINCE Resorts, Inc., HILTON Hotel, BENEIHANA and COCO Ichibanya Curry House.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu.

Web Site: www.nipponbc.com

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Oceanit Information Technology Solutions (ITS) Division - David Takeyama
Oceanit (www.oceanit.com) is a diversified technology company specializing in the areas of Science and Technology, Space and Defense, Engineering, Biotechnology, and Information Technology. The Oceanit Information Technology Solutions (ITS) Division was initially created to support the other business focus areas within Oceanit with technical IT support. Oceanit ITS is now a separate business unit that provides specialized IT Services to the business community.

The specialization of Oceanit ITS is in the areas of business animations and custom personal digital assistant (PDA) application development. Animations have been useful for demonstrating complex concepts to clients, investors, and the general public through an easy to understand medium. We believe that animations have been instrumental in helping to get additional funding for new and mature projects. Another area of focus for Oceanit ITS is the development of custom PDA applications integrating GIS, GPS, CAD, and other new technology. Custom PDA applications have been revolutionary in streamlining business processes and operations.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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Pacific Business Services - Russell Seeney
Pacific Business Services, Inc. (PBS) is a 20-year-old Hawaii-based technology firm with expertise in site design, project planning, building infrastructure cabling, network setup, move scheduling, technology assessment, and transition upgrades and software refresh. We provide technical support between the customers, computer suppliers software vendors and services vendors as required. We are a hardware/LAN supplier; PC supplier and third party reseller. After your system is installed, PBS can supply MIS expertise on an as-needed basis or provide full services facilities management.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu.

Web Site: www.PBSHawaii.com

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Pacific Light Studios - Raymond Wong
Raymond Wong of Pacific Light Studios has been a photographer of intersting people, places and things since 1973. His clients range from GTE and HBO to Entrepreneur, Smart Money, and Forbes Magazine. Ray can provide photography in all formats - including digital - and has built a solid reputation for solving problems and exceeding clients' needs.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.pacificlight.com

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Pen-for-Rent - Howard E. Daniel, APR and Sandra Kelley

Do you want to …

• Make your company’s writing clearer? Stronger? More interesting? A better sales tool?
• Turn jargon into language anyone can understand? Even find interesting?
• Give your materials a professional look and feel?
• Create a favorable impression with writing that is free of errors and awkward phrasing?

Then ask Pen-for-Rent to WRITE IT FOR YOU.
or…
Ask Pen-for-Rent to EDIT YOUR MATERIALS .

We can help you with:

• Web copy
• Company information kits
  • Fact sheets
  • FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
  • Bios of your organization’s principals
• News releases
• Brochures & fliers
• Newsletters
• Presentations, speeches
• Byliners (newspaper/magazine articles that demonstrate your executives’ expertise)
• Editorial-opinion pieces (op-eds), letters to the editor
• Business plans
• Reports
• Legislative testimony

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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(Videography) - Shawn Riley
Preview Hawaii is a multi-media web development and search engine marketing firm. Through the analysis of a company's existing marketing presence and future marketing goals we can help businesses of all sizes achieve their electronic marketing goals. Through our specialization in search engine friendly web sites, high quality streaming video content and sophisticated interface design, our clients are able to differentiate themselves from their competition.

With our comprehensive technical knowledge, search engine optimization research and thorough understanding of the Hawaii economy, Preview Hawaii develops integrated new media marketing solutions that work!

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

Website: www.PreviewHawaii.com

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RevaComm - Elden Ito
RevaComm has developed a reputation as a leader in the area of Web site and Internet software development. But more than just a Web development company, RevaComm’s experience and capabilities include graphic design, corporate identity, interactive media, signage, as well as brand development, marketing and print promotion design.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

Web Site: www.revacomm.com

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Russell R. Yamada, Attorney at Law, A Law Corporation - Russell R. Yamada
Russell R. Yamada is an attorney and a certified public accountant with over 25 years of experience in corporate, partnership and individual, estate and tax planning, business start-ups and Section 1031 real property exchanges.  Russell has conducted numerous small business seminars on small business tax planning and new business formations.  He has been a part-time instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He is an Advisory Board Member with the Samoan Service Providers Association (SSPA) and is a regular guest speaker on accounting and tax matters as part of SSPA's entrepreneurial training program.  Russell is a member of the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants (HSCPA) and the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants (HAPA).  

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu

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Spunge - Chris Lucero
Life is an amorphous state of energy that invigorates the mind and touches the soul. At Spunge, we absorb all aspects of life to create eye-opening concepts that produce powerful results. With our affinity in the arts, history, music, and technology, we infuse fresh, creative approaches that bring new dimensions to the human experience. Connecting people with brands is our mission. We thrive and find expression in traditional and modern influences, and we devise meaningful images and messaging that impacts the various walks of life. Our aesthetic inventions are original - and come in any form. Pushing our creative boundaries to offer a whole new level of imagination, we welcome you to the future of design and brand-building.

Welcome to Spunge.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County

Web Site: www.spungemedia.com

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StarrTech Interactive, a subsidiary of Starr Seigle Communications - Mary Fastenau
StarrTech Interactive is one of Hawaii's largest interactive development companies. StarrTech's integrated approach allows them to create technology solutions that best serve the business and marketing needs of their clients. StarrTech's areas of expertise are strategic planning, creative services, technology planning and design, programming and development, online media and project management. StarrTech's customized products range from database driven web sites to interactive sales tools to online marketing plans to technology consulting to Flash applications. The depth and breadth of experience of the StarrTech team allows the company to create technology solutions that combine industry standard practices with innovation and a focus on its clients.

StarrTech is privileged to work with some of Hawaii's most recognized companies. They have experienced consistent growth since their formation in 1995 and offer a full slate of technology services.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui, Kauai County and Hawaii County

Web Site: www.starrtech.com

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Darryl M. Taira, AAL, ALC
Darryl M. Taira is an attorney and accountant with over 20 years legal experience in business, tax, real estate and estate planning. Prior to becoming an attorney, he had practiced in two international accounting firms in audit and tax services. He represents start-up businesses as well as large multinational corporations, from areas of choice of entity, formation, employment, licenses, contracts, and business planning to corporate succession planning and ultimate sale. He also has assisted in the formation of high technology businesses and in completing and filing their applications to obtain certain State of Hawaii tax credits under Act 221. He is a frequent lecturer to various professional trade groups and other organization on all aspects of business, tax, real estate and estate planning.

Providing PSP services in the City and County of Honolulu and Maui

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Kevin T. Wakayama - Attorney
Mr. Wakayama can assist companies with business development and planning strategies, general legal assistance, including formation of corporations and limited liability companies, preparation of business documents, including leases, licenses and contracts, general tax planning, including qualification for State and federal tax credits applicable to high technology or research and development companies, assistance in seeking venture capital, and grant writing.

Providing PSP Services in City and County of Honolulu

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West Island Productions - Paul Y. Nishijima
West Island Productions is a production house that produces films and videos for corporations, government departments and agencies, and non-profit organizations: films and videos that promote, train, inform, and provide public relations for its clients. Corporate and non-profit clients include Bank of Hawaii, Assistive Resource Centers of Hawaii, Hawaii Centers for Independent Living, Winners at Work, Race for the Cure, and Samoan Service Providers Association.

As the producer of West Island Productions, Paul Y. Nishijima has produced, written, directed and edited videos for the City & County of Honolulu; the Office of the Governor; Hawaii Departments of: Tranportation -- Airports Division, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Home Lands. Before returning home to the Islands in 1992, he worked as an independent contractor for major production houses and corporations in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Clients: Chevron, Hewlett Packard Television, and Apple Computer, Inc. He taught Film Production at City College of San Francisco for two years.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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John P. Wooldridge
John Wooldridge is a Patent Attorney operating from Kihei, HI. He writes and prosecutes US and foreign patent applications in a wide variety of technical areas, including laser electro-optics technology, instrumentation, mechanics, physics, electronics, computations and chemistry. He works with individuals, start-up companies and large corporations. His experience includes eight years as an Assistant Laboratory Counsel with the Intellectual Property Law Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where he performed extensive patent prosecution and provided legal advice regarding intellectual property law (Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Trade Secret) and federal technology transfer. Prior to that, Mr. Wooldridge worked for twelve years as a Laser Electro-Optics Technologist in lead positions at LLNL on a variety of projects in the Laser Isotope Separation Program and the Laser Fusion Program. Mr. Wooldridge ’s extensive hands-on experience in high technology environments is very useful in his patent practice.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu, Maui County (Maui, Molokai, and Lanai), Kauai County and Hawaii County

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XMLStar - Debasis Bhattacharya
XMLstar is a global technology company, based out of Maui, Hawaii, focused on online software solutions and IT development projects. XMLstar's Online Collaboration Suite is a private workspace on the Web that gives employees in a company the ability to organize information, readily access that information, manage documents, share calendars and enable efficient collaboration, all in a familiar, web-base environment. With no hardware or software to buy, you get an instant functional and secure web site, ready for employees, customers and partners.

Providing PSP services in City and County of Honolulu and Maui

Web Site: www.xmlstar.com

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