Growing a Strong Organization New Learning Pathways… (February 2026) – HIR continues to invest in building the next generation of leaders in finance, planning, and systems strategy through their practicum learning pathways. Rooted in a hālau model of leadership, where teaching and practice are inseparable, these pathways are structured, rigorous opportunities for emerging practitioners to […]
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Food Systems Accelerator Welcoming 12 Innovative Enterprises to Hawaiʻi Food Systems Accelerator Cohort 7 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (February 2026) — Hawaiʻi Investment Ready (HIR), a local impact investing intermediary working towards abundance through just transition to a regenerative, locally resilient ʻĀina Aloha economy, is proud to announce the social enterprises selected for its Hawaiʻi Food Systems
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WAIWAI CON 2025 WAIWAI Con 2025 “Envisioning an ʻĀina Aloha Economy” (November 2025) – In early October, HIR hosted the inaugural WAIWAI Con. This wasn’t just a conference. It was an ʻaha — a gathering place for entrepreneurs, funders, and community partners to share ideas, inspiration, laughter, tears, and most importantly, gratitude to each other.
Food Systems Accelerator Hawaiʻi Food Systems Accelerator – HIR Cohort 6 (January 2025) – As we reflect on an amazing year of movement-building work at HIR, we want to take a moment to celebrate a year of incredible work from the members of Cohort 6. We celebrate the individuals and enterprises who participated in the
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Growing a Stronger Organization Introducing New Team Members … (January 2025) – We’re excited about a new season of growth here at HIR. We’re growing stronger as an organization through new leadership pathways, new investments and relationships, and new team members! When HIR launched in 2014, we started with a lean (but impactful) team and
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Co-Leadership Announcement A New Season of Growth at HIR… (December 2024) – Makahiki Season and the arrival of Ke Ao Polohiwa A Kanaloa (Winter Solstice) bring welcome opportunity to pause and take account of the abundance we’ve seen at HIR over the past season. We are excited to announce that Miwa Tamanaha and Keoni Lee
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Food Systems Accelerator Food. It is global, historical, and deeply personal. In recent years, food systems and our reliance on them has felt more present, more critical than ever. As a place of islands, Hawaiʻi has a rich and long legacy of foodways and resilience. Today, Hawaiʻi continues to host a rich ecosystem of people,
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HIR Impact Residency Impact Residency, Community Building “The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.” Bill McKibben Tweet One of the themes that has come forward for us, that the pandemic depths remind, is that the economic transformation we collectively seek for
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