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Small businesses in Hawaii and the nation employ a majority of the workforce population, and their success proves vital to the overall health of our economy. The Small Business Administration (SBA) believes that small business is critical to economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace.
To recognize the efforts and achievements of small business leaders, the SBA holds the annual Small Business Award, which also aims to promote entrepreneurship and business stewardship.
This year a total of 33 individuals in 25 businesses have been honored in separate categories. These business owners stand as the cream of the crop in their respective industries here in Hawaii and nationwide.
2007 Small Business Person of the Year - Malcolm Koga & Glenn Nohara, Koga Engineering. Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc. is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii with operations also on Kauai and Hawaii. Founded in 1973, Koga Engineering is licensed in the State of Hawaii to do both A-General Engineering and B-General Building construction work Its scope of work typically involves site grading, foundation excavation, earth retention, dewatering, subgrade preparation and site utilities. Customers include governmental agencies (Federal, State and County), private developers, municipalities and private industry. The company vision is "Think Sitework…Say Koga!" Koga moved on to compete in the national finals in Washington, DC.
Small Business Journalist - Evan & Kari Leong, Greater Good Radio. Greater Good Radio is a joint effort to use leverage to help businesses help the community in ways that will also benefit their bottom line profits. This is termed "social entrepreneurship" or dual bottom lines. Evan and Kari Leong interview top entrepreneurs to find out how they became successful and how their community involvement has been crucial to their success. By recording these interviews, archiving them and making them available through radio, print, internet and satellite, Greater Good Inc. is taking their message to thousands of people. They have the ability to mentor people at a ratio of 1:100,000 instead of 1:1. Greater Good Inc. aims to develop people's businesses and entrepreneurial careers and implant a social message with a call to action at the same time. The Leongs also competed and won the Region IX finals where they competed head-on with California, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona, Guam and American Samoa.
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