We get this call three or four times a year: Caller: Can you get my website back online? Kona Impact: Maybe, do you have website hosting? Caller: I don’t know. My web designer left town and she took care of it. It’s not online now. Kona Impact: Can you contact her? Caller: No, she moved […]
There have been a few stories in the media recently about businesses refusing services to people they don’t like. One news story was about a cake baker in Colorado who won a favorable ruling in the Supreme Court, giving him the right not to make a cake for a wedding of two gay men. Another […]
I was talking to a graphic designer the other day about a project she had recently completed. She said, “I won’t charge them much. They are a non-profit.” Curious, I asked her what she thought the budget of the non-profit is. She had no idea that the budget of the agency was, from what I […]
The General Excise Tax (GE Tax) is a tax on the gross sales of a business. Currently, it is 4.166% for Hawaii Island businesses and an additional half a percent higher on Oahu. There are very few exceptions: it is collected on basically all goods and services including clothes, food, rent, automobiles sales and just […]
We recently installed a large display on the entrance to our office. Previously, we had a nice blue entrance; this time we decided to go for green. The material is see-through, so from the inside of our office, you can see out clearly. From the exterior, you can see the graphic, but not the inside […]
Last week we started several new projects, and nearly a third were projects for people who speak English as a second language. All grew up outside of the United States and were now running businesses on Hawaii Island. This is not unusual: a large number of our clients fit the profile of immigrant, non-native speakers […]
Like any community, Kona, Hawaii has a range of businesses for sale at any given time. Some are gems in the rough and some are close to closing and no amount of effort can save them. I like to think about Kona businesses for sale as falling into four categories: 1. Turnkey Profitable 2. Distressed […]
The key concept to describe the business situation in Kona, Hawaii is “at capacity.” Almost every business that we deal with at Kona Impact is in what I call a “busy and profitable” mode; that is, they are running full speed and making money. This contrasts with the worst case scenarios we have had in […]
I can do more. We can all do more. A big Mahalo to those who have served!
I was talking to a young man starting a business the other day. He was very excited to be in business and ready to charge forward and make his mark. He has a service, a plan and is clearly willing to work hard to achieve his goals. That conversation got me thinking about what would […]
