Many people have found better results by starting a small business rather than finding a job.
I received this very thoughtful email from Victoria and hope the responses help both her and others thinking about moving here. I especially picked her email because he correctly read my 10 steps to finding a job in Hawaii piece before contacting me so I know she's doing a little bit of homework. I'll respond
One of the big problems in Hawaii is that there are limited opportunities for work. There are specific industries that do well on an island - and there are few of them. The military provides a lot of jobs, and the major industry in Hawaii is of course, tourism. If you're having trouble finding a
If you "stay Hawaii" you have probably wondered if you might work at home in your living room on a notebook computer, drinking lattes all day instead of slugging it out in massive traffic jams trying to get into town or wherever you're going during rush hours. There are many people I know in Hawaii
I'm surprised at the number of people visiting this site while on vacation or living in Hawaii. I know some of you are visiting the islands and are in search of more information about things to do and maybe even about the possibility of living in Hawaii. I think some of you must already be
Hawaii is not a great place to start a business in my personal opinion. Many people try, but I think the failure rate is higher in Hawaii than other places. There is a lot of competition in areas that matter, like tourism. If you don’t already have a successful tourism focused office open in another
I received this email a couple of days ago from a guy I'll call "Charles" to preserve anonymity. Charles is thinking about buying a business that seems to already be established and successful. I'll respond to his email below in italics.Hello (not sure you said your name on the videos). Just call me Peter. I
Jeremy Shoemaker (Shoemoney.com) just put out this video book of the major steps needed to create your online business. He gave away the 8 videos - and though it is missing some of the details, it gives the big picture and tells you a lot about how to get started planning your online business. You
Everybody stop saying Iceland never gave us anything... because, now they have given us the ultimate Hawaii business idea - restaurants on lava-beds. Why some enterprising Hawaiians haven't come up with this on their own - I don't know. Waves too good maybe? Why Hawaiian Lava Restaurants will work: 1. Cheap land. 2. No heating
