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Father's Day Gift Guide: The Best Gifts For The Dad Who Loves To Grill

Father's Day Gift Guide: The Best Gifts For The Dad Who Loves To Grill

May 31, 2023

There’s nothing like summer cookouts. The beautifully seared well-marbled steaks, those loaded burgers.

And for the person who loves to grill, they look forward to this time of the year all year long. If that person who loves to grill is the father figure in your life, getting him the gear and proteins he needs to bring his cookout to the next level may be the ideal gift this Father’s Day.

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MANA UP SELECTS 11 COMPANIES FOR EIGHTH COHORT OUT OF 149 APPLICATIONS

MANA UP SELECTS 11 COMPANIES FOR EIGHTH COHORT OUT OF 149 APPLICATIONS

May 23, 2023

Mana Up, a local accelerator for Hawai‘i-based consumer brands, announces 11 companies that will participate in its annual six-month program this year, joining 74 companies who have graduated from Mana Up’s accelerator since it started its accelerator in 2018. 

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Mana Up Brand Accelerator Selects 11 Companies for Eighth Cohort

Mana Up Brand Accelerator Selects 11 Companies for Eighth Cohort

May 22, 2023

This year’s companies, chosen from among 149 applications, all have at least one female founder, and seven are family-owned.


Mana Up has a new partnership with Altres to help companies grow

Mana Up has a new partnership with Altres to help companies grow

May 15, 2023

Hawaii business development initiative Mana Up recently launched a new partnership with local staffing and human resources firm Altres that’s designed to help emerging companies grow.

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10 Hawaiʻi Products We Love Right Now

10 Hawaiʻi Products We Love Right Now

May 08, 2023

Spring Break is over and summer isn’t here yet. So we’re all daydreaming about that Hawaiʻi vacation. (Yes, we daydream about the Islands, too.)

There’s one way we can bring the Islands to us—shopping!

We rounded up some of our favorite Hawaiʻi products right now, from comfy blankets in tropical prints to lilikoʻi butter that’s perfect with pancakes. So you can get your Hawaiʻi fix without leaving your home.

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ALTRES AND MANA UP PARTNER TO HELP GROW JOBS IN HAWAIʻI

ALTRES AND MANA UP PARTNER TO HELP GROW JOBS IN HAWAIʻI

April 21, 2023

Press Release

 Mana Up, a local company offering a business program for Hawaiʻi product entrepreneurs looking to grow to global markets, announced a new partnership with ALTRES to help emerging employers. 

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18 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Waikiki Vacation

18 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Waikiki Vacation

April 10, 2023

Are you planning your next Waikiki vacation? Here are a few mistakes that you should try to avoid during your trip – according to a Hawaii local!

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Pacific Pulse: Duke Kahanamoku Collab

Pacific Pulse: Duke Kahanamoku Collab

April 04, 2023

Pro surfer clothing designer Kekoa Cazimero and Co-founder of Mana up Meli James joins Sunrise to talk about their new clothing line honoring Duke Kahanamoku.

 

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Women of Distinction 2023 | Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i

Women of Distinction 2023 | Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i

April 04, 2023

Dream. Explore. Become.On March 3, 2023, at Hilton Hawaiian Village as we celebrated Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i 2023 Women of Distinction.

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Mana Up Brings Hawaiian Sunshine to Your Winter Doorstep

Mana Up Brings Hawaiian Sunshine to Your Winter Doorstep

March 28, 2023

Global Traveler

Baby, it’s cold outside — really cold — and if dreaming of tropical islands helps you keep warm, Hawai’i-based, women-operated Mana Up can fuel your fantasy with plenty of great, locally crafted artisan products deliverable directly to your snowy doorstep.

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Tech View: New Mana Up store offers local shopping with style

Tech View: New Mana Up store offers local shopping with style

December 19, 2022

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

As it turns out, though, there is a local retail oasis where you can only buy products from Hawaii companies, created by Hawaii entrepreneurs — products based on uniquely Hawaii ingredients and designs. A place that disguises its mission of supporting local entrepreneurs and diversifying the island economy behind a stylish, story-filled boutique shopping experience.

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Mana Up has opened a new retail location at Prince Waikiki

Mana Up has opened a new retail location at Prince Waikiki

December 19, 2022

Pacific Inno

Business accelerator Mana Up has opened a new retail location, House of Mana Up, in the lobby of the Prince Waikiki hotel.

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