Empowering People.
Honoring Place.
Living Our Purpose.  

Fueling Change

ʻĀINAPRENEUR NETWORK SUPPORTS HAWAIʻI ENTRPRENEURS

What if business growth in Hawaiʻi didn’t require choosing between profit and purpose? We’re building community-rooted initiative designed to help Hawaiʻi entrepreneurs grow businesses that are connected to place, guided by values, and built for shared prosperity. Build with us.

NEW ON THE POD

In this episode we talk story with Rebecca Corby & Zachere Camara-Andrade. Their stories take us behind the storefronts and into the real-life grit, heart, and community commitment needed to build a small business in Hawaiʻi.

ROOTED IN PLACE. BUILT FOR GROWTH.

Too many business owners have been made to feel that their values were obstacles rather than assets. We believe another way is possible.
A way rooted in relationship.

Priorities with Purpose

A person standing outdoors in front of a table with shave ice and a black banner that reads "Blaze Shave Ice, Pahoa, Hawaii, Hottest Shave Ice." The person is wearing a hat and apron, and there are boats and a blue device in the background.

Blazin’ Snow                   

Zachere’s journey with Blazin’ Snow shows what happens when grit meets aloha. From mom to ʻāinapreneur, she’s carving her own path—one shave ice at a time.

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Mikiʻala  Lidstone 

Mikiʻala doesn’t create change from the outside in. She cultivates it from the roots up — where culture, community, and ʻāina meet.

A man standing behind a table with colorful bags of cookies at a market stall. A banner in the background reads 'Shortbread Cookies' with rainbow colors. Several people are browsing nearby.

Bryson Hiro’s journey from quiet dreamer to ʻĀinapreneur changemaker is a story of perseverance, humility, and aloha.

  Hiro’s Cookies               

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inspire action,
spark transformation

ChangeMakers Hawaiʻi champions economic equity and justice by empowering Native Hawaiian, Indigenous, and underserved communities. Through culturally grounded programs like ʻĀinapreneur, Kanakanomics, KanakaMob, and Philanthropono, we enhance small business growth, financial literacy, workforce development, and nonprofit capacity building. Join us in creating meaningful change and transforming lives!

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plant roots with us

Change begins in connection—with each other, with ʻāina, and with purpose. By becoming a member of ChangeMakers Hawaiʻi, you’re joining a collective heartspace where ideas grow, voices rise, and community leads.

Walk with us as we imagine and build a thriving future, together.