Past Business Plan Winners

Year	Business Name	Group Members	Business Idea
Traditional Category - Past Winners
2008	NanoGreen, Inc.	Donavan Kealoha, Mehrdad Nejhad, Richard Russ, Atul Tiwari and Lee Taylor	A company specializing in nanotechnology research and development in advanced structural chemicals and materials.
2007	Manoa Transgenics, Inc.	Renata Matcheva, Doris Miocinovic & Pearl Ueranant	An innovative gene insertion technology to develop transgenic mice and proprietary gene delivery plasmids that aims to cure genetic disease in humans
2006	MicroNose Technology	Liangjie Dong, Harmoni Elliott, Daoping He, Jason Moran & John Varlaro	A high efficiency, low cost water filtration systems media that removes arsenic and other toxic heavy metals from municipal drinking water systems
2005	Risk Assessment Laboratories	Stephen Morgan, John Ng, Robert Sherman, Kevin Rosenblatt & Peter Bryant-Greenwood	A test, which will be administered by hospitals and funded by insurance companies, that accurately predicts preterm birth and diagnoses disease
2004	Pipeline Communications and Technology Inc.	Ryan Miyamoto, Wayne Shiroma, David Hales, Blaine Murakami, Monte Littlefield	A technology transfer and intellectual property licensing company that developed a revolutionary antenna prototype that enables high-security point-to-point communications
2003	Birding Vietnam	Elaine Franklin, Mai Thai & Tao Feng	Provides high quality birdwatching services to foreign visitors in Vietnam
2002	Zoji Golf	Jill Hamasaki & Len Higashi	Offers a uniquely designed interchangeable shaft system for golf clubs that is designed to grow with young golfers
2001	Ecospan Systems	Barry Sullivan, Monte Littlefield, & Tamaki Saito	A manufacturing and marketing operation in Asia that produces structural insulated buidling panels made from the agricultural by-product rice straw fiber

Year	Business Name	Group Members	Business Idea
Social Enterprise Category - Past Winners
2007	Hydroponics Hawaii	Eric Martinson, Carmie Pasquariello, Keith Sakuda & David Walfish	Integration of modern hydroponics horticulture with Hawaii's climate to grow Native Hawaiian plants, accelerating plant cloning rates three times faster than traditional soil methods
2006	Searider Productions Studios	John Allen III, Ric Gresia, Kilikina Mahi, Candy Suiso & Mishan Suiso	Hawaii-based digital media production company that leverages the talents of teachers and alumni from the Searider Productions education program at Waianae High School
2005	Hoku International	Lora Oshima, Rod Oshima, Ingelia White, Susie Kuhn & Jeff Sakai	A Hawaii based agribusiness specializing in the research and development of high quality Hawaii grown native and non-native plants and various medicinal herbs