Aloha,
ThriveHI is helping Hawaiʻi diversify its economy by cultivating a local tech and startup ecosystem. For far too long, Hawaiʻi has depended on tourism, an extractive industry that leaves local people struggling to make ends meet.
Building a startup and tech ecosystem is challenging, but not impossible. Research highlights six essential capacities to advance Hawaiʻi toward a high-tech economy. Many organizations in Hawaiʻi have been working across these capacities for decades with limited progress. While numerous organizations in Hawaiʻi are involved in positive initiatives, they frequently operate independently, lacking the strategic alignment required to bring about meaningful change. ThriveHI was founded to create projects tackling these tech ecosystem building blocks while also bringing strategic focus to the existing ecosystem of organizations catalyzing Hawaii’s startup and tech economy.
Examining up-and-coming tech cities worldwide, we observed similar models where a central organization acts as the “hub” for technology and innovation within their communities. We analyzed the most successful among these organizations to influence our strategy.
Over the next five years, ThriveHI plans to allocate its resources at both the individual and ecosystem level to enhance Hawaii’s startup and tech ecosystem. This includes putting on events, publishing a bi-weekly newsletter, and other economic development activities.
Read our full strategic plan to learn more about how we plan to approach developing Hawaii's startup and tech economy over the next four years.
Mahalo,
The ThriveHI Team
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