EMW April 15-16 2025

Tickets On Sale Now

EMW 2025 early-early bird tickets are on sale! Get the lowest price for tickets now. East Meets West is now the EMW Conference. Visit our brand new website to purchase tickets and check out the new look of EMW!

Apply to pitch at the EMW Pitch Competition for a chance to win $1,000,000!! The winner will pitch at the Startup World Cup Finals in San Francisco.

Blue Startups accelerator program is coming to Maui March 7-9 for a weekend focused on customer discovery, product development, and fundraising.

The startup bootcamp is sponsored by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and the Maui Economic Development Board and is FREE to attend.

There is limited space left. Sign up today!

Community Events

Early Bird Tickets are on sale for the Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards on February 21, 2025 at Waialae Country Club. We’re excited to be celebrating 25 years of recognizing Hawai‘i’s entrepreneurs, organizations, and advocates driving innovation and economic change in our state.

Piʻikū Cohort 4 starts March 31, 2025!

Calling all Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, and Software Engineers, Piʻikū is looking for you! Join their upcoming 12 week internship program where you will get hands on experience building digital platforms for Zippy’s on a cross-functional team.

Looking for more details? Check out Piʻikū’s new website for program details and application requirements.

The East-West Center has announced the 2025 ‘Changing Faces’ Women’s Leadership Seminar, a 12-day professional training, dialogue, and travel program that focuses on the vital role that innovation and entrepreneurship is contributing to economic growth, job creation, and strengthening communities. Applications must be submitted by February 11, 2025. For additional information regarding funding and eligibility, please visit their website, or email changingfaces@eastwestcenter.org.

Blue Startups Alumni Job Opportunities

Dataplor:

• Senior AI/ML Engineer, Lead Product Manager (Remote)

Hostfully:

• Mid-Level Quality Assurance Engineer, Senior Backend Developer (Java), Senior Frontend React Developer (Remote)

Instantteams:

• Teams Customer Service Agent (Remote)

Inttent:

• Front-End Engineer, ML Engineer (Remote)

LiquiDonate:

• Director of Marketing (Remote), Chief of Staff (San Francisco)

Quibble:

• Senior MERN Software Engineer (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Business Development Manager (Miami, FL), Business Development Manager (Remote), Senior Revenue Manager (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Reef.ai:

• Technical Customer Lead (Remote (Seattle, Portland))

Turno:

• Product Manager, SaaS (Remote)