Fellows mentioned in this story: Meli James, Cohort VII

From Pacific Inno:

Why should Silicon Valley have all the fun?

That question gnawed at Meli James as she worked as an entrepreneur for five years in the Bay Area, with all of the tech hotbed’s attendant advantages of capital, connections and collaboration.

James, a Punahou and Cornell alumna from Pacific Heights, came back home in 2012 with a vision of sharing those opportunities with a new generation of aspiring business owners. She spent time with some of the first local accelerators, Blue Startups and the University of Hawai‘i’s venture program, and began to network her way up.

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