Join us for the next Maui Business Tuesdays Salon, July 7, 2026, featuring three of Maui’s Creative Services businesses. Each has a unique story to share of the creative impulse, and manifesting success, in three very different fields!
This salon spotlights:
• Sae Design Group– Founder Saedene Ota
• Fuzz Box Productions– Co-Founder Trevor Arnholt
• Feast– Founder Amanda Robson
Maui attracts creatives of all types, and many would like to make a business of their talents! Attendees will learn how these businesses turned their passion into profit, how they developed their vision and brands, what partnerships and relationships help them thrive, and how ʻMauiʻ informs their style.
Saedene Ota: Saedene is the Owner & Creative Director of Sae Design Group, a ten-employee visual marketing firm focusing on brand strategy and visual design. In a decade of business, Saedene has garnered a bevy of creative awards, including
the American Advertising Federation District Silver Medal Award, two Hawai’i
Advertising Federation Pele Best of Show recognitions, and Advertising Women of the
Year, as well as numerous Pele Awards, as well as receiving national recognition for projects completed in the hospitality and food industries. In 2005, Saedene was honored with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s, Small Business Advocate of the
Year “Women in Business Champion.”
Trevor Arnholt: Trevor attended Film School at Columbia College in Chicago. While there he helped start the Undershorts Film Festival and realized his artistic potential. In 2001 Trevor headed west, it was Jimi Hendrix that eventually inspired him to choose to land in the Archipelago of Hawaii. On Maui, he is the Executive Spectrum Conductor of the Multi-Media Production House, Fuzz Box Productions, a multi-media creative collective based in Lahaina, Maui.Established in 2018 along with co-founders Markus Kuenzel and Athena Medina, they operate a 4,000-square-foot creative space in the heart of Lahaina. The venue includes air-conditioned live and control rooms, music and film workstations, and a creative lounge. Fuzz Box partners closely with local organizations and the Office of Economic Development to host programs like the Fuzz Box Film Camp, the Fast Kine Maui 4-Day Film Challenge, and “Game-On Maui” island-wide gaming tournaments.
Amanda Robson– FEAST founder Amanda Robson is an arbiter of beautifully well-imagined gatherings that bring together inspiring chefs, farms and makers in her local community of Maui. She creates atmospheres with a sense of magic and a nod to the natural world. She believes in a collective energy and the artisan spirit of a community and aims to infuse those qualities into every step of a FEAST celebration. Amanda’s wish is for a FEAST environment to be one of grounded elegance where creativity, seasonality and local ingredients are foremost. Born and raised in Hawaii, Amanda was trained at The California Culinary Academy, San Francisco. She honed her art directing skills in Los Angeles’ stage and television industries for many years before returning to her island home. Since 2013, she has collaborated with Maui’s farm-to-table chefs, visual storytellers, florists and makers to orchestrate rustic, whimsical and intimate gatherings.
The salon will be moderated by Pamela Tumpap, President of the Maui Chamber of Commerce.
Event Details:
📅 Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
🕠 Doors Open: 5:30 PM
🎤 Event: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Akakū Upstairs, Suite 204, 333 Dairy Rd. Kahului
💻 Admission: Free – REGISTER -required for both in-person and virtual attendance
(In-person seating is limited!)
If you missed prior events, you can still catch the insights and conversations here!
Maui Business Tuesdays is an in-person and hybrid salon series focused on Maui’s small business community through media storytelling, engaging conversation, and networking. The series provides a platform for local entrepreneurs to share their stories, challenges, and solutions in a post-disaster and rapidly changing economy.
The series is supported by a Maui County Office of Economic Development Grant, in partnership with the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce and the Maui Chamber of Commerce.
You can make sure the Akakū salon series, Maui Business Tuesdays, continues to thrive, and provide great exposure for you or your business, by making a tax-deductible donation to Akakū or by becoming an underwriter. Just reach out to development@akaku.org for details.
Tuesday July 7, 2026. Doors open at 5:30pm, salon starts promptly at 6pm.
Admission is free. Limited seating in-person, virtual attendance available!
To Reserve a seat: Use the QR Code below or Register Here
