Perpetuating Locally-Owned & Operated Businesses
We invest in and operate Hawaii’s businesses to steward our local culture for future generations.
Welcome to Ekklesia Capital, where we invest in and operate businesses to ensure local ownership and operation. Our founder, David Oyadomari, has served on executive management teams in the banking, hospitality, and telecommunications industries and was on the founding team of two technology start-ups. David created Ekklesia Capital to secure locally-owned and operated businesses that will flourish to the fourth generation and beyond by refreshing our local brands, innovating business models, and implementing systems.
How it Works
Business Systems
Strategy: We provide clients strategic advice to renew their brand, innovate their business models, or establish systems to run their business more efficiently.
Financial: Through a partnership with a locally-based provider we set-up bookkeeping and financial reporting systems.
Operations: We document operating procedures after a thorough understanding of your processes and team’s capacity.
e-Commerce: Through a partnership with a locally-based provider we develop e-commerce websites and mobile apps to activate new growth markets.
Social Media & Digital Content: Through a partnership with a locally-based provider we set-up professional social media management and build your digital content to tell your brand story.
Management
Our team will deliver proven managerial expertise to your business across a variety of disciplines.
Investment
We invest in businesses with a strong brand and growth potential to perpetuate local ownership and operation.
Innovation Projects:
New Business Model: Developed a new product for a restaurant that is exclusively take-out and delivery-based to reach an entirely new customer segment. The new product now accounts for over half of the restaurant’s revenue. We also implemented a new subscription business model that has improved cash flow and inventory predictability.
New Product: Developed a new product for a local snack shop that on some days accounts for the bulk of its revenue. The product is positioned for take-out and volume purchases.
We Work With Clients Who:
embrace innovation
demonstrate humility
have a clear “Why”
believe in preserving a Local Legacy - ownership & well-paying jobs
care for the well-being of employees, customers, and the community
value being part of a community
“Your lesson last evening was really helpful and thought-provoking. I’m excited and inspired...This course has been life-changing, small at first, but potentially huge. It certainly builds confidence, too. Being in the hot seat and sharing/receiving was really fun.”
“Peter is an outstanding small business advisor. His background in banking and understanding of the ever changing local island economy has helped my business immensely. Peter took the time to analyze my existing business model and gave me great ideas to ʻpivotʻ and change with new ʻpandemicʻ normal. The year 2020 will go down in history as a time when many small businesses vanished but my time spent with Peter allowed for growth and continued success.”
“I learned how to make money in a different way. How to keep money flowing in.”
“If you’re on the fence about whether to commit your limited time and resources to an Ekklesia Capital course, I can’t encourage you enough to take the plunge. The Value Builders course really sparked my creativity. I finished the four weeks feeling challenged and empowered to think beyond industry standards. Discussing ideas with other like-minded people renewed my own motivation to weave unique products and revenue models into our company. Fresh perspectives and practical tools were plentiful— resources that I feel are invaluable in this new and changing environment. Many mahalo’s to David and his team for offering expertise and guidance at such a critical time.”
“I was able to see where my business was, what my potential future was, then by stepping back and looking at it from a different angle and actually attacking it from a different way I thought of my business in different ways and I actually see the light at the end of the tunnel.”