Lilikoi butter L takes top spot Two sisters from Laie win first place in the Young Entrepreneurs category of Great Ideas BY KARLY BROWN 2 8 MED IA WR ITING FALL 2 0 2 1
ocals 18 and younger competed in one out of the four categories of the annual BYU-Hawaii Great Ideas competition presenting their start-up business ideas that are also eco-friendly. Zalea and Thea, ages 9 and 12, were representatives of their family's business, Laie Lilikoi Butter. The girls took first place in the competition, according to the Great Ideas Competition page. They make a unique lilikoi butter from home and have been selling it to friends and family, but they said they want to take the next step in their business. “We have a lilikoi tree in our backyard and made our own butter one day and knew
