{"id":37959,"date":"2015-09-08T15:27:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T01:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=37959"},"modified":"2021-07-29T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T02:51:38","slug":"kini-zamora-kicks-off-entrepreneurship-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/08\/kini-zamora-kicks-off-entrepreneurship-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Kini Zamora kicks off entrepreneurship speaker series"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Starting off the fall University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> Entrepreneurship Live speaker series will be local entrepreneur and Project Runway<\/em><\/a> Season 13 contestant Kini Zamora<\/a> and his presentation, “Talking Fashion Business with Kini Zamora.” The Entrepreneurship Live series<\/a> is presented by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a> (PACE<\/abbr>) and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Student Entrepreneurs<\/a> on Tuesday, September 22. <\/p>\n

About Kini Zamora<\/h2>\n

A third generation seamstress by familial tradition, Zamora has viewed his world through the eye of a sewing needle since age 10. This hobby turned into a lifestyle when he attended Honolulu Community College<\/a>’s Fashion Technology program and New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology<\/a>, where he developed his design perspective and polished his skills. Zamora was a competitor and finalist on Season 13 of Lifetime’s Project Runway<\/em> where he showed at New York Fashion Week. He then returned home to premiere at Honolulu Fashion Week. Currently, Zamora is the founder of a self-named fashion house. As part of the Entrepreneurship Live speaker series, he will share his journey as a fashion designer, and unique challenges and experiences of starting and running his fashion house.<\/p>\n

Event details<\/h2>\n

“Talking Fashion Business with Kini Zamora” will be held on Tuesday, September 22 at the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Campus Center Executive Dining Room.<\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/p>\n

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  • 5 p.m. Presentation by Zamora<\/li>\n
  • 6 p.m. Audience questions and answers<\/li>\n
  • 6:30 p.m. Reception with light refreshments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Entrepreneurship Live speaker series events are free and open to all UH<\/abbr> students and made possible by First Insurance Company of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. To reserve a seat, visit the PACE<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n