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BY CAITLIN BASILIO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Grant Takara is living up to his first name as the recent Kalani High graduate is raking in the grants for college. Among them is $1,000 from the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation, which rewards teens with entrepreneurial skills critical to the nation\u2019s private enterprise sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not be more impressed with the caliber of Hawaii\u2019s applicant for the award,\u201d said Hawaii\u2019s NFIB director Melissa Pavlicek. \u201cIf Grant is any indication, the future of small business is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

To qualify for a YEF award, Takara had to run his own business and write an essay describing his experiences and future goals. Takara\u2019s small business began three years ago, as a member of Kalani\u2019s Robotics Team 3008, which launched a fundraiser called Bristlebots. During his high school years, he and his teammates revised the business and the design of the products that they sold.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy 2011, we had sold more than 20,000 educational robotics kits to countries including USA, Switzerland, New Zealand and France,\u201d said Takara. \u201cIn June 2012, we spun off to create Bristlebots LLC and look forward to releas- ing our next product revi- sion this fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He was quite surprised when he received the YEF award. \u201cI applied for it online, and the data on the scholarship\u2019s website showed that there would be a lot of competition,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Takara plans to major in mechanical engineering and minor in business administration this fall at UH Manoa \u2014 and continue Bristlebots LLC and create more spinoffs that specialize in developing technologies or processes in health care, mobile device apps and renewable energy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI already have many ideas I would like to pursue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Takara also won the UH Manoa Regents Scholarship, the UH Chancellor Scholarship and the Burger King Scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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