DBE Media · Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Drew Erickson
Founder & Operator, DBE Media
Drew Erickson builds and operates digital systems, media properties, event platforms, and Hawaiʻi-based business projects through DBE Media.
About
Hawaiʻi-based operations, media, and digital systems
Drew Erickson is a Hawaiʻi-based operator and founder of DBE Media. His professional background spans live events, combat sports, trade shows, local media, digital infrastructure, websites, audience systems, and operational technology.
Over time, his work has increasingly focused on building systems that continue creating value after an individual project is finished. That includes reusable infrastructure, automation, structured data, documented processes, owned audiences, and digital properties that can grow over time.
DBE Media serves as the operating platform connecting that work.
Current Work
Projects and operating platforms
DBE Media
DBE Media builds and operates digital infrastructure, automation systems, media properties, websites, and operational systems for Hawaiʻi-based projects and businesses.
Work includes web infrastructure, workflow automation, event technology, data systems, audience development, technical project management, and operational documentation.
Visit DBE Media →808 Tonight
808 Tonight is an Oʻahu event-discovery platform designed to help residents and visitors quickly find things to do tonight and in the coming days.
The platform combines automated event collection, structured event data, search-optimized event pages, category discovery, and social distribution.
Visit 808 Tonight →Hawaiʻi Growers
Hawaiʻi Growers is an agriculture-focused information and community platform supporting growers, events, industry connections, and public access to Hawaiʻi agriculture information.
The long-term focus is building a useful local information resource with opportunities for audience growth, partnerships, sponsorships, and community participation.
Visit Hawaiʻi Growers →Xclusive MMA
Xclusive MMA reflects Drew’s long-running connection to Hawaiʻi combat sports, event promotion, and local MMA media.
The platform preserves an established audience and media history while providing a foundation for future combat-sports content and digital opportunities.
Explore Xclusive MMA →Operating Experience
Built through real projects and live operations
Drew’s operating history includes work across live events, event promotion, media, websites, sponsorship systems, vendor infrastructure, ticketing, registration, audience development, and digital operations.
The common thread across these projects is operational execution: connecting people, systems, technology, marketing, and infrastructure so projects can function reliably.
- X1 and Xclusive MMA
- Hawaiʻi Cannabis Expo
- HI Fit Expo
- Aloha Cup
- Combat-sports events
- Trade shows and expos
- Event websites and ticketing systems
- Sponsorship and vendor systems
- Registration and lead-capture systems
- Social and audience platforms
- Workflow automation
How Drew Works
Build systems that keep creating value
Build Systems, Not One-Off Tasks
A project should leave behind reusable infrastructure, documented processes, useful data, automation, and organizational knowledge.
Preserve Organizational Knowledge
Important information should not live only in someone’s memory. Infrastructure, decisions, workflows, standards, and lessons learned should remain understandable over time.
Automate Repeatable Work
Predictable work should increasingly be handled by systems so people can focus on judgment, relationships, creative work, and decisions.
Build Assets That Compound
Media properties, audiences, structured data, search visibility, documentation, and infrastructure should become more useful and valuable over time.
Capabilities
Areas of focus
Civic & Community Involvement
McCully–Mōʻiliʻili Neighborhood Board
Drew has served on Honolulu’s McCully–Mōʻiliʻili Neighborhood Board, participating in community issues and Honolulu’s local civic process.
His work in Hawaiʻi spans both commercial projects and community involvement, with a long-term focus on building useful systems, businesses, media resources, and local infrastructure.
Current Work & Profiles