The Entrepreneur’s Credo

Thanks to Wayne Chen, Jamaican entrepreneur for sharing this on Facebook. I had to share it here with you all. I do not choose to be a common man, It is my right to be uncommon … if I can, I seek opportunity … not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen. [...]

The 2 Things About Your Start-up Idea That Actually Matter

Regarding ideas, Google founder and CEO Larry Page has said this: “Even if you fail at your ambitious thing, it’s very hard to fail completely. That’s the thing that people don’t get.”   I’ve found that all too often, founders overlook this. The start-up landscape is littered with examples of less ambitious things people don’t want.  [...]

Why Good Entrepreneurs Borrow, Great Ones Steal [VIDEO]

The Whole Truth About Being an Entrerpreneur

Entrepreneurship has been trending across the world big time over the past year especially and it’s no different here in Jamaica and the Caribbean. The state of things economic, the job loss, the rise in the numbers of the skilled and self taught  independent worker plus  access to so many people and things online – [...]

Six Lessons in Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Startups in the Making

There is nothing like hearing it from someone who has done it. You get too much of a false impression when you read magazine and blogs online that glorify the very young, just got funded entrepreneurs. Truth is most people can and do bootstrap and also too many of those well funded startups….fail. That said, [...]

How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas)

It’s like the best time to start a business, to test your ideas…why? It’s cheaper and faster to do so with all of this access to people, information and technologies we now have. Even as I grow my startup ConnectiMass, I am big believer in planting seeds and see which one grow. In that spirit [...]