I ended SiliconCaribe’s signature event for startups – Kingston BETA on June 28th, after 11 years, producing over 100 events, that saw over 10,000 attendees and over 350 Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurs from 8 Caribbean countries pitch their ideas.
I tell fellow blogger and podcaster Michelle Marius why and what I am doing now and next. I confess and we laugh. I was radically honest as usual, all with a sprinkling of my typical cuss words. LOL
She starts her interview with this introduction below
In Jamaica, and after 11 years, the longstanding meet-up event, Kingston BETA, which was such a force in the Jamaica tech community and gave new and seasoned entrepreneurs a place to share, learn and network, had its last staging in June. In this podcast episode, we sit with Ingrid Riley, Founder and Host of Kingston BETA, to discuss her own journey, the legacy of Kingston BETA in Jamaica and even the wider Caribbean, and what might in the cards for the future.
A dozen years ago, the tech entrepreneurship space in the Caribbean is not like it is now. At that time, techies were considered outliers – an exotic and raggedly bunch who were trying to make their pipe dreams come true. Fast forward to today, technology and innovation are being actively encouraged in schools and by policymakers, and may even be considered mainstream.
Listen to our conversation here!