Last year, I was OUTSIDE and ONLINE big time.My gym life was spotty.My dating life? On ice. But I was moving – searching, researching, showing up at events, exploring new spaces, having some of the most electric conversations of my life. I was deep in observation mode. I surrendered to…
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Tech & Business
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Year in Review 2023: Events, Partnerships, Early Results
When you’ve been slowed down a bit by a sprained ankle and a bruised shoulder bone (I’m good, healing fast and well) – you have the time to do what you’ve been previously bad at – taking the time to reflect and take stock of some of what you did….
Entrepreneur Wellness
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My February Experiment: A 4 day work week.
I remember reading Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Work Week in 2008 when I was one year in starting Connectimass digital consulting, one year deep in doing SiliconCaribe the blog, and Kingston Beta our Tech Startup Community Event. That same year, I was also reading The Art of Nonconformity…
Entrepreneur Wellness
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“We kickstarted a community…a movement…”
It was natural that 13 years after Jamaicans.com interviewed me, they would once again check on me and on what’s been going on, especially when they heard Kingston BETA event series was ending. Xavier Murphy, the online magazine’s owner interviewed me. Xavier started the interview like this. “KingstonBETA is the longest-running tech…
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PODCAST INTERVIEW: Creating A Safe Space for Tech Entrepreneurship in Jamaica
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…