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Helping Caribbean Entrepreneurs Get Down to Business

Posted by Ingrid Riley on May 22nd, 2013

By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist

There’s plenty to love about Jamaica: the weather, the food, the music, the gorgeous beaches and mountains. But there’s one area where, according to one study at least, Jamaica is lagging behind: information technology.

This shouldn’t necessarily surprise. While some Latin American countries, especially Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, are seeing significant economic and IT growth, investment in the Caribbean is growing much more slowly.

But if you think there’s nothing interesting happening in the Jamaican and Caribbean tech scene, you’d be wrong. As the Kingston BETA tech conference held last month in the Jamaica’s capital demonstrates, there’s a burgeoning tech startup community in the region, and many people dedicated to helping that community grow and thrive. More

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Worth Reading: Expert insights 1: Cyber threats and security in the Caribbean 2013 update

Posted by Michele Marius on April 23rd, 2013

A few weeks ago, the Guardian Newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago published an article, “Caribbean cyberttacks on the rise?”, in which it listed 20 cyber crime stories that were reported between April 2012 and March 2013. Unlike previous years, where they might be just a handful of news reports on unauthorised intrusions, at the very least, more of them are finding their way into the public domain, which hopefully is fostering greater awareness of cyber threats and the need for greater vigilance and security.

When we launched our Expert Insights series last year, we asked network/IT security professionals across the region about cyber intrusion and security in the Caribbean, in the hope of gaining a better understanding of among other things:

the prevalence of such intrusions and threats in the region
key misconceptions organisations tend to have about network security, and
solutions tat could be considered.

We kick off the 2013 update of this series with Deon Olton. Deon, who is based in Barbados, has over 18 years’ experience in IT field, including over 10 years as a Telecommunications and Network Vulnerability Consultant. For the last five years he has been an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker. Currently, Deon is the Co-Founder of the Caribbean Cyber Security Centre (CCSC), which was officially launched earlier this year, and offers a comprehensive suite of network testing services.

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Soo Worth Reading: How To Become a Millionaire In Three Years

Posted by Ingrid Riley on April 2nd, 2013

Jason Baptiste

I found this blog post a while back and I happened on it again on Twitter and I read it, was again inspired and so I had to share it. This is the kind of article very aspiring and current Caribbean tech entrepreneur, developer, designer, college student and college graduate should read and re-read. It’s written by Jason Baptiste. WHo is he? Jason L. Baptiste, is currently the CEO and co-founder of Onswipe, a platform for tablet publishing and advertising. In 2011 Jason was named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Businessweek’s Top 25 Under 25 entrepreneurs, INC. Magazine’s 30 Under 30, and the CEO of one of TIME Inc’s 10 Best Startups. Jason is currently a professional author of the upcoming book “The Ultralight Startup” being published by Penguin Books.

I’m going to go and replace 3 years with a “short time frame”. Some things to focus on:

Market opportunity- A million dollars is not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it certainly is a lot if the market opportunity is not large enough. Even if you put Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as founders in a new venture with a total market size of 10 million, there is no way they could become too wealthy without completely changing the business (ie- failing).

Inequality of information- Find a place where you know something that many undervalue. Having this inequality of information can give you, your first piece of leverage. More

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Cayman Tech Culture rising. Kudos to the ones who make things happen!

Posted by Ingrid Riley on March 28th, 2013

Paula Fierro | Garth Humpreys

CAYMAN (Tech Culture)- The Tech Culture is rising in the Cayman Islands thanks to a few forward thinkers. I remember meeting Garth Humphreys a Caymanian web designer and programmer with a serious passion for developing games. He later formed the Facebook Group Cayman Software developers. In fact I did a post on him back in 2011- “Wubble – the Cayman-made iPhone App and What’s next for the guy behind it” .

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What do you expect from Trinidad and Tobago Startup Weekend, we ask Kirk Lashley lead organiser just that.

Posted by Ingrid Riley on March 26th, 2013

Kirk Lashley – Trinidadian Tech Entrepreneur

TRINIDAD-Though currently based in Chicago USA, working on this 5th startup WeDeliver.us, Kirk Lashley is always thinking about his home – Trinidad. In fact he plans to return there next year still running his startup and also there to help the Trinidadian and Caribbean Startup ecosystem to grow. It’s his passion. He has kicked off his road back home by being the lead organiser of Startup Weekend in Trinidad which takes place on May 22-24th, 2013 on the campus of the University of the West Indies.
Trinidad and Tobago Startup Weekend is the latest addition to the rash of Startup Weekend franchises that have emerged in the Caribbean over the past two years. Startup Weekend fever has so far caught on with Jamaica, Martinique, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and also Haiti.

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News Byte: Bahamian Startup BahamaLive.com lands official live blogging partnership for Carifta Games 2013

Posted by Ingrid Riley on March 25th, 2013

BAHAMAS - Bahamalive.com the less than a year old Bahamian based startup that provides the service of live reporting Caribbean events by live blogging and live tweeting in addition to photographing Caribbean event lives online landed the gig of being the only official live blogging service for Carifita Games which will be help on March 29-April 1, in the Bahamas. Bahamalive.com is founded by Bahamian female tech entrepreneur Noelle Khalila Nicolls.

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Bajan Developer/tech meetup culture kicks off

Posted by Ingrid Riley on March 21st, 2013

BARBADOS- Spearheaded by Shannon Clarke, Bajan Developer, the developer/tech meetup culture kicks off with a passionate start. He announced the third in the series of the developer/tech meetup date is set for March 25th & 26th, 2013.

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From Student to Software Engineer in 8 Weeks

Posted by Ingrid Riley on March 21st, 2013

Fitzroy Edinborough

ST KITTS - Fitzroy Edinborough is a lecturer at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFB) in St Kitts, and CEO of Muscovado. He has been trying to make a difference in the class room and I’m inclined to let him tell his story.

In the words of Mr. Fitzroy Edinborough: First things first, this is not a post about how much our education system needs to change; the speech by SVGCC’s Dr Warrican already spoke to that. Rather, this is a post about how much CAN be done within the existing system. Our students, given the little resources we have and the right amount of encouragement can produce great things. Keep reading to see how.

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Who is a Tech Entrepreneur? Domainer, Affiliate Marketer and Internet Marketer Sandor Panton is.

Posted by Ingrid Riley on November 3rd, 2012

Who is a Tech Entrepreneur? Typically defined, a tech entrepreneur is a woman or man who applies their ideas using technology. Over the years the technologies being used have primarily been the Internet and the mobile phone/device. So if you surf online or use a mobile phone chances are you are using a product or service – such as an app, a website, a game, a social network that was created by a tech entrepreneur. Inspired?! You can be one too. Come to Caribbean BETA- Tech Entrepreneurship Conference on November 16th, 2012 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica.

Go to http://www.caribbeanbeta.com

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Helping Caribbean Entrepreneurs Get Down to Business

Worth Reading: Expert insights 1: Cyber threats and security in the Caribbean 2013 update

Soo Worth Reading: How To Become a Millionaire In Three Years

Cayman Tech Culture rising. Kudos to the ones who make things happen!

What do you expect from Trinidad and Tobago Startup Weekend, we ask Kirk Lashley lead organiser just that.

News Byte: Bahamian Startup BahamaLive.com lands official live blogging partnership for Carifta Games 2013

Bajan Developer/tech meetup culture kicks off

From Student to Software Engineer in 8 Weeks

Who is a Tech Entrepreneur? Domainer, Affiliate Marketer and Internet Marketer Sandor Panton is.

Who’s online in the Caribbean? Here are the recent numbers from internetworldstats.com

Sponsors of SiliconCaribe to Startup Weekend Trinidad

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