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Today is Kingston BETA and we’re diving into the World of Caribbean Apps
Posted by Ingrid Riley on June 21st, 2012
Why Women Rule the Web
Posted by Ingrid Riley on June 5th, 2012
Just wanted to share theses bits of statistics which whem stitched together and seen as a whole paints an interesting picture of the role of women and the web. And as I personally work to get more women in the tech sector generally and more so as entrepreneurs specifically, I am encouraged by the following information.
-As more consumers reach for their smartphones and tablets to shop and communicate, there is a pressing need for commerce sites that cater to women, who control 70% of online purchases worldwide.
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Karin Wilson Edmonds Yard Edge Blogger: Caribbean Woman in Tech
Posted by Ingrid Riley on May 9th, 2012
Karin Wilson Edmonds
” Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.” – Fast Company.
This interview is the fourth in SiliconCaribe’s series of Caribbean Women in Tech where we profile and celebrate their ambitions and accomplishments. We also seek to inspire others to view technology industry as a career and entrepreneurship path. We’ll be publishing one interview every Wednesday for the next two months.
This week we have a short and sweet interview with Arts and Culture blogger, Karin Wilson-Edmonds.
SC: What is the name, subject an URL of your blog?
KE: YardEdge, a blog exploring the Edge of Jamaican culture www.yardedge.net
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Monique Powell: Caribbean Woman in Tech
Posted by Ingrid Riley on May 2nd, 2012
Monique Powell
” Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.” – Fast Company.
This interview is the third in SiliconCaribe’s series of Caribbean Women in Tech where we profile and celebrate their ambitions and accomplishments. We also seek to inspire others to view technology industry as a career and entrepreneurship path. We’ll be publishing one interview every Wednesday for the next two months.
This week we interview Monique Powell the woman behind the site RoamingDonkey.com.
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Who is Silicon Caribe? We’re Putting a Face to the Caribbean Tech Community
Posted by Ingrid Riley on January 30th, 2012
Who is Silicon Caribe?
Starting Wednesday, February 1, 2012, we’re going to put a face to the Caribbean Tech Community especially startups and the entrepreneurs behind them. Plus the many others who are part of the growing ecosystem that’s supporting and driving tech entrepreneurship, startups, tech jobs and innovation across the Caribbean.
The people behind the products, company and culture that’s making things happening in Silicon Caribe – the place, the region that is home to our startups and established brands. We’re going to be profiling them, asking them lots of questions.
Know a few people you think we should talk to and profile? Tell us siliconcaribe@gmail.com.
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Mobile banking roadmap laid out next week
Posted by Ingrid Riley on December 9th, 2011
A roadmap for the development of comprehensive mobile financial services system is to be laid out at a symposium on Monday, December 12, says Dr Maurice McNaughton, Director of the Centre of Excellence of the Mona School of Business (MSB), at University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Organised by Solutions for Society, a UWI Think Tank, and the Mona School of Business, the symposium will be held at the Faculty of Law Building at the University, Dr. McNaughton said. Among the key participants will be Carl Rosenquist, an international mobile payments expert, who was commissioned to develop the technical and commercial framework for a mobile financial service delivery system, which targets those persons who currently do not have easy access to the established banking network. More
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Jamaica Startup Weekend gets Boost with Google Partnership
Posted by Ingrid Riley on November 11th, 2011
Startup Weekend Jamaica | Jan 27-30 2012
Startup Weekend Organisation announced yesterday that it now has a Google as a global sponsor and partner. What this means is that Google and Startup Weekend are teaming up to help developers and entrepreneurs launch new startups! What this means for Startup Weekend organisers like this blog’s parent company ConnectiMass, is that they are now in a closer relationship with Google.
In essence Startup Weekend Jamaica which will be held on February 3-5th, 2012, will be working together with Google to run a pre-Startup Weekend Jamaica “Google Bootcamp.” These bootcamps are designed to help attendees, primarily developers and entrepreneurs, to develop their technical skills so they can jump head-first into their Startup Weekend project.
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15..count them 15 startups have entered the Caribbean BETA Startup Contest so far
Posted by Ingrid Riley on November 10th, 2011
15…count them 15 startups so far has entered the Caribbean BETA BETAPitch Startup Contest. There is still time to enter. Until Nov 17th. The current startups in the lineup range from Mobile and Web Apps, Education solutions, Social Media, Online Advertising. What’s your Big Idea? Start the brainstorming. Get to work on your prototypes. We’re having a startup contest for the Silicon Caribe’s Top Caribbean Startups to watch in 2012 list – we call it BETA PitchFest . Where anyone can come with their passion, powerpoints and cheering section to pitch their killer business idea. Enter here.
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Who is a Tech Entrepreneur? Any in the Caribbean?
Posted by Ingrid Riley on October 27th, 2011
Called the Greatest Tech Entrepreneur of our Time
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 created by a tech entrepreneur.
Famous Tech Entrepreneurs
Steve Jobs – co-founder of Apple that gave is the iPod, iPad, iPhone and iMac. He has since been called the greatest Tech Entrepreneur of our time
Bill Gates – founder of Microsoft that gave us Windows Operating System
Larry Page and Sergey Brin – co-founders of Google.com
Mark Zuckerberg- Founder, Facebook.com
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim – Cofounders of Youtube.com
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Tump App-The Caribbean Blackberry App that helps you find places, services and events. A review and interview
Posted by Ingrid Riley on July 13th, 2011
TUMP- The Blackberry Mobile App
I’ve been testing this Blackberry Mobile App called “TUMP” for almost a week.So what is it and what does it do? It’s a free app that helps you find places, events and services where you live, work and do business. Do I like it? YES! Why? It’s what I’ve been wanting for a while. From the minute I was trying to find the closes US$ Atm while in Liguanea to needing a reminder as to where I can find the closest bill payment shop. So for me TUMP is useful and that makes it a winner.
While it launch with about 1000 data points for Jamaica and Trinidad, I love the fact that you can add your favourite location or just out of pure self interest and shameless promotion, you can add your cafe, bar, company, boutique yourself using the feature called “Map it”. You can chose from a list of categories, add the name, location and a short description.
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SiliconCaribe.com is looking for Caribbean Tech startups to cover. Will you tell me about yours?
Posted by Ingrid Riley on June 14th, 2011
I’m constantly looking to improve SiliconCaribe. In some of the feedback I’ve received continuously, is to step up the coverage of Caribbean and Caribbean-led Startups. I couldn’t agree more since it’s a passion of mine, at the core of the mission of Kingston BETA and Caribbean BETA, sister initiatives to SiliconCaribe.
Plus I’ve been very aware of the the constant surge in awareness of Kingston BETA and the fresh, curious faces who are attending wanting to know if their idea of using the Internet to do something spectacular can fly. Added to that there is an underground bubbling up of initiatives that I believe must be shared with the world as they are worthy and will inspire others to be bold and push forward with theirs.
So I’m going to make it happen, so for the rest of the year you will see us profiling lots of startups and technology initiatives worthy of the spotlight.
How we define a Tech Startup?
A Startup is a new business, company or project, one that’s typically under 18 months old. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded. So it follows that a Tech Startup is a new business, company or project that specialises in the high-tech industry…i.e. is Internet, mobile, telecoms, software, ecommerce…etc you get the picture.
What I’m specifically looking for:
• Caribbean and Caribbean-led startups and projects (wherever they are in the world) that was launched under 18months ago. We are also open to startups and projects that have a Caribbean individual as a co-founder or in the executive lead team.
• A sentence description of what you do and the domain name where we can find you.
• A .jpeg, .png of your logo.
• Your story in brief (how you got started, how you met your cofounder).
• How are you measuring traction/growth…or how well it’s doing in the marketplace?
To submit your startup, email me at siliconcaribe@gmail.com
For more startup news, follow us on Twitter @siliconcaribe and on Facebook.
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