St. Lucia Simply Beautiful

A SUMMIT every November and a FORUM every month – that is indicative of the new volunteer thrust which emanates from the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s (BEF) engine.

Kingston BETA observed that “The Caribbean and the Americas are on the cusp of a new era of dramatic growth in the start-up sector.

OK read your book from cover to cover today & I’ve gotta say that it’s elegant in its simplicity!

What’s next for Caribbean Youth Fest? Too often we are satisfied with the success achieved on the home front and failing to capture the opportunities outside of our immediate space. Caribbean Youth Fest has grown into an institution and in my view, it is ready to be a Franchise with an active relationship/presence in every CARICOM Member State.

In order to qualify to be part of the Bimventures family an entrepreneur has to demonstrate that his product/service has the “DNA of an Elephant”. If the business is Information and Communications Technology (ICT) focused, the service will reach the consumer via the Internet giving the entrepreneur instant access to the global market.

The existing SMEs need mentoring and timely access to appropriate finance to really take off. Start-up businesses need the CBET Shepherding Model to mitigate the risk of failure, where the focus is on new businesses with the “DNA of an Elephant”.

It was a great night for many business persons as their companies received Awards for outstanding achievements in their categories. It is important to note that Awards are open to any company/individual operating in St. Lucia and not limited to members of the Chamber. Let us begin to look around and nominate those companies/individuals that we perceive to be doing an excellent job.

It is now better when you can have a choice of typing in the search box the name of the Author or the name of the book.

Real Estate has been one of the most stable form of investment in St. Lucia and has returned substantial yields to those persons who got into the business with some knowledge of the industry, not just acquiring any property.

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