Interconnectedness among entrepreneurs is vital for business success and to the development of a healthy, thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. That’s the main message CEO of Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship – Caribbean Lisandra Rickards hopes to convey at International Startup Congress Costa Rica 2019 taking place this week. The inaugural event, happening August 13 and 14 in …
When we shifted our strategy in 2018 from startup to scale-up, we knew that we had to renew our focus on investment as the target outcome for our programme. We had seen time and time again that the real shift in our entrepreneurs towards becoming business leaders, happened when outside investors came on board. The infusion of capital into their businesses fostered stronger …
Branson Centre Caribbean welcomed twelve new businesses at its headquarters to join the second installment of its accelerator programme. The 6-month programme equips entrepreneurs with tools to scale their business and provides a pipeline to investment through a group with some of Jamaica’s major sources of venture capital. Close to 200 businesses from across the …
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Branson Centre entrepreneurs Glenford McFarlane and Roderic Lue Shing are the duo behind Caribbean Technology Solutions – a rapidly rising firm that offers solutions in Information Communication Technology (ICT), Pro Audiovisual (AV) and low voltage electronics. Glenford and Roderic share a bit about what they do, how being engaged in the Branson Centre’s accelerator programme …