Bank of JAMAICA Forum on Mpayments/eCommerce on March 1
What: The Bank of Jamaica ( BOJ) has asked ConnectiMass to invite those of you interested in attending a focus group/forum on The retail payments industry. You must be someone who makes or facilitates electronic payments via issuing pre-paid cards, mobile payments, ecommerce etc. Why: The Bank is in the process of developing a regulatory framework to support the orderly development of electronic payments in Jamaica to be out by this year. When: March 1, 2012 If you're interested please email today ingrid@connectimass.com
Quote of the Week
The internet is an engine of connection. It has been from the start (email, chat, forums, blogs, social media...) - Seth Godin
The Connection Economy
The connection economy multiplies the value of what is contributed to it. It's based on abundance, not scarcity, and those that opt out, fall behind. Sharing your money, your ideas, your insights, your confidence... all of these things return to you. Perhaps not in the way you expected, and certainly not with a guarantee, but again and again the miser falls behind. - Seth Godin. More We are big believers who live this everyday!
The Digital Manifesto: How Companies and Countries Can Win in the Digital Economy
Every business needs to “go digital.” Data about customers, competitors, suppliers, and employees are exploding. 90% of all data were created in the past two years. By 2016, there will be 3 billion Internet users globally, and the Internet economy will reach $4.2 trillion in the G-20 nations. No company or country can afford to ignore this phenomenon. No company or country can afford to ignore this phenomenon. The fact is that we have entered the “second half of the chessboard,” where the scale and speed of change are indelibly altering industry structures and the way that ...
Does the Caribbean have what it takes to become a World-Class Region for Mobile Innovation ?
ConnectiMass on behalf of the World Bank is inviting you to attend a focus group discussion in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados. What: Attend a focus group with other Caribbean entrepreneurs and software developers to explore the potential of establishing a mobile innovation and entrepreneurship initiative in the region. For Who Are you a software/apps developer, tech entrepreneur? Then this is for you to network with smart minds and share your insight with the World Bank in how they can help us transform the Caribbean into a world-class region for Mobile Innovation. Why? Over ...
SiliconCaribe.com – our Caribbean Tech Blog, won Best Technology Blog for 2011
SiliconCaribe.com - our Caribbean Tech Blog, won Best Technology Blog for 2011. We won it for 2010 also, in addition to Blog of the Year 2010. We're very happy.Thanks so much for taking the time to read it and share it. It came just ahead of an article we wrote called Where is Silicon Caribe and how do you get there? Because we can now dub SiliconCaribe a place – a region, the home of our Caribbean Tech Startups and established Tech Companies – our Caribbean Tech ...
Some Key Social Media Trends To Look For In 2012
As we at ConnectiMass work more with regional and global clients in 2012, we know that in 2011 both small and large companies where still trying to find footing in this burgeoning space. Some brands were successful, others had missteps and yet other found some nightmares. Fact is Social Media is with over 1 billion people on social media as this article states, it would be irresponsible for your brand not to be present there...the why and how is where research ...
‘Opportunities ripe’ for tech investments in Jamaica ( Caribbean BETA in the News)
MARC Canter, founder of the US multibillion-dollar computer software company that introduced flash technology, says opportunities are ripe for technology startups in Jamaica, which he feels possibly has a better investment climate than the US right now. In an exclusive interview with the Business Observer on Monday, the renowned entrepreneur said tourism and culture are sectors which strike him as having great potential for investments in technology locally. More Related Posts Got a big idea? 15 Contestants do so far. Enter Caribbean BETA’s ...
KEYSTONE AUGUSTA-knowing when to invest, hold,cash in,repeat
SPONSOR Spotlight: A premier sponsor and one of the first companies to sign up to support Caribbean BETA, Keystone Augusta is a private global holdings company based in Orlando, Florida. It was founded by brothers David and Robert Mullings in late 2011 after years of studying Warren Buffett and in an associate company of The RMP Groupwhich was founded by Richard M. Powell. All Jamaicans. Keystone Augusta is built on the same principles as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway that has made him such a successful investor: ...
Samsung Mobile Gives PRIZES for Caribbean BETA’s Startup Contest
We landed Samsung Mobile Caribbean as a sponsor for our Startup Contest. So Check out the PRIZES for those of you who win the BETAPitch Startup Contest…we think you will like it. Nothing sweetens labour like a few cool rewards. So far we have 14 startups signed up to Pitch their Big Ideas at Caribbean BETA on Friday, November 25th, 2011. Find details to enter and prizes in detail here.