Opinion: Jamaica – the hub of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Caribbean?
Our Founder Ingrid Riley was part of the delegation to Startup Chile. A 12-person delegation, headed by Julian Robinson, minister of state in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, has just returned from a four-day visit to Santiago, Chile, to see first-hand how that country is developing a robust ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation. The World Bank was the sponsor of the visit and was represented by Fabio Pittiluga, senior social development specialist in the Sustainable Development Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, and consultant ...
Our next KingstonBETA event is this Thursday, April 25th, 2013. Join us!
The next @KingstonBETA staged by Connectimass is this Thursday! To our Caribbean and global friends and colleagues We’ll be live tweeting as usual. Follow us @kingstonbeta and the hashtag #kgnbeta. Spread the message- We’re on a mission to help Caribbean young people and women become successful tech entrepreneurs!
Gleaner Online signs on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series
ConnectiMass the nonprofit organisation that stages the most tech events for the Caribbean Tech Community has partnered with Gleaner Online who have signed on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series. They will be presenting on big data, entrepreneurship at the next Kingston BETA event on Thursday April 25th, 2013 at JAMPRO's New Kingston Offices, 6:30pm, $500jm. Follow @gleaneronline, @jamprocorp, @kingstonbeta, @connectimass
JAMPRO- Jamaica’s Trade and Investment Agency signs on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series
ConnectiMass the nonprofit organisation that stages the most tech events for the Caribbean Tech Community has partnered with JAMPRO- The Trade and Investment agency of Jamaica - who have signed on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series. They will be hosting the first in the series on Thursday April 25th, 2013 at JAMPRO’s New Kingston Offices, 6:30pm, $500jm. Follow @gleaneronline, @jamprocorp, @kingstonbeta, @connectimass
ConnectiMass welcomes Google for Entrepreneurs platform and week to celebrate the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Startups and entrepreneurship is experiencing a boom worldwide right now. Like never before aspiring entrepreneurs can leverage the internet and build technologies can that transform the way we live, play, work and do business. There are approximately 400 million entrepreneurs across 54 countries, and 69 million early-stage entrepreneurs offering new products and services, according to a report from Google. Consequently, with Google turns 14 this month, they decided to celebrate this global entrepreneurial spirit by officially launching Google for Entrepreneurs, the umbrella for our several dozen programs and ...
Our Founder Ingrid Riley selected as one of the 50UnderFifty Business Leaders Shaping Jamaica’s future
Our Founder, Ingrid Riley received an email in the mail from Sandra Glasgow, the CEO of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ). The first paragraph said. "Dear Ingrid: I am pleased to advise you that the Panel of Judges has selected you as one of the PSOJ/Gleaner award “50UnderFifty Business Leaders Shaping Jamaica’s future”. CONGRATULATIONS! We are proud and super happy for being awarded this honour! What being selected really means to Ingrid. For me, it means a have another platform for me to spread the idea of tech ...
Founder’s Note: ConnectiMass + CONNECTiD-the decision that declares the difference!
by Ingrid Riley Since forever, my business life has been about social media and startups and those two passions were under the single umbrella brand of ConnectiMass. I had just over a week ago, leaked the news publicly of what I had decided to do, a while back-to divide and conquer, well kinda sorta. I couldn't execute on it any sooner, as I took a well needed 3 week vacation, the first in 5 years. Now refreshed, energise and focused, I was confident to post on the fan page and ...
Our Digital Marketing Services now branded ConnectiD
We've extracted Digital Marketing Services from ConnectiMass (now 100% about Caribbean Tech Startups), with expertise and clients in tow, amped up on the team, going for more gold on the global scene. Welcome...ConnectiD - Digital Marketing Strategists. A full service digital marketing firm dedicated to providing strategy and implementation services for startup and established businesses, organizations and non-profits, seeking to fully leverage the internet and mobile to grow. Our ConnectiMass Founder Ingrid Riley is a co-founder. ConntectiD just launched on Facebook ...
ConnectiMass a Social Business Success Story featured on the Caribbean Research Innovation and Entrerpreneurship Network
One of the big leading edge trends is a shift away from purely profit driven capitalist driven business models to ones which have a far more mutually beneficial outcome for a wider group of stakeholders in society. This is the evolution of the social business – one which combines profit generation with a strong contribution towards helping societies to grow and thrive. This month’s success story from Jamaica is about an entrepreneur who has been incredibly successful at doing just that. More here
Digital JAM 2.0 – Happy to be part of the Project. Two personal highlights.
by Ingrid Riley It's always great to see more initiatives emerging across the Caribbean that's geared to showcasing and rewarding existing tech talent as well as encouraging more individuals to come into the Tech industry as developers, entrepreneurs and professionals. DigitalJAM2.0 was one such initiative by the World Bank and Government of Jamaica. We were happy to be part of the team that help make it happen especially leading in the development of the first Open Data Sports Hackathon in the World, kinda fitting that it was held in Jamaica, Sprint Factory of the World. It will surely be ...