ConnectiMass http://connectimass.com a non-profit that promotes tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the Caribbean via media and events Fri, 17 May 2013 00:55:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Join our BETA Talent Database for connections to Opportunities. http://connectimass.com/2013/05/17/join-our-beta-talent-database-for-connections-to-opportunities/ http://connectimass.com/2013/05/17/join-our-beta-talent-database-for-connections-to-opportunities/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:49:38 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2184

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Join The BETA Talent Database for connections to Opportunities.
It’s a database of the best and brightest in the Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora who are seeking connections to opportunities.
Are you a developer, designer, animator, project manager, etc? Are you looking for a job, projects, partnerships, funding? Then add yourself to our database, our mother organisation ConnectiMass gets asked regularly to recommend and connect individuals.

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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 to the bank, Ivan Gonzalez. More

 

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/05/15/opinion-jamaica-the-hub-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-in-the-caribbean/feed/ 0 Kingston BETA featured in the May/June issue of Caribbean BEAT magazine http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/kingston-beta-featured-in-the-mayjune-issue-of-caribbean-beat-magazine/ http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/kingston-beta-featured-in-the-mayjune-issue-of-caribbean-beat-magazine/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:53:38 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2132 Thanks for Georgia Popplewell, Kingston BETA got featured in the May/June issue of Caribbean BEAT – The Inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines.

“Years before she launched Kingston Beta, Jamaican tech entrepreneur Ingrid Riley started hearing about techies holding these things called “meetups” in places like New York City and Silicon Valley. “When I went abroad,” Riley says. “I attended one or two, and realised it was basically a regular meeting for people in the industry, whether they’re designers, developers, entrepreneurs, or investors. It’s about being in the same space and getting to know each other,” she adds, “connecting people who have ideas with people who have already done things and people who have money. It’s about developing a community of like-minded people who believe they can be successful in a digital space.”

So in 2007, on the urging of Riley and her company ConnectiMass, a handful of Jamaican techies congregated in the parking lot of Suzie’s Bakery and Coffee Bar in Kingston’s Southdale Plaza, and began laying the foundation for a similar community in the Caribbean region. Kingston Beta was born.” More

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/kingston-beta-featured-in-the-mayjune-issue-of-caribbean-beat-magazine/feed/ 0 SiliconCaribe readers Get Discount to Trinidad Startup Weekend with our promo code http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/siliconcaribe-readers-get-discount-to-trinidad-startup-weekend-with-our-promo-code/ http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/siliconcaribe-readers-get-discount-to-trinidad-startup-weekend-with-our-promo-code/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:05:13 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2123 Are you headed to Trinidad’s Startup Weekend like we are. Are you a reader of SiliconCaribe.com, then get a special discount on tickets with the siliconcaribe promo code when you sign up via this link. Regular tickets are (TT$550/US$86)US$86 dollars. Get it for TT$500/US$79.

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/05/03/siliconcaribe-readers-get-discount-to-trinidad-startup-weekend-with-our-promo-code/feed/ 0 ConnectiMass launches BETA HUB Newsletter http://connectimass.com/2013/05/02/connectimass-launches-beta-hub-newsletter/ http://connectimass.com/2013/05/02/connectimass-launches-beta-hub-newsletter/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 05:32:49 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2115 BETA HUB Newsletter is a a free monthly email of News, Opportunities and Events for the Caribbean Tech Industry. It is a hub of information on upcoming Meetups, Opportunities, Workshops, Classes, Competitions and Conferences, Deals and more for the aspiring or current Caribbean tech entrepreneur, developer, designer, investor, student, tech enthusiast or advocate.

It keeps you on the pulse of the people and events that are making Entrepreneurship & Innovation happen in the Caribbean Tech Startup Scene. Then Join the BETA HUB Community.

The BETA HUB Newsletter is published by ConnectiMass The Tech Entrepreneurship Foundation that’s the parent of this blog and which stages events such as Kingston BETA, Caribbean BETA, Beta Bootcamps, Startup Weekend Jamaica. Sign up

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/05/02/connectimass-launches-beta-hub-newsletter/feed/ 0 Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica Speaks on Mobile Money and Opportunities for Young Tech Entrepreneurs at Kingston BETA http://connectimass.com/2013/04/23/deputy-governor-of-the-bank-of-jamaica-speaks-on-mobile-money-and-opportunities-for-young-tech-entrepreneurs-at-kingston-beta/ http://connectimass.com/2013/04/23/deputy-governor-of-the-bank-of-jamaica-speaks-on-mobile-money-and-opportunities-for-young-tech-entrepreneurs-at-kingston-beta/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:12:23 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2098

Livingstone Morrison, Deputy Governor of Finance & Technology at Bank of Jamaica( BOJ) will be speaking on Mobile Money and the opportunities for young tech entrepreneurs at Kingston BETA, Jamaica’s tech community event to be held this Thursday April 25th, 2013 at JAMPRO’s headquarters at 6:30pm. It will be $500jmd/US$5 at the door.

With the much anticipated electronic retail payments guidelines now finalized and published, there is now a need to further publicise and explain it to the influential audience of young aspiring and existing our Tech entrepreneurs,developers and designers, tech professionals who will be very likely use the platform and develop for the platform. More

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/04/23/deputy-governor-of-the-bank-of-jamaica-speaks-on-mobile-money-and-opportunities-for-young-tech-entrepreneurs-at-kingston-beta/feed/ 0 Our next KingstonBETA event is this Thursday, April 25th, 2013. Join us! http://connectimass.com/2013/04/22/our-next-kingstonbeta-event-is-this-thursday-april-25th-2013-join-us/ http://connectimass.com/2013/04/22/our-next-kingstonbeta-event-is-this-thursday-april-25th-2013-join-us/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:03:03 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2086 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!

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/04/22/our-next-kingstonbeta-event-is-this-thursday-april-25th-2013-join-us/feed/ 0 Gleaner Online signs on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/gleaner-online-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/ http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/gleaner-online-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:51:23 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2070 jamaicagleanerConnectiMass 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

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/gleaner-online-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/feed/ 0 JAMPRO- Jamaica’s Trade and Investment Agency signs on as Gold Sponsor for Kingston BETA 2013 event series http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/jampro-jamaicas-trade-and-investment-agency-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/ http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/jampro-jamaicas-trade-and-investment-agency-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:49:43 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2068 jampro

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

]]> http://connectimass.com/2013/04/18/jampro-jamaicas-trade-and-investment-agency-signs-on-as-gold-sponsor-for-kingston-beta-2013-event-series/feed/ 0 SAVE THE DATE: The First Kingston BETA for 2013 will be on Thursday April 25, 2013 http://connectimass.com/2013/03/12/save-the-date-the-first-kingston-beta-for-2013-will-be-on-thursday-april-25-2013/ http://connectimass.com/2013/03/12/save-the-date-the-first-kingston-beta-for-2013-will-be-on-thursday-april-25-2013/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:00:57 +0000 connected http://connectimass.com/?p=2048

The first in the series of four Kingston BETA events will be on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 6:30pm at the JAMPRO Offices in New Kingston. It’s a special edition that will have a panel discussion is STARTUP CITY: KINGSTON – How to make the city a hub for tech entrepreneurship and innovation.There will be as usual tech entrepreneurs pitching their ideas and will be judged by a panel of successful entrepreneurs who are also Kingston BETA alumni. Entry Contribution: JMD$500 |USD$5.

Do you want to pitch your idea or startup at this event whether you are in Kingston or from Kingston living the region or Diaspora. Send in your name, idea in a single paragraph with a link if relevant  in an email to ingrid@connectimass.com.

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Ingrid Riley ingrid@connectimass.com | 1 876 864 2440.

The Kingston BETA event series is brought to you by now award-winning media organisation ConnectiMass that offers content, community and events for aspiring and current Caribbean entrepreneurs in technology. ConnectiMass is a mission to drive tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the Caribbean.

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