We wrote a post on the Jamaica Gleaner last week with the headline- “ Jamaica Gleaner,Caribbean’s oldest newspaper profits plummets, vows to focus on increased market...
This is a special invitation to all Jamaican bloggers to join us at the next Kingston Beta, this Thursday June 25th, at 6:30 p.m. at Susie’s...
I haven’t posted a fresh blog since last week Wednesday, the day I got a call that my mom had a mild heart attack and was...
MusicPassNetwork.com is a site where you go to download the reggae singles you bought using the equivalent of a top up phone card. We first got...
It’s the worst time ever to start a company, right? Only if you’re not an entrepreneur.f you are an entrepreneur, the economics have never been better:...
If you can listen in to Business Suite Today a radio show, this Wednesday(June 17th) 10am-2pm live online at bessfm.com and if you’re in Jamaica on...
I’m a huge believer in networking both within your own industry and across many others. So when I got this in my inbox, thanks to my...
The Jamaica-based Gleaner Company Ltd the oldest operating newspaper in the Caribbean, held its Annual General Meeting last week and reported to shareholders and analysts what...
I saw the Google ad and I clicked. When I landed on the site’s homepage, I was stunned. The Jamaican-based coffee company Wallenfordblue dropped me off...
Lots of people waited for 12:01 last night for the chance to grab their facebook.com/username vanity url. In fact Mashable.com reported that over 200,000 vanity urls...
Does the fact that you can create a Fan Page, a group for your company, cafe or event, especially on social media sites like Facebook –...
It’s pretty much study and exam time across the Caribbean right now, both at the high school and college levels. Most exams will be done by...
Some businesses are asking what’s the use in setting up a Website when everybody’s on Facebook, MySpace or Twitter? Why not just set up a Facebook...
I got wind of these stats and had to share them. 24 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS are projected online by 2010* according to an eMarketer, October 2007...
Sandor Panton, the search engine expert, affiliate marketer and entrepreneur behind top5jamaica.com tweeted a powerful question yesterday. RT@top5jamaica said “When will Jamaican companies, event organizers etc....
First there was CaribTweet.com now their Folkstown.com. The site CaribTweet.com, Twitter for Caribbean small talk, launched just in January this year while Folkstown-Exploring Caribbean Conversations, which...
Yikes! There are only 334 companies on LinkedIn that have any thing to do with the Caribbean; 39 of those may be Jamaican, 25 may be...
This SiliconCaribe TV video blog is an exclusive prelaunch demo. It’s about a Jamaican startup called Software Architects that has built a mobile phone app that...
Evan Williams had a great post on The StartupBlog Network titled, “ten rules for web startups” that every entreprenuer should read so I will reprint here:...
At Kingston Beta last night, a bunch of us were discussing as ot what were teh chief reasons for many Caribbean startups in the Tech/Internet/Mobile space...
