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Marketing, Communication, Social Media, Caribbean Integration, Entrepreneurship

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I'd love to see Caribbean societies move away from reliance on government social welfare and establish independent community welfare boards where residents pay money to a fund that is used for community development such as infrastructure building, schools and education, healthcare etc. The funds would be managed by volunteers who are voted in and only sit one term each, unless in special cases that are voted on by the community. The fund could also be managed by the local Credit Unions, since they are already familiar with not-for-profit money management. The community has to vote on every aspect of the budget and and records are available for public view at all times.

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• A reply on Conversation: How do you make money from your business ideas?

  Jan 12 2012: Great insight Xavier. I've been hearing this more and more actually. Many business minds are saying it's a good idea to start with a prototype or a locally scaled model of your idea and pretty much see what people think and how it fares. But how do you deal with the fear of someone with better resources just taking your idea while it's in its baby stages and blowing it up to make a serious profit? This kinda puts you out of the loop on your own idea doesn't it?

• A comment on Conversation: What advice can we offer to aspiring entrepreneurs?

  Jan 12 2012: One Issue I do have is knowing when to move on from one strategy to another... for example, I've been trying to get funding for my startup for a while now by trying to attract advertising pledges from corporate companies but no bites so far...not sure if I should keep trying or try something else...Does anyone know where I can find a discussion on various funding methods for startups?
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  A reply on Conversation: What advice can we offer to aspiring entrepreneurs?

  Jan 12 2012: I find that when you step out on your own, there's a certain instinctive survival drive that kicks in.. you KNOW you can't afford to mess around now...so you wont... your body and mind know there's more at stake so you grow wings and surpass even your own expectations. Don't let fear stop you.
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  A comment on Conversation: What advice can we offer to aspiring entrepreneurs?

  Jan 12 2012: greetings from Jamaica! Loving this idea... I'd say after you dive in, keep reminding yourself (daily) of your company goals and objectives as well as your personal goals for success so that you keep focused and DRIVEN!!!!