Why Bother with a CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs?
To start, I have two questions for you.
- Do you believe that the Windrush scandal would have happened if the Caribbean immigrant population was a high demand and preferred demographic at the business or hiring table?
- Do you believe the high rates of deportation of individuals of Caribbean heritage from North America and Europe would be happening if we had managed to change our social and economic results?
- The need to improve the social and economic outcomes of Caribbean immigrant entrepreneurs & the community in all Diasporic markets.
- The need to close the entrepreneurial experience gap between Caribbean immigrant entrepreneurs and their counterparts in OECD and other Diasporic Markets.
- The need to better leverage the Diaspora for growing strong businesses, that solve big problems, create jobs, and grow wealth for entrepreneurs, families, the Caribbean Community, host, and home countries.
- The gap in entrepreneurial experience between Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs and their counterparts in OECD and other diasporic markets.
- Sparse markets and networks for supporting growth of sales and scaling in local and foreign markets
- Insufficient literature on the practice, pathways, and processes of Caribbean entrepreneurship, and the culture of Caribbean entrepreneurs in the Diaspora and at home
- The need for more High Performing Caribbean businesses. That includes moving Caribbean Immigrant businesses beyond the micro and small business categories with incomes less than $500,000 per annum
- The need to increase the attractiveness, desirability, and Feasibility of entrepreneurship among Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (The Immigrant and Caribbeans at home). And in particular, the English-Speaking Immigrant who is “least likely” to start and grow a business in OECD countries
- Lack of experience in building business networks
- Difficulty and lack of access to community and traditional financing for businesses
- Challenges associated with “foreignness’”, lack of confidence, and the perception of the colour of entrepreneurship (especially as it relates to high value services and other intangibles)
- The missing presence of the Caribbean immigrant entrepreneur in all our ethnic blends and diversity (The need to promote and tell our stories as entrepreneurs, the how of telling those stories)
- The need for an accessible vibrant and connected Caribbean Diasporic Market Place
- The need to speak the language of our roots and markets we want to serve
- The need to build entrepreneur capacity in business
- The need for mentors, as well as to close the entrepreneurship experience gap through active learning, knowledge, skills and resource exchange
- The need to create more jobs for Caribbean immigrants within our communities and to catapult Caribbean immigrants into the high demand, high income/ high earning potential demographics (Making the Caribbean immigrant a preferred demographic)
- The need to improve the social and economic outcomes of Caribbean immigrants and their contribution to their adopted homes and home countries.
- The need for rigorous quantitative and qualitative research for delivering relevant solutions for our entrepreneurs as well as for serving markets (A real market research hub for entrepreneurs, supporters, and facilitators of Caribbean entrepreneurship)
- The need for an affordable, accessible space for creating the change we want to see through our own commitment and actions. The need for more symbols of the practice of freedom, independence, and power of our people and communities to chart our own destiny.
But how are we going to do all this?
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Magate Wildhorse Ltd.
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Businesses can set social change in motion!
Toronto based strategic management consultancy now accepting new clients
Magate Wildhorse Ltd, is currently accepting new clients for statistics, research, and operations research solutions.
Our solutions include:
- Strategic market research
- Marketing research
- Environmental scans
- PESTLE Analysis
- Statistical Research
- Government Ministers’ Research help
- Research design; and
- Operations research solutions.
Services are available worldwide by remote (virtual), or blended mode.
Schedule a client connect and clarify session today!
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Leading our research and statistic arm is Partner Associate, Dr. Daniel Maposa.
To learn more about Dr. Maposa, senior lecturer and expert in statistics, and operations research please visit the link below.
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Dr. Daniel Maposa joins Magate Wildhorse as lead Associate, Statistics and Research
Daniel Maposa, B.Sc. Hons, MSc, PhD
By Meegan Scott
Magate Wildhorse Ltd. is pleased to announce that Statistics, and Operations Research Expert and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Daniel Maposa has joined us in the capacity of Associate, Statistics and Research.
Daniel will bring a significant boost to our research, statistics, and operational research capability. He will ensure that we take our evidence-based promise to the next level. Dr. Maposa is a welcomed addition to the Magate Wildhorse family; and more so in this our Iron Year of Truth and Good.
Dr. Maposa holds a PhD in Extreme Value Statistics, a Master of Science in Operations Research and Statistics, and an Honours degree in Applied Mathematics. He has published more than 21 research articles in internationally accredited journals including Taylor & Francis Group, Copernicus Publications, Inderscience, Crop Research.
Daniel has addressed international conference audiences in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.
Dr. Maposa is a registered professional natural scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat.) in Statistical Sciences & Mathematical Sciences and is a member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), the South African Statistical Association (SASA), and the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA).
Meegan Scott, is excited by the opportunity to grow a rich partnership with Dr. Maposa as we work together for delivering greater value to clients and communities.
Biography:
Partner Associate Dr. Maposa, please click the link for details.
Marvin Hokstam joins Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Hokstam says, “We will deliver the vision of the CoP ― we gon do this fah real”.
Marvin Hokstam, Journalist, Writer, Educator
By Meegan Scott
The Community of Practice (CoP), for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs is pleased to announce Journalist, Educator, and Writer Marvin Hokstam and the Hox Projects as our newest partners.
Marvin will ensure entrepreneurs of Dutch Caribbean heritage in the Diaspora― will be connected to the Community of Practice and that the CoP will speak the language of the Dutch Caribbeans at home and abroad.
That he is committed, and has hit the ground running is demonstrated by his sharing of information about the CoP with members of the Black and Caribbean Community in the Netherlands through the “Say It Loud Afro Magazine”.
Marvin is no stranger to leading initiatives for facilitating the social and economic development of the Caribbean, and Black Communities. He founded Devsur (Suriname’s only English language news web site) and served as correspondent to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) for ensuring the people of Suriname would be kept up to date on happenings in other CARICOM member countries and vice versa.
From his adopted home―Holland, he serves as a connector of the Black, and Caribbean Communities; and is a freelance journalist on migrant matters, to the AD Haagsche Courant.
Earlier this year Marvin was elected to the Black Member Council of the British, National Union of Journalists.
Marvin has served as editor to the Today News and Journalist to the Daily Herald, as well as in Communications Consultant roles. He is the owner of the media consultancy Hox Projects (www.hox.one).
Mr. Hokstam hails from Suriname, and has lived in St. Maarten. Marvin, has a solid education in journalism, including a post graduate degree in Marketing, Communications, and Journalism from Bournemouth University.
I’m sure you’ll join me in extending a hearty welcome and best wishes to Marvin as he acts to open and connect the Dutch Caribbean Diaspora to the CoP; and its markets to CoP members; and their markets to the Dutch Caribbeans in the Diaspora.
Raise your likes, comments, and Salute to Marvin!
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Who Is Your Ideal Customer?
We get asked the question ―What do you do, and who are your ideal customers so often?
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Zakenmensen kunnen maatschappelijke veranderingen in gang zetten
Meegan Scott
Door Meegan Scott
In zijn onlangs verschenen artikel in de Harvard Business Review, stelde Richard Straub van de Drucker Society de volgende vraag: “Wat is er nodig om een grote verandering binnen een gemeenschap door te voeren – iets waar geen enkel individu veel invloed op kan uitoefenen, zelfs iets groots zoals een dominante denkwijze?”
Hij geeft hierop ook het antwoord: Een maatschappelijke beweging.
Straub stelt vast dat maatschappelijke bewegingen niet slechts het domein zijn van gemeenschapsorganisatoren en studenten.
“Zakenmensen kunnen deze bewegingen ook in gang zetten, wat we nu al zien gebeuren”.
Wat Straub zei was voor mij niks nieuws.
En ik heb anderen ontmoet met dezelfde visie, zowel binnen de Caribische gemeenschap als daarbuiten.
Echter werden mij de afgelopen weken vele vragen gesteld tijdens het delen van informatie gerelateerd aan de Community of Practice (CoP) voor Caribische Immigrant Entrepreneurs in de OECD en andere diasporamarkten, waaruit blijkt dat veel mensen binnen onze gemeenschap nog steeds geloven dat zulke initiatieven voor verandering voorbehouden zijn aan overheden, NGO’s en donororganisaties.
Het is hoogtijd om ons te realiseren dat zakenmensen ook een rol kunnen spelen om deze veranderingen in gang te zetten. En ook Caribische entrepreneurs!
De Zwarte en Caribische gemeenschap (en de Caribische met al haar etnische diversiteit) moet geen kansen laten liggen, maar deze juist aangrijpen voor de vrijheid en onafhankelijkheid van onze gemeenschap. Dit betekent samenwerken, om de veranderingen die we willen zien gebeuren te realiseren. Om dit te bereiken moet er strenge en hardnekkige maatregelen genomen worden om meer symbolen te creëren voor het uitoefenen van vrijheid, onafhankelijkheid en de macht van een volk en gemeenschap om controle over hun toekomst te hebben.
Bovendien dienen we onszelf in een dusdanige positie te plaatsen waardoor we een groep worden binnen onze gastlanden waar veel vraag naar is. Ik bedoel niet dat wij ons moeten afzonderen van andere groepen binnen de samenleving. Ik doel juist op het bewegen in een richting die onze grootschalige problemen binnen de maatschappij kan oplossen, en ons beter kan positioneren voor de toekomst. En hierbij hoort het geloof in het feit dat de kleur van ondernemerschap niet zwart is; en de kleur van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen ook niet zwart is.
Net als de Kauffman Foundation (een van de grootste stichtingen in de privésector in de VS, die ook bekend staat om het steunen van ondernemers en de Global Entrepreneurs Network), erken ik de noodzaak om een faciliterende omgeving te creëren die gebaseerd is op samenwerking, vertrouwen, verbindende netwerken en empirisch onderbouwde besluitvormen, als we erin willen slagen om de Caribische ondernemerservaring en impactvolle bedrijven te laten groeien.
Om blijvende veranderingen in de goede richting te kunnen ondersteunen, hebben we robuuste kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve data nodig als bewijs voor het creëren van oplossingen die van belang zijn voor onze gemeenschap. We moeten ook stappen ondernemen om markten, bronnen van financiering, uitwisseling van vaardigheden en gedeelde netwerken binnen de wereldwijde Caribische diaspora te creëren. Onze rijkdom, groei en veranderingen bevinden zich binnen onze gemeenschap.
De CoP voor Immigrant Entrepreneurs is ontwikkeld om een groot gedeelte van deze veranderingen te kunnen faciliteren. Ik maak van deze gelegenheid gebruik om gelijkgestemde mensen binnen de Diaspora, ondernemers, academici en onderzoekers uit te nodigen om samen te komen als eigenaren en begunstigden van de CoP voor Caribische Immigrant Entrepreneurs.
Laten we samen opkomen voor het slagen van individuen, bedrijven, gemeenschappen en landen van herkomst, maar ook voor het slagen van multiculturalisme binnen onze gastlanden. Onze gemeenschap en bedrijven moeten wakker worden en de rol van zakenmensen accepteren zodat veranderingen in gang gezet kunnen worden.
Over de auteur: Meegan Scott, B.Sc. Hons, MBA, ATM-B, CL, PMP., is een Strategic Management Consultant oorspronkelijk uit Jamaica, en de eigenaar van Magate Wildhorse Ltd in Toronto. Ze heeft artikelen gepubliceerd over business, strategieën, marketing, ondernemerschap en het verbeteren van het slagingsniveau van de Zwarte en Caribische gemeenschappen. Om meer te weten te komen over het CoP kunt u e-mailen naar: magatewildhorse@gmail.com
Ze heeft ook recensies van evenementen gepubliceerd, en een kleine business tv-serie geproduceerd.
Dit is een vakverenigingsartikel.
Over de vertaler: Philippa Raphet Meeng B.A., M. Sc., is vertaalster van Nederlandse origine, woonachtig in Frankrijk. Voor meer informatie kunt u e-mailen naar philippa@pflservices.eu
De bijbehorende website www.pflservices.eu zal zeer spoedig live gaan.
(About the translator: Philippa Raphet Meeng B.A., M. Sc., is a translator of Dutch origin, living in France. For more information you can send an email to philippa@pflservices.eu. Her website www.pflservices.eu will go live very soon.
CoP Framework – Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs
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ZA Women-led Small and Medium Sized Business Owners Invited to Participate in Research on Going Global
A random selection of women-led small to medium sized business owners and managers in South Africa will be invited to take part in a study that will provide valuable insights to inform a forthcoming Paper as well as the academic, and entrepreneur support communities on the process of internationalization among such entities in the context of a developing country.
The Paper is the first in a series that will feature, South Africa as a developing country; it will be followed by a second that is focused on Caribbean consulting businesses in the Diaspora. The Paper on South Africa aims to increase the pool of literature that is available on how and why internationalization takes place in women-led consulting businesses that fall in the category small to medium sized entities (SMEs).
Magate Wildhorse Ltd, Dr. Daniel Maposa, and Dr. Zakaria Sorgho will ensure that stakeholders have a say in framing, planning and conduct of the research. Dr. Maposa is a lecturer in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research in the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Faculty of Science & Agriculture, at the University of Limpopo and Magate Wildhorse Associate. Dr. Sorgho, is a research fellow at the Department of Economics, HEC-Liège, University of Liège (Belgium), and Economist-in-Chief at African Centre for International Trade and Development – ACITD. He is also an Associate Researcher at Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies on International Trade and Investment (CSITI), Laval University (Canada).
The findings of the research will be shared with a wide cross section of stakeholders and communities.
The study will provide insights into the role of networks and diaspora connections in the internationalization of the entities studied. In addition, it will present a comparison of the outcomes of born global versus born-again global entities and the factors that triggered the move to serve foreign markets.
The research will be guided by Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans , all data collected will be anonymized and stored in a safe and secure manner.
For more information about the study or the paper please contact lead researcher, Meegan Scott of Magate Wildhorse Ltd, at magatewildhorse@gmail.com or 1(647) 854-5323.
The Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (CoP) is not a regular Facebook Group. Our day-to-day meeting hub is housed on the platform of a Facebook Group. And that serves our purposes perfectly for a number of reasons that you will experience for yourself when you join the CoP.
The CoP, also known as the High-Performance Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Ring is a knowledge sharing, market, and research hub. At the core of the CoP are relationships of trust, information sharing, active research, dissemination of research findings, bridges to markets, creation of new market spaces, promotion of entrepreneurs and their stories for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs with Caribbean Roots in all of the Region’s Diaspora Markets.
It is a coming together for learning, sharing, collaborating, selling, knowledge building, resource mobilization, and skills share in the area of Caribbean Entrepreneurship and success strategies for our immigrant entrepreneurs. Among the outcomes of the CoP are improved financial results and growth of member networks (As we help each other to become more competitive in foreign markets), increased levels of robust, and realistic market research among members. But those are just some of the outcomes that we will deliver.
At a higher level we will increase research on the pathways, and processes for growing successful Caribbean Immigrant businesses in host countries in Europe, North America, The Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.
The Caribbean entrepreneurial experience will be boosted; and the levels of trust and collaboration among members, researchers, and other support partners will certainly help us to growth our businesses within our communities worldwide. All other groups have relied on their communities to grow their businesses and it is time for us to catch up.
While you are encouraged to promote your business and services in the CoP, participation in discussions, research, workshops, and sharing of advice and tips are a must for maintaining your membership in the group. Give generously and receive generously.
We have been building models of business growth, and for strengthening the capacities of our entrepreneurs on the findings of research done for other communities with more entrepreneurial experience than us. It is time to change that to generate insights needed to develop right solutions for us. The CoP is open to new members, partners, and leadership team members.
Coming this September, CoP Strategy Update planning meeting, join now to have your say.
Get on board to create the change you want to benefit from today!
See the CoP Brochure for additional details at: CoP HICEP Brochure Sept 2018.v.2
Click the link to Join the CoP at: Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs .
Resources
Benefitting from a Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Who is the Young Caribbean Entrepreneur in 2018
Conversational Language Push Starts
Invitation to Share Your Immigrant or Caribbean Diaspora Entrepreneur Story
