Category Archives: Caribbean Entrepreneur’s Community of Practice

OUR HEART FELT THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO CAME TO CELEBRATE WITH US – Launch of CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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On behalf of the members of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant (CoP), Magate Wildhorse Ltd, and I thank each of you who joined us online in support for the CoP earlier this evening.
 
We were honoured to share your company, thank you for your comments and encouragement.
 
We now ask you to join and benefit from the “CoP opportunity” as well as to spread the word about the CoP like wild fire. When you help us to bring more people to benefit and share in the CoP, we can act to create a better social and economic future for our people at home and aboard.
 
We will also be able to demonstrate the value that we bring for making our adopted homes better places.
 
Meegan Scott (for)
The Secretariat of the CoP &
Magate Wildhorse Ltd
All partner including South Florida

OUR HEART FELT THANK YOU TO Dr. K’Nife & THE CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP THINKING AND PRACTICE, UWI, MONA – Launch of CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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On behalf of the members of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (CoP), Magate Wildhorse Ltd, and I thank Dr. Kadamawe K’Nife and the Centre, for sharing the vision of the CoP and for committing to its vision from the start. While a technology issue prevented Dr. K’Nife from delivering his message this evening he was online and ready to share with our audience.

We know that you are committed and that we will hear from you in the coming days.

We are delighted to have UWI the number one producer of Caribbean leaders on board to help with building entrepreneur capacity in the Diaspora as well as for helping with the research for growing the pool of literature and informing the development of curriculum and solutions that are relevant to Jamaica and the Caribbean entrepreneur at home and in all our Diasporic markets.

Dr. K’Nife we look forward to your message and for having you join us at the helm in delivering the vision of the CoP.

I am indeed a proud graduate of the University of the West Indies and Taylorite.

Meegan Scott (for)
The Secretariat of the CoP &
Magate Wildhorse Ltd

All partner including South Florida

OUR HEART FELT THANK YOU TO Mr. JERROLD JOHNSON & JAMAICA NATIONAL BANK – Launch of CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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jN-national27871On behalf of the members of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (CoP), Magate Wildhorse Ltd, and I thank Mr. Jerrold Johnson for sharing the vision of the CoP, and for committing to its vision from the start. Mr. Johnson and the Bank have demonstrated their commitment to the Community and by extension to helping Canada to benefit from its Jamaican immigrant community.
We are delighted and grateful for the fact that Mr. Johnson has not just committed to the vision of the CoP but, have moved to secure the committed of the Bank to supporting the CoP. Despite a hectic schedule he showed up to inspire and encourage fellow members of the CoP and other entrepreneurs in the community to come together to “leverage our knowledge base and to circulate the information”.

Jerrold, we thank you for encouraging those in our audience to “plug in and pool the knowledge together”.
We look forward to drawing on JNB’s hundred and forty-six years of experience in drawing on community talent as we grow the CoP.
It is encouraging to have the commitment of another mind and pair of hands plus the backing of so noble an institution as JNB on board, to help guide and deliver the vision of the CoP.
Truly the kind of personal commitment and forward thinking by a Jamaican entity that makes me proud to be Jamaican and love fi me born land.
Looking forward to working with you Mr. Johnson and the Bank.

Meegan Scott (for)
The Secretariat of the CoP &
Magate Wildhorse Ltd

All partner including South Florida

OUR HEART FELT THANK YOU TO Messrs. CARLTON & ANTHONY JOSEPH of THE CARIBBEAN CAMERA – Launch of CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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On behalf of the members of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (CoP), Magate Wildhorse Ltd, and I thank Messrs. Carlton and Anthony Joseph and the Editor of The Caribbean Camera for being steadfast supporters of the CoP and our local businesses.  This evening we extend our special thanks to Carlton for a powerful rally call to Caribbean immigrants to start and grow their own businesses.

We also thank him for sharing his personal journey of successes and failures to growing a company with revenue of $2M and 200 employees.  His is a powerful story that I am sure have sent some of us in high gear saddle up to ride to thenext level of success as entrepreneurs.

We are fired up by your passion and message! Thank you also for putting some powerAnthony-Joseph-Excellence-in-Media-683x1024behind our message Carlton.  To Anthony, we thank you for being there with us for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2017 and again in 2018; and for being one of the first members of the CoP.

Let our businesses remember the power of global in accurately conveying their messages and in reaching our audiences.  We look forward to strengthening our relationship with the Caribbean Camera for both the CoP and our GEW celebrations.  In partnership with the Caribbean Camera the CoP has already hosted two events for GEW in its infancy.

One thing is clear Carlton, has a wealth of knowledge to be shared with the members of the CoP. While We look forward to having Carlton join the CoP or at least join us from time to time for sharing other messages, tips, and guide.

Both Anthony and Carlton bring entrepreneurial DNA from Trinidad and Tobago to the CoP and our entrepreneurs.

Thank you, Trinidad―I am proud to be Caribbean and serve Canada, Jamaica, and the rest of the Caribbean from the richness that it poured into me in preparation to serve at home and abroad.

Listen to Carlton’s story here.

We look forward to seeing more entrepreneurs from Trinidad in the CoP.

Thank you again Carlton, Anthony, and the rest of the Caribbean Camera.

Meegan Scott (for)
The Secretariat of the CoP &
Magate Wildhorse Ltd

All partner including South Florida

 

OUR HEART FELT THANK YOU TO Mr. VIVION SCULLY & JAMPRO – Launch of CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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View Mr. Scully and JAMPRO’s endorsement and Committment to the CoP here

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On behalf of the members of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant (CoP), Magate Wildhorse Ltd, and I thank Mr. Vivion Scully and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), for sharing the vision of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs.

We are heartened by the demonstration of forward thinking that you have shown by recognizing how we can work together for advancing our mutual and different objectives and visions while creating greater impact. Greater impact for Jamaicans and the peoples of the Caribbean in the Diaspora and at home.  In addition, your action also says to your host countries that you are committed to helping their cities and people who struggle to attain economic and financial freedom.

As the CoP will serve our brothers and sisters in Africa, the USA, other immigrant entrepreneurs who are not native speakers of English, and Canadians who have no history of entrepreneurship in their families and face barriers related to sparse networks, “foreignness when it comes to talent”, as well as lack of access to capital, and entrepreneurial experience.

The gift of your message, endorsement, and commitment to support the CoP was well received by our members and appreciated by or audiences.

Thank you again Jamaica! “I’m a born Jamaican” means even more when agencies of our Government reach out to support us in the Diaspora.  We look forward to building mainstream Jamaican and Caribbean businesses with an ethnic flavor that will make your job easier.

Thank you again JAMPRO.

Meegan Scott (for)

The Secretariat of the CoP &

Magate Wildhorse Ltd

All partner including South Florida

Upcoming Events : Oct. 20 to GEW 2018

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Join us for CoP Strategy Planning  and Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018

Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs (CoP) Strategy Planning

  • Saturday, October 20, 2018 or
  • Sunday, October 21, 2018

Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada, 2018
Celebrating, supporting, and promoting entrepreneurs.

One click to access details for each event available at link to PDF below flyer.

#GEW2018 #GEWCanada2018 CoP Strategy Planning Magate Wildhorse GEW Events 2018 join us for Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada Celebrations 2018 Upcoming events

Get quick links to the events in the image above, click the link to view PDF document below.
CoP and GEW 2018 Upcoming Events.v.2.0

Looking forward to sharing your company, partnering, or collaborating with you for the events above.

Meegan Scott for Magate Wildhorse Ltd., and Magate Wildhorse for CoP Secretariat.

 

 

 

Why Bother with a CoP for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs?

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To start, I have two questions for you.

  1. 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?
  2. 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?

Why bother CoP the community of practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs Whys and Wherefores CoP rationale, purpose of the Community of Practice

  • 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.

problems faced by Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs problems challenges the CoP Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs seek to solve

  1. The gap in entrepreneurial experience between Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs and their counterparts in OECD and other diasporic markets.
  2. Sparse markets and networks for supporting growth of sales and scaling in local and foreign markets
  3. Insufficient literature on the practice, pathways, and processes of Caribbean entrepreneurship, and the culture of Caribbean entrepreneurs in the Diaspora and at home
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Lack of experience in building business networks
  7. Difficulty and lack of access to community and traditional financing for businesses
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. The need for an accessible vibrant and connected Caribbean Diasporic Market Place
  11. The need to speak the language of our roots and markets we want to serve
  12. The need to build entrepreneur capacity in business
  13. The need for mentors, as well as to close the entrepreneurship experience gap through active learning, knowledge, skills and resource exchange
  14. 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)
  15. The need to improve the social and economic outcomes of Caribbean immigrants and their contribution to their adopted homes and home countries.
  16. 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)
  17. 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?

To find out,  join us for Whys and Wherefores of the Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs in your own time.  Get the whys, rational, and how. Share in the ongoing discussion.

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Marvin Hokstam joins Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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Hokstam says, “We will deliver the vision of the CoP ― we gon do this fah real”.

Marvin Hokstam joins Community of Practice for Caribbean Immigrant Entrepreneurs as partner to rally and connect Dutch Caribbean Diaspora to the Community of Practice Holland Suriname St. Maarten Curaçao, Holland, The Netherlands, The Netherlands Antilles, Community of Practice for Entrepreneurs with Caribbean roots in the Diaspora Say It Loud Afro Magazine corporate announcement

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!

 

Zakenmensen kunnen maatschappelijke veranderingen in gang zetten

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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.