036: Fusion Adventure Races with Charles Bobb-Semple

Charles Bobb-Semple is the man behind FUSION ADVENTURE RACE.

FUSION ADVENTURE RACE is an annual physical and intellectually challenging sporting event that demands courage, commitment, fortitude, stamina, and teamwork.

The event, which recognizes three categories, namely Male, Female and Mixed, takes competitors through mountain trails and other terrains, offering the opportunity for persons to discover the veiled treasures of the island from a unique perspective.

Fusion has earned its place as the premier adventure race in Trinidad & Tobago and takes competitors through mountain trails, offering the opportunity for athletes to discover the veiled treasures of the island from a unique perspective. Additionally, it offers intrigue as participants are only informed of what is required of them at each successive stage; emphasis is placed on teamwork, rather than individual achievement.

030: The Hardest Part is to Start with Toni Thorne

Who is Toni Thorne?

• Entrepreneur who started her first business at age 7.
• Self-starter: “If I say I’m going to do something, I find a way I get it done.”
• “The hardest thing is to start.”
• Pursue what you are interested in and what will energize you: “You have to be very clear in what you want from life.”
• Motto: “Be true to yourself.” – you are your own biggest obstacle.

Experience of Business

• Pursue Your Interests:
• Know Your Business Inside Out
• Believe in Yourself
• Align Your Interests
• Finding a Mentor
• Understand and Embrace Failure
• Favourite Failure Story.

Black Entrepreneurship

• There is a mindset issue which is keeping Caribbean businesses, particularly Black businesses, from growing as they should: “People would rather own 0% of nothing than 5% of something.” – instead of collaborating and supporting one another, they would rather compete.
• The Black experience in Barbados, a predominantly Black country, is one in which Black people are treated as minorities and racism is an endemic issue
  • Upper financial class does not reflect the racial composition of the country, which affects the level of entrepreneurship and business entry
• Experiences of being Black worldwide are unique experiences
  • A study on the business loan process conducted by Harvard University revealed Black entrepreneurs in the USA have to deal with much more stringent policies and procedures than White entrepreneurs with similar or lesser qualifying requirements. This experience of different rules for Black business owners and Black entrepreneurs is also true in Barbados and serves as an obstacle which Black entrepreneurs have to determine how to overcome.
• Black parents have until recently tended to be more conservative, encouraging children to follow a more secure, traditional path and may not have supported entrepreneurship as it seemed too risky
  • This stems partly from a historical experience of oppression and disadvantage which has caused them to be more risk-averse.
  • That mindset is slowly changing, which is necessary to spur on generational wealth and generational business growth
  • White peers may have a different upbringing and exposure to family businesses and business mindset earlier on
• Black entrepreneurs must recognize that although social structures may cause them to be at a disadvantage, they can and must then make their own paths to success, be creative in how they pursue structuring and financing their businesses and set their own goals for measuring success.

027 - The Power of Mindfulness with Makeda McKenzie

Ms. McKenzie is the founder and managing consultant of the Caribbean Mindfulness Institute (CMI). She received her mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training from the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine (UCSD), widely considered to be one of the preeminent thought and research leaders in the field of Mindfulness Studies. MBSR uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, and yoga to help people calm their mind and body to better cope with stress, illness, and pain.

• Makeda's Journey to Mindfulness;
• Meditation;
• The Science of Happiness;
• The Power of the Pause;
• Class: 5 Weeks to Peace;
• Mental Body Scanning & Self-Awareness;
• Making Mindfulness a Business;
• Winning Business: Turning "NO" into "YES"; and
• Next Steps for the Caribbean Mindfulness Institute.

Learn more at:

• Makeda McKenzie on LinkedIn
• Caribbean Mindfulness Institute on Facebook
• Caribbean Mindfulness Institute on Instagram
• Insight Timer: Free Meditation App
• Episode 023: Much More than a Host with Hans Des Vignes
• Episode 026: Doing What You MUST with Nicole Greene

Building Generational Wealth with Kerwyn Valley

Check out our brand new podcast: Become Investible. [https://becomeinvestible.com]

In this episode, we talk to Kerwyn Valley; CEO and majority owner of KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited, and Founder and  Managing Director of Aspire Fund Management  Company  Limited. Aspire is a small-cap private equity management company focused on growth-stage private sector investments throughout the Caribbean. 

In  2004,  Kerwyn joined  AIC  Financial Group in Trinidad and Tobago to develop the Group ’s regional Trade  Finance  Division.  In  2008, Kerwyn became CEO  of AIC  Finance Limited and in  2010 he was also appointed CEO  of  AIC  Capital Market  Brokers  Limited.    In  February  2011,  he led the successful management buy-out of  AIC  Capital  Market Brokers which has been rebranded as KCL  Capital Market  Brokers  Limited.

Episode Flow:

1. Moving from Employee to Owner
2. Weighing the Risks
3. Building Generational Wealth
4. Creating Wealth in the Caribbean
5. Overcoming Fear
6. How to Identify a Good Business
7. The Importance of Providing the Money in the Middle (Putting Professional Capital to Work)
8. Questions From Social Media

026 - Doing What You MUST with Nicole Greene

025 - Social Innovation with Candice Lela Rolingson

• The concept of Social Innovation;
• Why Social?;
• The vision, creation and production process, and impact of the film "Positive and Pregnant";
• Rollywood;
• Location Management;
• "Our Ethiopia" short film series;
• Building awareness of local creative projects; and
• The Caribbean's role in Global Diversity.

• Candice's Production Reel - on YouTube.
• Trailers for "Our Ethiopia" Series
• Candice's thesis on Behavior Change
• Candice on LinkedIn
• Candice on Twitter
• Candice on Instagram

• Listen to Episode 020: Social Entrepreneurship with Sian Cuffy-Young
• Listen to Episode 013: Rankin Morgan - Dazzle Magazine

• iTunes
• Stitcher
• Castbox
• RSS Feed

024 - Sports Management Done Right with Kyle Lequay

• Sponsorship Manager for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL);
• Marketing Manager for the Local Organising Committee for the FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup 2010;
• Program Coordinator for the DC Scores, Washington, D.C.; and
• Sport Marketing Officer for Digital Sports DC/Kimsey Foundation, Washington DC.

• The origin of Beach Football (Soccer) in Trinidad and Tobago
• The Sports Tourism model and its impact on a country's athletics
• The transition into Cheerleading - Cheer in the Sun
• Finding opportunities in Sports Entertainment
• A lesson in Resilience - how Kyle acquired the World of Dance Franchise; and
• What you learn from managing a Sports Bar

• Lequay Edge on Facebook

• Listen to Episode 001: Osei Wright-Alexis - Why Not Try?
• Listen to Episode 003: You Have to be "All In" with Kerrie-Kim Kirton
• Listen to Episode 010: Make It POP! Event Management 101 with Brendon Braithwaite
• Listen to Episode 022: Proper Talent Management with Andre Jeffers

023 - Much More Than a Host with Hans Des Vignes

022 - Proper Talent Management with Andre Jeffers

• Perception Management on Facebook
• Perception Management on Instagram
• Listen to Episode 004 - Jerome Precilla - How I Became a Multipreneur
• Subscribe to this Podcast

021 - CASH FLOW with Roger Moore

1. Cashflow Club (Trinidad and Tobago), which uses the six-time New York Times Bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ to demonstrate the simplicity of the CASH FLOW concept which has proven to be highly successful worldwide;
2. Mad Science – Eastern Caribbean, a leading science enrichment provider that delivers unique, hands-on science experiences for children that are as entertaining as they are educational; and
3. RE/MAX Caribbean, part of an international Real Estate Franchise with over 6,700 independently owned and operated offices across the globe.

• The nexus between athletics and business strategy;
• Simulation-based learning vs. classroom learning;
• The need for proper financial training;
• The value in the franchise model;
• Reframing how we look at assets and liabilities; and
• The business case for legalizing Marijuana.

• Roger Moore on LinkedIn
• Cashflow Club's YouTube channel
• Cashflow Club on Facebook
• Listen to Episode 018 - Emma Charles - Small Business 101
• Subscribe to this Podcast

020 - Social Entrepreneurship with Sian Cuffy-Young

• Quarry Operators,
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs),
• Businesses,
• Schools, and
• Environmental-based companies.

• Sian's journey and reason for becoming an environmental entrepreneur,
• Reframing her mindset from student and employee to business owner,
• Social Entrepreneurship: Environment and Business Case,
• How to get started without funding #IdeaToAction,
• An introduction to landfilling, and
• What's next for Siel Environmental.

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Website
• Facebook

• Listen to Episode 008: Irvin Davis - Renewable Energy: A Low-Hanging Fruit
• Listen to Quick Bite 1: Kerrie-Kim Kirton - Making Environmental Cleanliness FUN

018 - Small Business 101 with Emma Charles

• Small Business Simplified - How it works,
• Why incorporate a limited company versus being a sole trader,
• How to register as a limited company,
• Important legal contracts to protect your business,
• Protecting yourself as a freelancer or consultant,
• Protecting your intellectual property,
• Emma's secret to success, and
• One World, One Legal System?

• Ready to be a Start-up? Tired of working a 9 to 5?
• Emma J Charles - Website
• Emma's FAQ
• Contact Emma via email at hello@emmajcharles.com
• Subscribe To This Podcast

• Listen to Episode 007: Jamila Bannister - Build Your Branding Ecosystem