Born in the Caribbean and presented to the world, The Value is a business show for entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors interested in building and investing in companies that are scalable and highly valuable. The show is hosted by Kevin Valley, a Chartered Business Valuator and business consultant who has spent over a decade evaluating companies for debt and equity investment. During this time, Kevin found that while many business owners possess the passion and zeal to build enterprises that solve big problems and change the world, their business models and practices had common blindspots that prevented them from being attractive to investors, and able to command high valuations. Kevin thus decided to use his voice to educate business owners at scale while working with investors to source profitable opportunities. The result is The Value. Do enjoy.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
095: Purposely Driven by Veekle | Cherie Williams
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Today, we are with Cherie Williams, an accomplished entrepreneur and visionary. Cherie is the founder of FIRM1040, a tax firm assisting clients in different aspects of their financial lives, and owner of Veekle.
Purposely driven, Veekle is a digital peer-to-peer car renting business. She is an experienced accountant holding certifications from the New Jersey Certified Public Accountancy Board, an MBA in Finance, and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Having gained valuable experience in corporate leadership roles before starting her own ventures, Cherie is well-positioned for the entrepreneurial journey. She has a deep passion for helping others.
In this insightful episode, Cherie glances at her journey as an entrepreneur venturing into various start-ups. She shares with us the inspiration behind Veekle, how she turned this concept into reality, and how she manages the challenges any self-funding business faces.
Highlights:
- Cherie's journey to entrepreneurship
- How the concept of Veekle came to being
- What is MVP and why utilize it
- How to keep your sanity through the process
- How the Veekle platform works
- Pitch competitions, their benefits, and how to prepare for them
- Taking the business to the next level
- Biggest challenges in growing the business
- Advocating your business, getting feedback, and taking the risk
- The actuality of running a business
- Cherie's advice for entrepreneurs
Contact Cherie Williams:
LinkedIn: Cherie Williams, CPA, MBA
Instagram: @iamcheriewilliams
Find out more about Veekle:
LInkedIn: Veekle™
Facebook: facebook.com/justveekle
Instagram: @justveekle
Twitter: @justveekle
Wednesday May 10, 2023
092: Kevin Valley on The Digital World Radio Show
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
In this episode of The Value podcast, host Kevin Valley sits down with Jynynn Edwards and Keron Rose of “The Digital World” radio programme on 106.5FM for an insightful interview about his work as a Chartered Business Valuator and podcaster. The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to business valuation and entrepreneurship, including:
- Kevin's professional background in business valuation
- Understanding what a Chartered Business Valuator does
- Basic steps to building an investible business
- Why do small businesses fail to access capital from banks & available alternatives
- How to value intellectual property and brands
- Knowing when to choose a business canvas over a business plan
- The story behind the Caribbean Power Lunch Podcast and subsequent transition to The Value Show
- Views on podcasting as a medium in 2023
Throughout the episode, Kevin shares his expertise on these topics and provides practical advice for entrepreneurs and business owners. He also discusses his mission to educate business owners at scale while working with investors to source profitable opportunities.
Overall, this episode provides valuable insights into the world of business valuation and entrepreneurship and is a must-listen for anyone interested in building a highly valuable and investible business.
Resources:
Unlocking Investment Potential: How Chartered Business Valuators Drive Business Success
Friday Jan 06, 2023
089: Building Community Wealth | Tishauna Mullings
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
The Indomitable Tishauna Mullings takes the interview mic on this episode of The Value.
Self-described as a Jamaican “pracademic” who loves to question orthodoxy, Tishauna loves and believes in academia to the extent it can help create real solutions for people’s lives. She is a social entrepreneur who believes the world is full of too many issues for folks to go into business ONLY for profit.
With a resume as long as it is inspiring, Tishauna wears several hats as a youth leader, community builder, and social development practitioner. Her work centres around building community wealth through rural regeneration. She is the founder of the Little Genius programme and NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services, a social enterprise focused on empowering young people by equipping them with practical skills for employment.
Additionally, Tishauna is a Caribbean 30 under 30 Award recipient, Chevening Scholar, the winner of the 2013/2014 Farm Queen competition, Recipient of the Governor-General’s Award for St. Thomas in 2015, and a delegate for President Barack Obama’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative.
This episode is an inspiring and informative conversation on:
- How to tap into your potential to make change in the space you live in
- Tishauna’s testimony of how life coaching impacted her life and how she has used her experience to empower others
- A brief introduction to her Ready-Set-Go Coaching Model and How it works
- The Little Genius programme and NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services and their respective social impacts
- Understanding the value of social enterprises
- How entrepreneurs can use the cross-subsidization model to meet profit goals while investing in social enterprises
- Differentiating between Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship
- How profit-led businesses can better serve social causes
Tune in to this episode as we learn how to build community wealth with Tishauna Mullings.
Resources:
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
085: Can We Clog the Brain Drain?
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Every year, I see top talent leaving the country to go live and work somewhere else. And every year it stings - the loss of opportunity.
If you are in a developing country, you've most likely felt this as well, and if you are in a developed country you've probably benefitted from this - the Brain Drain.
Here are my thoughts on how to fix this.
Click here to join the conversation on LinkedIn.
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
084: Are You Ready to Scale Your Business? Featuring Kimberly Ofori
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Kimberly Ofori is a digital entrepreneur and growth step strategist who transformed lessons learnt from her eye-opening entrepreneurial journey into a personal leadership brand.
She serves as the Managing Director at Ofori & Co. - A Strategy Innovation Agency where she helps scale-ups and corporations to innovate their business models and overall strategic positioning in their respective markets.
Thanks to her rather unconventional corporate and entrepreneurial career; from climbing the career ladder starting at a very young age to working and living in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe where she founded and sold two companies - she has amassed a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience on what it takes to choose to be in the lead of your own life, in your career and on leading others. This is why she has been coaching leaders and leadership teams on personal leadership using The Lead method, a personal leadership methodology developed by Kimberly herself.
Kimberly deep dives into critical business lessons learnt from various ventures and provides brilliant insight into reasons companies fail, selecting the right business model, value chain positioning, and the importance of innovation to remaining resilient.
Kimberly also shared a Five-Factor Model for scaling your business.
Watch this interview on YouTube here
Resources
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
082: The Best Way to Communicate Value | Milène Paul
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Milène Paul is a business strategy coach and author of “Now It’s Time to Live My Best Life”, Her mantra “If they don’t get it, you won’t get it”, pointedly reminds business owners that if you aren’t clear on your value, prospective customers won’t buy into your service. It’s about making sure that your audience gets the message so you can get the business.
We discuss three types of value; absolute, relative and added; and Milène offers 5 steps you should use to effectively pitch your value with more confidence.
Rooted in her 10+ years of experience in project management, grants compliance and international development strategy for SMEs in the Caribbean, she has met hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs. It is where she learned a valuable truth in business: “If they don’t get it, you won’t get it”.
Valuable projects have failed to receive financial support because of a lack of clarity and confidence. Convinced that she could do something about it, Milène decided to turn her experience into profitable expertise to fill this void. Now, as a business strategist for female entrepreneurs in the coaching and consultancy industry, she helps her clients pitch, profit and impact with more confidence.
Resources:
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
081: Introducing The Value | The Language of Business
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
I am proud to announce the rebranding of the Caribbean Power Lunch podcast to The Value and what to expect in future episodes!
This episode covers:
- The origin of the Caribbean Power Lunch podcast
- My decision to dive fully into entrepreneurship
- Become Investible, the brand
- What Value means to me
- The legacy I want to build
- An introduction of my framework for a valued business
Friday Oct 29, 2021
077: From Idea to IPO | CinemaONE | Brian Jahra | Ingrid Jahra
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Founding team Brian and Ingrid Jahra discuss the evolution of CinemaONE, the Caribbean’s first IMAX experience, the pioneering step of becoming the first SME IPO in T&T, and the challenges of building a sustainable, wealth-generating business, while also focusing on future growth and possibilities.
In this conversation, we unpacked:
- Importance of IPOs for SMEs
- How to get to the IPO? What Is the Process?
- What the Business Valuation process entails
- Marketing the IPO
- Evolution of CinemaOne
- Growth of the Brand/Success Story
- How to Develop the Customer Experience
For further insights, check out https://kevinvalue.com/are-you-ready-to-take-your-company-public
Friday Aug 27, 2021
075: Succession Strength | Rochelle Clarke
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Can your business survive without you?
Did you know that 85% of failed business transitions occur because of poor communication, mistrust, and lack of planning?
Rochelle Clarke is a business advisor who specializes in keeping businesses in business with business continuity planning and transition preparation. Through her company, she ensures that retiring leaders, their incoming successors, and the businesses that support them are ready to move successfully to the next stage of their business’ lifecycle whether by succession or sale.
If the words: "Planning for the Unplanned'' ring clearly when she speaks, then "Be ready" echoes her sentiment.
Transitions may need to occur on any occasion and businesses must be adequately prepared for the change.
The Founder of Succession Strength, and the platform Continuity Strength, International keynote speaker, lecturer, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Rochelle is also the author of "The 5 Critical Succession Conversations: A Comprehensive Guide for the Family Business".
In this episode, we discuss:
- Business Continuity Planning,
- Business Transition,
- Succession Planning and Preparation,
- The difference between the entrepreneur and the family business owner, and
- 6 tips for working with family and friends.
Succession Strength - Keeping businesses in business for generations.
Friday Jul 23, 2021
072: Getting eCommerce Right | Kadion Preston
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
When everyone you know is having the same problem, the solution might be a successful business.
Kadion Preston, Co-Founder, and CEO of CaribShopper saw an opportunity to solve a common problem among Caribbean merchants and consumers by providing an easier way to buy goods from the United States.
When the original business model ran into challenges, the founders pivoted to solve another problem for their customers, now giving Caribbean merchants the opportunity to sell to overseas consumers. This shift, and the drive to find the investment capital to support it, came just before 2020, forcing even further innovation and evolution.
Kadion's journey is an example of the importance of embracing the opportunities presented, overcoming tragedy, and understanding that failure is a big part of the formula for success.
Friday Dec 18, 2020
067: Do Better Things | Sian Cuffy-Young
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
It is not always about doing things better, but sometimes we simply need to do better things.
This belief is near and dear to the heart of Sian Cuffy-Young, a social entrepreneur who is driven by the need for environmental change and waste management education.
- 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,
- An introduction to landfilling, and
- What's next for Siel Environmental.
Sian recently launched her book "Ky's Magical Adventures" to teach children about waste management and awaken the Eco-Hero within them.
Friday Nov 27, 2020
066: The Serial Entrepreneur | Osei Wright-Alexis
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Let's talk about Serial Entrepreneurship.
From music to catering to tech to events, Osei Wright-Alexis has brought his business start-up formula to bear on numerous ventures over the last 15 years. Hear him explain how he knows which idea is going to be next, and when it's time to move on.
Once the challenge is gone, serial entrepreneurs are always looking for the next business spark to develop. Bringing an idea to fruition is exciting, but making sure a business is ready before you move takes focus, patience, a thorough understanding of the market, and then sometimes tedious formulation of the systems and processes that underlie successful operation.
Osei walks us through his successes, failures, and lessons, and drops some serious wisdom for those of you who have too many ideas and don't know where to start.