The Value is a show for entrepreneurs and investors interested in building and investing in companies that are scalable and highly valuable. Born in the Caribbean and presented to the world, the show is hosted by Kevin Valley, a Chartered Business Valuator and business consultant who has spent over 15 years 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
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:
Article: Building Community Wealth Through Social Entrepreneurship
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
088: Adding Value with Tech | Jason Valley
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Operating at the intersection of technology and business analytics, Jason Valley has spent over 2 decades using technology to add value to businesses.
His exemplary career spans the finance, oil & gas, and telecommunications sectors where his projects improved turnaround time on business processes. His unwavering commitment to efficiency and excellence earned him the honour of ‘Employee of the Year’ in 1998 and 2010 while his team was recognized as Best-in-Class globally for process optimization.
Following these successes, he ventured into the rewarding world of entrepreneurship seeking to help small to medium-sized businesses optimize their operations.
This interview is jampacked with stories, lessons, and advice on:
- Opening doors for emerging talent using tech
- The Importance of Passion and Profits in deciding whether to pivot or scale
- The difference between being "One in a million" vs "One of a million" and what that means for your value
- The importance of market research and testing seemingly good ideas to identify the right business opportunity
- Using free trials to sell your Value proposition
- The importance of a database of leads to build brand awareness and facilitate new business development
- How to generate client trust with technology
- How Caribbean service providers can use tech to maximize time and money.
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Friday Dec 02, 2022
087: Invest in Guyana | Steven Jasmin
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Steven Jasmin recognized Guyana’s investment potential back when he first arrived in June 2017. The stark similarities between Guyana and Louisiana; the off-shore centre for oil & gas production in the US; made him a believer in Guyana‘s investibility.
5 years after settling in, Steven and his team have a clear understanding of the Guyanese people as well as the opportunities that lie ahead for the "land of many waters". What he brings to the table and offers to multi-generational blue-collar business owners hoping to have a piece of the oil & gas pie, is his ability to speak the language of Fortune 500 companies.
He bridges the gap between local businesses seeking to work with large energy conglomerates by overseeing investments and handling key operational tasks required for big business collaborations.
This episode explores the realities of Guyana’s investibility including
- Key challenges faced by foreign and local investors;
- Opportunities for wealth building, investment and economic growth;
- Capital solutions for investment; Guyana’s diversification options; and
- The impact of technology on sector development.
Tap in to hear more on Guyana’s investment climate and how Steven and his team are working to create greater opportunities for Investment.
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Thursday Nov 10, 2022
086: Web3 for Business | Jay Harris
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Jay Harris makes an appearance on the podcast to discuss the exciting world of Web 3. Web 3 or Web 3.0 is referred to as the next generation of the internet’s technical, legal and payment infrastructure. Its focus is on ownership and incorporates technologies and concepts such as decentralization, token-based economies and blockchain.
Our conversation sheds light on some important themes in Web 3 and instructs listeners on the key differences between these digital platforms & technologies.
We discuss:
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, NFTs and the Metaverse (what they are and how they are used)
- The first step in building a crypto wallet
- Mitigating risk in an unregulated market
- How businesses can capitalize on these digital platforms
Jay Harris is the Founder of the W3 Podcasts (Digital Leaders, Web 3 Leaders & World Tech Forum); audio shows aimed at educating and encouraging Web 3 communities.
The tech expert is an engaging speaker who effortlessly connects with the needs of his audience, inspiring performance, collaboration and change. In fact, many of Jay’s listeners credit him with providing the motivation they needed to launch their Web 3 projects.
In the corporate world, he is known as a creative thinker and provider of robust tech solutions for complex business problems.
Plug into this episode to learn more about the next generation of digital platforms.
Resources
Episode Video: https://thevalue.show/video/web3-explained-jay-harris
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
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
083: Failing to Raise Capital
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Have you ever taken the time to develop a business plan, and pitch your idea to investors?
Raise a virtual hand.
Awesome, were you able to win the investment?
Have you ever developed a business idea that needed funding to get off the ground, but never got around to meeting with potential investors? Maybe you were unsure of how to present it, maybe you were afraid, or maybe you just didn’t know where to find investors to fund your idea.
Ok, let’s cast a bigger net – have you ever wanted to become an entrepreneur but hit a mental wall when you think “How on earth am I going to get the money to do this?”
If none of this applies to you, I appreciate you for clicking through anyway 😊.
If you did raise a virtual hand, I am one of you - here's my story.
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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.
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Sunday Oct 09, 2022
081: Caribbean Power Lunch is Now "The VALUE"
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 May 06, 2022
080: Build Back Stronger | Michael K Jackson
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Michael K. Jackson is a global keynote speaker, resilience expert and author.
Having overcome significant challenges in his own personal and professional life, Michael walks us through what it takes to Build Back Stronger.
This episode is a much-needed lesson on resilience, adversity, and hope as well as uncovering Michael’s P-L-A-N framework: a method for dealing with problems, difficulties, and conflicts on the journey to success.
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
079: The Legacy of Peter Tosh | Niambe McIntosh
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
In his time, Platinum Album selling and Grammy Award-Winning musician, Peter Tosh was well-known for his advocacy for equal rights and the legalization of cannabis. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1987 but his legacy lives on.
“You can talk about things till you're blue in the face, but sometimes you just got to go through it,” says Niambe McIntosh, the youngest daughter of the legend on this episode of Caribbean Power Lunch.
In our discussion, Niambe shares the tumultuous learning curve, challenges, victories, and growth she experienced as the administrator of her father’s brand and legacy.
As a formidable businesswoman and visionary, Niambe serves as
- The head of the Peter Tosh Legacy and Brand;
- Managing Member of Tosh Holdings LLC (IP);
- Board Chairperson for the Peter Tosh Foundation Ltd.; and
- The President of PT Capital LLC (Cannabis).
Listen in as she shares the thought-provoking realities of:
- Crafting the direction of a legacy brand,
- Understanding the importance of dedicating time and resources to “fixing the past” to create a sustainable future, and
- Why she needed to fire her entire team and the journey of building a new strategic team through networking.
A video of this interview is available here.
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
078: All About the Pitch | Zahra Alleyne
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
When it comes to raising capital for your venture, the first thing you need to know is that it is NOT all about your pitch.
Preparing to speak to investors is about a lot more than a polished pitch deck. Business owners should also understand how to outline what makes their companies Investible, including how to identify who your customers are, what they need, and how are you are solving their problems.
In this episode, Zahra Alleyne walks through the process of developing an Investible business model and what to consider when preparing to present to potential investors.