Kingston Beta
To Learn. Be Inspired. To Network.
Jamaica Observer: Downloading the Beta Version (Event Review)
Jul 9th
Techies with a taste for the social scene should take comfort in the bi-monthly staged Kingston Beta. “Kingston Beta is both an event and a community,” shares ConnectiMass CEO Ingrid Riley, who is responsible for Kingston Beta, which sees technology professionals and practitioners getting together to share ideas.
Anybody who wants to know what Jamaican and Caribbean people are doing online, this is the place to be,” adds Riley.
And it seems she might be on to something, as roughly 50 techies turned up at the Spanish Court Hotel last Thursday for the summer renewal of Kingston Beta.Those in attendance wear tags indicating their name and the companies they represent.
“Most of the Kingston Beta set are young entrepreneurs who have started tech-focused companies,” Riley notes, outlining that the mix of individuals ranges from web content developers to the social network-savvy.
Sharing thoughts on technology is further facilitated in a section called Pitch This, a five-minute session which sees proprietors of new online companies promoting their big idea. This is followed by a Q&A session. On this particular night, Jerome Campbell is pitching his new product homeinjamaica.com, a software outfit that specialises in real estate. There is, too, a presentation from Jonathan François who is beamed on screen from Trinidad & Tobago via Skype to speak on his caribbeantutors.com, an online learning resource aimed at CXC students. More
Kingston Beta Presentation: Digital Jobs for our Digital Future by Marc Canter
Jul 2nd
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Marc Canter, never speaks directly from his presentations. He’s too dynamic and full of great stories to be that boring. He was a dynamic and interactive speaker who left the audience of 70 attendees in an inspired post event chatter at our last Kingston Beta on Thursday June 24th, 2010 @ The Spanish Court Hotel. Have a browse through this slide presentation and see if his ideas will spark your brain as it has ours.
A Facebook Interview with Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, Ceo of Broadband Mechanics.
Jun 17th
We made the announcement on May 19th on the event blog for Kingston Beta. The headline read Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, creator of FLASH Media Player will speak at the ConnectiMass technology event Kingston Beta in June. The Jamaican and Caribbean tech and business community has been a buzz ever since.
And yes he will be speaking their via Skype Video on Thursday June 24th, 2010 to the Jamaica’s Kingston Beta community at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.
Since we became Facebook friends, I took the opportunity to get a pre-event interview with him. So I sent him some questions and he answered them in a candid and direct way. Here’s the interview: Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, creator of FLASH Media Player will speak at the technology event Kingston Beta in June.
May 19th
Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday, May 20th, 2010 - Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, the company that created FLASH Media Player, Dreamweaver, Shockwave; the video game developer; Social Networking consultant and designer; 25 year veteran and serial entrepreneur in the software business; now CEO of Broadband Mechanics – will be the International Guest Speaker at the Kingston Beta, the technology event to be held on Thursday June 24th, 2010 6:30 p.m. at the Spanish Court Hotel.
“We’re excited to have Marc Canter as our first international guest speaker. He’s a globally renowned tech entrepreneur and a keynote speaker with great influence and insight. So we believe the idea and information exchange that will happened between him and our community of technology entrepreneurs and business professionals will be invaluable,” said Ingrid Riley, Ceo of ConnectiMass and founder of the event. Read the rest of this entry »
International Guest Speaker for June’s edition of Kingston Beta
May 14th
YOU are NOT going to want to miss Kingston Beta on June 24th, the INTERNATIONAL guest speaker that we have confirmed will blow your mind. We’re broadcasting him by Skype Video and yes this time too we’re streaming live for all of you in the Caribbean, US, UK and Canada who have repeatedly ask us to do that ….will soon announce details right here as well as on twitter and on Facebook.
What are the three Rs of networking and how do they work?
May 5th
Follow the three Rs of networking—radar, recall and reward. You have to put yourself out on your new contact’s radar within a week of connecting. So within a week you send an e-mail and say, “It was so nice to see you at….” Next is recall. Remember what they said to you. You should never be so focused on what you have to say that you forget to listen. At some point, they are going to say something personal and you need to remember it. Next comes reward. You have to give them something, nothing to do with your business, just a nice gesture. So if you write, “I remember you talked of your love of sushi restaurants. I am attaching a link to a cool Web site that features all sushi restaurants opening up in your area.” By doing this, at the very least you will get a response, and at the very most, you win yourself a brand-new network connection. Always follow the three Rs. More
Bob Parsons, Ceo of GoDaddy.com-5 things I wish I learned in Business School. Plus … a smoking HOT blonde.
May 4th
This was too funny in its irreverence and too solid in its business advice from a very successful entrepreneur not to share with you.
Kingston Beta the Caribbean’s premier technology networking and startup pitch event opens its 2010 season with 4 startups and 60 entrepreneurs.
May 4th
With 60 people in attendance at the Spanish Court Hotel, smack in the middle of Kingston’s Business District, Kingston Beta – the Caribbean’s premier technology networking and startup pitch event kicked off its 2010 season in February 2010.
With sponsor Jamaica National, partners in SiliconCaribe, Socialingua, RealVibez.tv and CaribClix – the audience of entrepreneurs, bloggers, site publishers, Internet marketers, software developers saw pitches from Global Youth Connection, Smart Office, TechShopja and VirtualMall Jamaica.
Bob Parsons: How I built 3 Mega Million $$$ businesses from scratch! Plus a very hot Russian Chick.
May 4th
How To Work On Your Business, Not In It
May 4th
Most entrepreneurs are freelancers. We work for ourselves, but we actually do all of the work. We get so used to the DIY we end up believing that no one else could ever do what we do, at least not very well.
First of all, that’s a fairy tale. As awesome as you are, you are not the ONLY person on the planet who can take out the trash. More importantly, you’re killing your chances for success. Doing all the work simply isn’t scalable.
If you’ve got big dreams for your company you need to start working ON the business, not IN the business. You can accomplish this by building systems that enable other people to perform tasks you would normally handle solo.
Here are the steps:
1. You’ve Got to Believe – Believing you can do it is the foundation for success. If you believe you can’t come up with a system that takes you out of the equation, than you won’t. If you believe you can do it, you will do it.
2. Understand the Task – First, do the task as you normally would—all by yourself. Then, document the task. Break it down into steps. More