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Archive for May, 2010
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
Guy Kawasaki is following Kingston Beta on Twitter ?
May 3rd
So while we where setting up our new FaceBook Fan Page and Twitter Page we decided to follow a number of successful tech entrepreneurs, business thinkers, angel and venture capitalists and of course Guy Kawasaki was one our list. Then half our later in starting up our Twitter account, Guy Kawasaki became our 8th follower.
..And Who is Guy Kawasaki ? Check this! Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. He’s the founder of Alltop.com.
