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SAVE THE DATE: The First Kingston BETA for 2013 will be on Thursday April 25, 2013
Mar 12th
The first in the series of four Kingston BETA events will be on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 6:30pm at the JAMPRO Offices in New Kingston. It’s a special edition that will have a panel discussion is STARTUP CITY: KINGSTON – How to make the city a hub for tech entrepreneurship and innovation. There will be as usual tech entrepreneurs pitching their ideas and will be judged by a panel of successful entrepreneurs who are also Kingston BETA alumni. Entry Contribution: JMD$500 |USD$5.
Do you want to pitch your idea or startup at this event whether you are in Kingston or from Kingston living the region or Diaspora. Send in your name, idea in a single paragraph with a link if relevant in an email to ingrid@connectimass.com.
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Ingrid Riley ingrid@connectimass.com | 1 876 864 2440.
The Kingston BETA event series is brought to you by now award-winning media organisation ConnectiMass that offers content, community and events for aspiring and current Caribbean entrepreneurs in technology. ConnectiMass is a mission to drive tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the Caribbean.
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KeyStone Augusta – gives $500,000 to become a Diamond Sponsor of Caribbean BETA
Oct 8th
L-R: Bianca Welds, Special Projects Manager ( Keystone AUgusta), David Mullings, Managing partner ( Keystone Augusta) and Ingrid RIley, Founder of ConnectiMass
At Kingston BETA last Thursday, David Mullings, Managing Partner of KeyStone Augusta presented Ingrid Riley, Founder of ConnectiMass, the social venture that stages Kingston BETA bimonthly meetups and Caribbean BETA- The annual Tech Entrepreneurship Conference -with a cheque for $500,000jmd. Keystone Augusta continues to be a great supporter of the Jamaican tech Community and this is the second time they are sponsoring the conference.
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The Next Kingston BETA is February 23rd, 2012
Jan 25th
Caribbean Startups
Kingston Beta, our bimonthly Event staged in Jamaica, connected to the Caribbean and Diaspora – is a platform for startups, entrepreneurs, developers, designers and tech professionals – to learn, be inspired and network.
It’s become the hub for the movers and shakers in the Jamaican and Caribbean Tech Community. Over 40 events have been held, that 2500 people attended and have seen over 70 Jamaican and Caribbean technology startups pitch their new businesses ideas. We’ve kicked off a tech entrepreneurship movement in Jamaica and growing across the Caribbean.
In 2012, we will have 5 bi-monthly events and end the year with Caribbean BETA- The annual Tech Entrepreneurship Conference. Our year long theme is “Startup Local, Think Global” . Each Kingston BETA event will have a guest speaker (local,regional and global), a BETA Pitch Contest and networking with the smartest minds in the industry.
The next one is Thursday February 23rd, 2012 at our home The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Kingston BETA is part of a network of initiatives that includes SiliconCaribe.com, Caribbean BETA, the annual tech conference coming in November, StartupWeekendJamaica, and are all working on the same mission – to drive tech entrepreneurship in the Caribbean. We believe tech entrepreneurship can and will become a major driver of startup businesses, job creation and innovation.
