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Write a Book in 30-Days this November

November is National Novel Writing Month. It is a great time to set yourself an audacious challenge and complete that novel or book youve stopped and started too many times to count.

There are great tools and resources at https://nanowrimo.org/ to help you reach your goal and I strongly recommend you use them no matter the time of year.

However, I wanted to share some of my own tips for completing your book project.

1. Write the Book Blurb for the back of the book.

If the book blurb doesnt...

Write a Book in 30-Days this November

November is National Novel Writing Month. It is a great time to set yourself an audacious challenge and complete that novel or book you’ve stopped and started too many times to count. There are great tools and resources at https://nanowrimo.org/ to help you reach your goal and I strongly recommend you use them no matter […]

Ideas + Action = Success

This should be a nobrainer. But many people want to get credit for ideas. 7.7 billion people on the planet and we each have an idea cross our mind daily. Why isn’t everyone successful and winning at life? You can’t win with an idea. You win with an idea you take action on. Move beyond […]

The Number One Reason You Haven’t Been Able to Quit Your Day Job

If you price your part time gig like a part time worker then you won’t be bringing in enough revenue to turn it into a full time business. Change your pricing structure. Price for growth. Price for having staff. Price for operating at peak performance in every area. Don’t go into this last quarter still […]

Ideas for Caribbean Filmmakers on Independent Film Financing

I was privileged to attend the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIV) which was held in Trinidad & Tobago in August. I will write more about the festival in separate posts. While there, I got to join two of my favorite people in the Caribbean Howard Allen of HAMA Films and Lisa Wickham of Imagine […]

A New View

Last week my landlord came through with a gentleman and they explored the yard. I love this yard. It is filled with lots of fruit trees. We boast of at least six mango trees with about four different varieties, a breadfruit tree, coconut trees, a swibble sweet tree, beautiful palms and flowers. Then she tells […]

Central Bank of Barbados to Regulate FinTech

[image error] Central Bank of Barbados

Bridgetown, BARBADOS On July 5, 2019, Bitt Digital Inc. became the first company to complete and exit the Regulatory Sandbox guided by the Central Bank of Barbados and the Financial Services Commission. The Sandbox provided Bitt with the opportunity to test its blockchain-based financial technology (fintech) products, services, and business models in a controlled environment while protecting consumers, stakeholders and the financial system from undue risk.
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Menswear Designer, Ecliff Elie Gives Back

[image error] Ecliff Elie with CUC student

Even fashion can play a pivotal role in the lives of Caribbean youth. Trinidad and Tobago menswear designer Ecliff Elie, concerned about the uphill battle faced by so many young men in T&T, for yet another year opened his heart to do something he felt would uplift a few of them, shining the spotlight on them, if only for one special night in 2019.

For a dozen teenage boys who were leaving the Secondary education system to continue their respective journeys, Elie...

Caribbean Hotelier Says Get Online or Get Left Behind

[image error] Sanovnik Destang, Executive Director of Bay Gardens Resorts, addresses delegates at the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF) in Miami last month.

Leading Caribbean hotelier, Sanovnik Destang, Executive Director of Bay Gardens Resorts in St. Lucia, is encouraging fellow tourism industry professionals to fully embrace the use of technology to drive business to their hotels, restaurants and attractions. Destang opined that continued investment in the benefits of technology is...

#TellYourStory With Press Releases

Press releases are still very much en vogue. In the traditional sense, a press release is to give a journalist just enough information to want to call you for a more in depth story. However, in today’s world where everyone has a blog and digital media sets the trends, a press release can often get […]