Caribbean Creatives Jan-Mar 2011 | Page 15

C A R I B B E A N C R E A T I V E S Investing in the Creative Sector: BBEC Funded Start-ups Basil Springer GCM PhD, Project Manager, Barbados Business Enterprise Corporation In the next ten years the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Barbados has the potential to grow in three areas: (1) existing businesses (large, medium and small) in the tourism, ?nancial services, agricultural and manufacturing sectors; (2) start-up businesses in the creative (?lm, music, art, culinary art, fashion), renewable energy, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), business development se