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Top 30 Millennial Bajan Entrepreneurs Under 30 13 CARIBOUND AND VILLABOUND What inspired you to first start Rexy I started investing and learning about digital assets and crypto currency in 2013 while I was in Law School. I started working in the Real Estate industry when I was 12 with my mum and I have always known that it was an industry I was made for. Blockchain and cloud technologies have enabled the world to transact value online cross border with unprece- dented efficiency. The real estate and securities markets are ready for disruption, it is 2019, we all have very valuable and powerful technology in the palms of our hands. I see a future where 1) We all have exponentially greater access to invest- able assets via technology and 2) Access to global markets. 3.) What are some of the main things you have learned about being an entrepreneur in Barbados? Lily Dash 1.) Who is Lily in business (describe yourself) ? I am a real estate lawyer and real estate and technology entrepreneur but more than anything I am a champion of de- velopment for Barbados and The Caribbean. “Lily-Pad” attempts from the bottom of the pond to land upon the sky Ambitious, Bold, Fearless, Persistent. 2.) What inspired you to first start Villabound? This was the business I dreamt of as a child, an online travel business with the coolest clients on earth. The dream was traveling around the Caribbean representing the finest homes in the region and renting them online. The dream rep- resented boundless freedom and stylish adventure. I started my villa rental business when I was 19, honestly, from a little girl I always wanted to 1) be involved in the luxury real estate industry and 2) have an online business that was location independent. I dreamt of traveling the world and I wanted the freedom to be able to work online from anywhere. What better way than to create an online luxury real estate brand. Millennial Business and Life Mastery Magazine Villabound is a global business, we work in global mar- kets, we service over 162 destinations and our clients live all over the world, from London to LA and everywhere in be- tween. Your geographic location must not limit you. It is not an excuse in 2019 when we have never in the history of mankind been more connected. We are living in a world where the infrastructure of our time is not tarmacked highways but real time communication networks. We can be virtually anywhere in the world at anytime. It is never the lack of resources but always a lack of resourcefulness. The internet is an enormous resource, we can connect to almost anyone and we have un- limited information at our disposal. We may live in a small country, but our Island has a pow- erful high quality brand behind it that is great for business. 4.) What in your opinion are some of the main differences between millennials and previous generations as it relates to business? (The response) Obviously, our generation has an enormous advantage due to the proximity that we have to technology, we are the first generation that was born or almost born into it. If I was new into business, I would start a social media or online web agency targeting the older generation of business owners. In fact, this is exactly what Villabound.com does, we noticed that the demographic in regard to the ownership of luxury homes was/is the older generation (baby boomers) and the market exists to deliver the online services required for those homes to be successful in the industry. 5.) Fun lightning round: Coke or Sprite, Hunter or gatherer, favourite Caribbean sweet treat, Facebook or Instagram. Coke, Gatherer, Ting, Instagram 6.) What has running your business taught you about life? 21

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