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Top 30 Millennial Bajan Entrepreneurs Under 30
Business has taught me so much. I am an introvert naturally and for me my businesses have always been a safe welcoming
place for me to go and grow. In business and in life you have to face it until you make it. You will only ever get out what you put into
it. Networking is critical. You need to build a rolodex of clients, business to business partners as well as retail consumers. Be Bold
and Brave. They say “Everything you want is on the other side of your comfort zone” One of the first contracts that launched me
into the industry was with Virgin Holidays, it was to package affordable luxury villas in Barbados with virgin atlantic flights. I was 21.
It required a heavy insurance premium and there was risk involved, not to mention an enormous amount of work. I was young and
brand new to business. The second was when I launched Villabound into the global market, we had just wrapped up a booking with
a well known celebrity who had stayed with us in Barbados and I remember the brave moment when I said “Hey, wherever it is that
you are going in the world, we have a global portfolio of properties” they called 2 days later and said “We are going to Brazil” We
figured it out and kept figuring it out, one request after the other.
To be bold,think big, take risks and be persistent.
7.) What is new with your business?
(Do you have a project you are working on that you are excited about?) With Villabound, it is imperative that we grow every year,
if your business is not growing it is absolutely dying, someone else is taking your market share. Right now, it is about continuing to
grow our network and our reach.
8.) What is next with your business? (Are there any future projects that you are planning?)
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