Lascelles Chin ….the Journey of a Jamaican Entrepreneur

Mr. Cuban has owned a lot of businesses throughout his life. He first started at a young age where he sold garbage bags to get a pair of shoes he really wanted. In his college days, he would hold parties and have dancing lessons to make money to pay for his tuition.

The country that I chose to conduct a culture analysis on is Jamaica. Jamaica is a third world country located in North America and the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean Sea. There is a 2.5 million population, which equally divided between urban and rural areas. The country runs approximately 146 miles long and varies between 21- 52 miles wide. The climate is tropical and its main tourist attraction is their beautiful beaches. The capital of Jamaica is Kingston, which has a population of more than 645,000. Kingston is the chief port of Jamaica and is along the southeastern coast of the island. It is covered by the “Blue Mountains”, which is thickly covered which tree ferns. The Blue Mountains experiences an average of 200 inches of rain annually, resulting in topsoil erosion and an abundance of streams. Peasants nurture coffee, usually grown on large plantations, in the valleys of the mountains. It is amongst the most expensive coffees in the world and is exported mainly to Japan.

Such unnatural crop selection slowly transforms our lush lands into monocultures, depleting the soil, harming the bees and other wildlife. To one mono-crop—soya bean—Patel devotes a whole chapter of his book, titled Glycine Max, that exposes the massive industry of soya bean production and post-production: from the soybean oil, to food for the cattle, to the enormously popular food additive lecithin. Hence, against the superpower of those who stand behind the soya bean business, one way to rebell, according to Patel, is to start cooking from the scrap, from simple ingredients and not prepacked foods brimming with additives. However, it is easier said than done,”I don't really like Ranch dressing, but can't seem to not have a salad without it” claims my friend

The business later became unsuccessful and left with only a small portion of money to go around.

D’rita Robinson, Founder of Chatty Guest. First in family to go to college. Pursing a couple of career paths decided to embark. Ashlie Davis, Founder of Smash Shoes. Looked for ways to solve problems. Problem solving knack became my motivation to start Smash Shoes. Reginald F. Lewis was considered the richest African-American man’s in the 1980’s. Lewis went to Harvard Law School and he graduate from there to. Some potential cause include the growing power of entrenched and larger companies,slowing population growth, and more recently, the financial crisis, which wiped out hundreds of thousands of businesses. That’s bad new for anyone who understands that entrepreneurship, with its power to create jobs, has profound effects on the economy. Small business provides about half of all private sector jobs in the U.S. , per the Small Business Administration. The Kauffman Foundation's 2015 startup index shows dramatic changes in the composition of new entrepreneurship since 1996-new business owners are now 40% Asian,Black and Latino, compared to 23% two decades ago. It turns out to be African American Entrepreneurs are more likely to be “necessity-based”

The primary audience of this film is for the consumers of food products and for anyone interested in where our food comes from.

A project from humble beginnings, the desire for local food products continues to grow as public opinion sways towards finding alternatives to large-scale farming manufacturers. Their minds are in the right place, regarding the flow of local economics and community unity. Notwithstanding, misinformation and contradictions have plagued the movement from the beginning. It is a movement propped up by lies and superstition.

In August of 2010, our church embarked on a work and witness trip to Jamaica. The group consisted of two teams, a work and a ministry team. The work team assisted the people of Westmoreland to complete their local church. The ministry team presented bible stories and skits through puppetry at various locations. This Mission was called "Maddy's Mission".

Lassens Natural Food and Vitamins focused more on the quality of products they offered rather than having a plethora

Patrick Soon-Shiong is the definition of someone who has earned their fortune and has spent most of his life using that influence towards accruing wealth through the pharmaceutical sector, but fails to make it into the top 20 of the Forbes Top 400 Most Successful Entrepreneurs.

Introduction: The author is a trainer in the food industry and will refer to themselves throughout this assignment as the author or the trainer.

The migration of Jamaicans to the United States began in the early 19th century. Starting in the 1850s, there were only a couple hundred Jamaicans immigrating into the United States each year. However, by the end of the century, this number rose to approximately 1,000 per year. Between the years of 1981 and 1991, there were approximately one million immigrants from the entire Caribbean in the United States; the Jamaican immigrants made up one-fourth of that total. A common immigration scenario for this culture is for one family member to travel alone to the United States, become established, and send for other family members later. Several Jamaican families often decide to share an apartment or house, with each family occupying a bedroom, as they viewed extended family as an important resource. Jamaicans have come to the United States voluntarily, often looking for educational and occupational advancement. This immigration process was characterized by family separations (often prolonged due to the cost of flying back to Jamaica), feelings of dislocation, and adjustment to the urban settings and colder temperatures.

Jamaica has, over the years, produced some very influential and successful entrepreneurs. As a matter of fact, Jamaicans are known to excel in just about everything we do. In my opinion, the epitome of Jamaican excellence in entrepreneurism is none other than Mr. Michael Lee- Chin. Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman, Portland Holdings Inc is regarded as a visionary entrepreneur whose philosophy of “doing well and doing good” as resulted in phenomenal and inspiring philanthropic initiatives.

Columbus discovered Jamaica on May 5, 1494, one year after he heard of the existence of the island. However, the true history of Jamaica begins with the African-Jamaican people who came to the island twenty years after the English took control from the Spaniards. The history of Jamaica can be broken up into different time periods, which were defined by watershed moments or events. Jamaican history begins with the establishment of the native islanders called the Tainos who inhabited the island for hundreds of years before the discoveries of Columbus. (JNHT 1)

In the business world of entrepreneurs in South Africa there are some that are well established and known and some who are still emerging. In my research essay I will be discussing a well-known entrepreneur, an emerging entrepreneur and an entrepreneur from an Asian tiger country. This discussion will include the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, the risks they face or have faced and the market and macro environment factors that impact on the running of their selected enterprises for each of them; the well-known entrepreneur I have chosen is Anton Rupert, the emerging entrepreneur is Siyabulela Xusa and the Asian tiger entrepreneur is Ricky Wong.