What to know to about the new Jamaican Tax Portal to avoid unpleasant surprises

The Magic of StartupRobot

Travis Kalanik of Uber in a presentation entitled Geek’s guide to entrepreneurship, spoke about making magic in…

Virtual is not real

Jamaicans have a distrust for Jamaican websites, unfortunately we have good reason.

1. The websites malfunction,
2. Information that is too hard to find and
3. Process feels unnatural

Hardest thing about setting up a business

A friend of mine was at entrepreneurship workshop and was surprised by a woman that, when asked what is the hardest thing about setting up a business, said “getting a business bank account”.

Grant funds… more elusive than you think

The availability of grant funds

The value of Jamaica time

When we see a long line at any government office, remittance service or bank, it shows as a group how little we value our time. In most cases these are not bearers or proxies but people who think they have to be in the line to get service. Indeed, if we are to count all the lines we…

Constraints creates opportunities on NCB Capital Quest

First of all congrats to Moses Chybar, perceived an underdog but a deserving champion. Best of luck in his investment negotiations.

Converting from a business name to a Limited Liability Company

This has been our procedure for converting from a sole proprietorship or partnership to a company:

• When you are ready to register the company. You would fill out the
  application as normal