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• JamDeal, the eBay of Jamaica

  18 August 2010 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ 1 comment ]

  For some time now I thought JamDeal, the online auction marketplace of Jamaica, was mostly about people selling their cars. I’m not sure why I thought that. I think I was interested in buying a car once and someone said I ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jamaican Jeweler Alicia Evelyn About Making Beautiful Things

  27 July 2010 by Karin in Entrepreneurs, Fashion, Interviews [ 3 comments ]

  YardEdge: Why are you an artist? Alicia: Art, to me, personifies who I am. I love colours. I love beautiful things. I love anything that is unique and not quite ordinary. I have always been involved in art. It is a ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jamaican Anishka Clarke On Designing Spaces in New York City

  4 July 2010 by Karin in Entrepreneurs, Interviews [ 6 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_8753" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Fully renovated kitchen with 19th c. stove as centre piece"][/caption] YardEdge: What is Ishka Designs all about? Anishka: Ishka Designs Inc. a New York-based interior design firm, led by myself and Niya Bascom, provides efficiently beautiful interior design ...

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• Help Orphans and Bask in Waterfalls

  21 September 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ no comments ]

  Help orphans and bask in waterfalls by volunteering in Jamaica thanks to Maureen Wright Evans from Jamaica Adventure Secrets.  Read more here Check out YardEdge's interview with Maureen about Voluntourism in Jamaica

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• 55 Ways To Find Your Hidden Talent

  9 June 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ no comments ]

    What's your hidden talent?    

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• Cotta Craft, A Community Based Craft Business In Bluefields

  28 May 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ 22 comments ]

  Carol Wong talks about Cotta Craft, a community based business based in Bluefields, Westmoreland. [caption id="attachment_4623" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Clockwise Kirk, silkscreener, Lisa and Pauline, printers, Soissette, texiles expert and marketing representative and Maxine, seamstress. "][/caption] YardEdge:  Tell us about Cotta Craft? Carol: ...

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• The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Mike Michalowicz In Jamaica Inspiring Budding Entrepreneurs

  5 May 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ 4 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_4426" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur at U Tech"][/caption] Toilet Paper? Ok. Sounds a bit strange but THE "Toilet Paper Entrepreneur" (TPE), Mike Michalowicz was in Jamaica recently to present at a U. Tech forum hosted by My Elite ...

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• Sonita Abrahams Working To Prevent Addictive Disorders In Jamaica

  2 April 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ 7 comments ]

  Sonita Abrahams Sonita Abrahams is the Executive Director of RISE Life Management Services (Reaching Individuals Through Skills and Education), Yoga teacher at Afya Yoga Center, mother and grandmother.  YardEdge talks to Sonita about working with at risk youth in Jamaica... YardEdge:  Tell ...

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