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About The Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN Global) The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates a platform of projects and
programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start
and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. GEN helps celebrate, understand, support and connect entrepreneurs and those who champion them. Startup Huddle is one of its programs. https://genglobal.org/content/programs
About Startup Huddle St. Lucia Startup Huddle St. Lucia is a free, monthly program designed to Educate, Engage and Connect
Entrepreneurs. On the second Wednesday of every month, Entrepreneurs come together to pitch their startup, reveal challenges and crowdsource solutions. It is not a sales pitch, and it is not an investor pitch. When Entrepreneurs present, the goal is to have people understand what they do and some of the challenges and successes they have had in building their business. The chapter was launched in St. Lucia on November 13th 2018. Founder & President of SLUDTERA Michelle N. Samuel obtained a license from GEN to host the chapter in St. Lucia Program site - https://startuphuddlestlucia.wordpress.com Event website - https://startuphuddlestluc.wixsite.com/shsl
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About The Cut Buddy The Cut Buddy is a patented multi-curve “Do It Yourself” maintenance edge up, line up, and shape up tool. It works with hair clippers, disposable razors or a straight razor. The purpose of The Cut Buddy is to give males and females of all nationalities a crisp, clean and defined front, side, beard hairline profile. With a quick glide of a clipper or razor, anyone can have a perfect hairline/beard line quickly. Joshua Esnard created The Cut Buddy in 2000, when he was 13 years old, and patented multiple designs in January 2015, at the age of 28. http://thecutbuddy.com
About SLUDTERA Host of the Startup Huddle St. Lucia Program - SLUDTERA is a platform of programs and initiatives created by
Michelle N. Samuel and communities that source, connect and empower youth, the unemployed, and Entrepreneurs. Aimed at improving communities, providing access to employment, and helping the environment, SLUDTERA helps people in St. Lucia and in the Caribbean through education, training, and entrepreneurship. SLUDTERA will accomplish this goal by working in collaboration with businesses, units of government, educational institutions, labor and community-based organizations. https://sludtera.wordpress.com
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About The Next Big Inventor Competition A pitch competition to find the Next Big Inventor and Innovator in St. Lucia among the youth ages 13 to 18 years. Created by Joshua Esnard of The Cut Buddy and Co-Founded and Managed by Michelle N. Samuel of SLUDTERA. Endorsed and supported by The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainability. We believe that Youth Entrepreneurship is the catalyst that will help to address the island’s major issue of youth unemployment. We have seen an increase in the development of ‘life-hacks’ particularly in the United States, but also in South Africa, and we are confident, that St. Lucia has more than enough potential to produce the Next Big Inventor. The competition will be held each year using various themes to spearhead momentum. For the project’s initial launch, we began with The Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School. Youth in St. Lucia have recurring dreams and aspirations of improving their well-being and standard of living like any other in the world. They are very creative when the need for improvisation arises, however, many fail to pursue or realize their dreams and great ideas because there is no clearly guided path to product development and entrepreneurship in their homeland. This Cut Buddy-inspired initiative provides an opportunity for youth to display their novel product solutions, and to receive feedback, guidance and advice about pitching their ideas and building their confidence. Joshua Esnard and Michelle N. Samuel with their companies and teams, see a huge opportunity to support, inspire, reward and empower the new
5 generation of young leaders and changemakers. Our goal is to help them Plan, and Launch as individual Student-preneurs. The competition timeline is from March to November and has a total of 4 stages; ●
Video Submissions
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Assignments (completed online)
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Venture Accelerations
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Final Pitch and Awards
The rewards that the Student entrepreneurs will be competing for are; ●
Paid Internships
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Monetary Scholarships
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Mentorship Workshops
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Entrepreneurship Courses
About Venture Accelerations Part 1 The finalist student teams from Leon Hess Secondary School will move onto this stage of the competition. The Cut Buddy & SLUDTERA partner with the Startup Huddle St. Lucia program to provide a platform where the students will share their ideas/inventions/innovations/projects and get feedback in real time from expert panel and the audience. The format of Startup Huddle St. Lucia is that each presenter has a few minutes to pitch, followed by a few minutes of Q&A with the panel and audience. Post-presentation, a survey will be completed by the expert panel and audience on the presentations which will provide much needed feedback for the Student Entrepreneurs on their ideas/inventions/innovations/projects. This is a form of real-time market research which the students will use to make decisions on the direction of their ideas/inventions/innovations/projects. The 3 finalist teams will present again at Venture Accelerations Part 2 on August 14th 2019.
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July 10th 2019 Agenda 9:30 am to 9:40 am 9:30 am - 9:40 am 9:45 am - 9:55 am 9:55 am - 10:00 am 10:05 am - 10:15 am 10:15 am - 10:25 am 10:30 am - 10:35 am 10:40 am - 10:45 am 10:45 am - 10:55 am 10:55 am - 11:05 am 11:10 am - 11:15 am 11:15 am - 11:25 am 11:25 am - 11:35 am 11:40 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Prayer & Welcome and Meet our Organizers Introductions - Meet the Expert Panel Seaweed Creates Q&A with the Expert panel Q&A with the Audience Announcements All Rounded Geniuses Q&A with the Expert panel Q&A with the Audience Great Innovators Q&A with the Expert panel Q&A with the Audience Media interviews Refreshments Schools from the 2019 National Science Fair
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The Leon Hess Secondary School Student Finalist Teams Seaweed Creates:
Great Innovators:
Abigail Cox & Laila Felix
Nathaniel & Nathan Clement
All Rounded Geniuses: Amber Rose Harris, Estelle Albertie & Kayman Denis
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Venture Accelerations Part 1 Expert Panel Biographies Neil Serieux, BELFUND Neil Serieux hails from the culturally rich community of Mon-Repos. He is the holder of a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and as a Training/Business Support Officer of BELfund, he currently assists unemployed and underprivileged persons establish and manage their own small businesses.
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https://www.facebook.com/SLUDTERA/photos/a.1898594707070432/2261935350 736364/?type=3&theater
Terry Finisterre, Caribbean Association of Banks Inc.
Terry Finisterre is presently transforming the communications paradigm of the Caribbean Association of Banks Inc.,the representative body and recognized voice for banks and other financial institutions in the
Caribbean.
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https://www.facebook.com/SLUDTERA/photos/a.1898594707070432/2261949600 734939/?type=3&theater
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Ashwini Singh, Business Focus Magazine Ms. Singh is an Advertising & Marketing professional with International Management experience having worked in Canada, Antigua and now Saint Lucia. Currently employed as the Operations & Business Development Manager at Advertising & Marketing Services, she is tasked with building on well-recognized brands such as Business Focus Magazine and Paradise St.Lucia. Her areas of expertise include Social Media, Project Management, Marketing, Sales, and Human Resource. Read her complete Bio on https://www.facebook.com/SLUDTERA/photos/a.1898594707070432/2263912900 538609/?type=3&theater
Hanna Fitz, Hannafitz.com Hanna is the founder of https://hannafitz.com,
international brand strategist, business success coach and author of I AM THE GATEKEEPER: 101 Daily Keys To Unlock Your Happiness, Overcome Adversity and Fulfill Your Purpose. Hanna has consulted and coached a number of international award-winning brands, moved to Italy for 2 years where she worked with Italian entrepreneurs and was hired by a Canadian funded organisation in the Caribbean to re-brand a historic town. Read her complete Bio on
https://www.facebook.com/SLUDTERA/photos/a.1898594707070432/2266785110 251388/?type=3&theater
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Joshua Esnard, Inventor, The Cut Buddy The St. Lucia-native is the Inventor/CEO of viral product The Cut Buddy. It is a Best-Seller on
Amazon, featured in GQ, Forbes, and Shark Tank.
Mr. Esnard is the creator of The Next Big Inventor Competition and he is very passionate about giving back to his island country St. Lucia, particularly the youth. Read his complete Bio on https://www.facebook.com/SLUDTERA/photos/a.1898594707070432/2263995117 197054/?type=3&theater
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2019 St. Lucia National Science Fair Invited Schools 1. St. Alysuis RC Boys Infant School 2. Plain Vue Combined 3. Anse La Raye Infant 4. Canaries Primary 5. Camille Henry Memorial 6. Banse La Grase Combined 7. Carmen Rene Memorial 8. Gordon and Walcott Memorial Methodist 9. Les Etangs Combined 10.
Soufriere Primary
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Dame Pearlette Louisy Primary
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Vieux Fort Comprehensive
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Stanely Jon Odlum Memorial Secondary
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Grande Riviere Secondary
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Anse Ger Secondary
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St. Joseph's Convent
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Vieux Fort Comprehensive Secondary A Level
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Sir Arthur Lewis Community College - DASGS
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SDA Academy
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Ave Maria Girls’ Primary School
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Previous Startup Huddle St. Lucia Presenters KL Productions – The Band, ‘One Beat Ahead’, is a music catering company which offers great music and song writing services. We provide live performances at weddings, grand openings/launches, award ceremonies, small parties, fundraisers, and funeral services. We also provide song writing services in the genre of Gospel for well-known local artists. Algas Organics is a Caribbean manufacturer of natural agricultural & gardening inputs. We are currently based in Dennery St. Lucia. Synergistic Island Lifestyle Brand Curative Showcasing & Promoting Quality 100% Genuinely Authentic,Novelty Artisan St Lucian Products,Talents & Services. St. Lucia's Market place see products listed on EasyClickMarket.com and purchase them with your debit or credit card.
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Smith’s Agro and Packaging Supplies is a retailer for agriculture supplies and a distributor of bottles, Jars and pouches of various sizes and other packaging material in St. Lucia. SLUDTERA is a with a mission to improve communities, provide people access to employment, and to help the environment through education, training, and entrepreneurship. SLUDTERA will accomplish this goal by working in collaboration with business, units of government, educational institutions, labor and community-based organizations.
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Open Opportunity Want to find out more about Startup Huddle St. Lucia? Connect with an Ambassador near you Castries - Kennedy Austin - kaustinshsl@gmail.com Soufriere - Jessica Alexander - jalexandershsl@gmail.com Babonneau - Trudy Popo-Leonce - tpopoleonceshsl@gmail.com Are you interested in becoming a Startup Huddle St. Lucia Ambassador? Apply today right here https://startuphuddlestlucia.wordpress.com/apply-to-be-an-organizer
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Venture Accelerations Part 1 Partners and Sponsors
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