Roughly 65 per cent of small businesses across in Cayman are owned by women, according to government estimates.
To acknowledge and applaud this fact, the Cayman Islands Investment Bureau will hold an Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs seminar.
Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Centre, the event will be held as part of Honouring Women Month activities this Friday at the Marriott Beach Resort from 5.30-7.30pm. A networking reception will follow.
Executive Director of the Cayman Islands Investment Bureau, Dax Basdeo, said his office currently sees as many women as men wanting to start new businesses.
‘The Investment Bureau recognises the significant contributions women have made and are making in business in the Cayman Islands,’ he said.. ‘So this year, as part of Honouring Women Month, we’re excited to host an event to further inspire women entrepreneurs through the success stories of others.’
A CIIB advisory states that the three main speakers will be Annie Multon of Annie’s Bed and Breakfast; Donna Myrie-Stephen of Le Classique; and Susan Barnes-Pereira of Barnes Dance Academy. Each will share personal insights into the challenges and triumphs of owning and operating local businesses.
Discussion contributors and specialists, representing a diversity of sectors, will include Betty Baraud of Baraud International; Kerry Horek of Island Rental Services; Cathy Williams and Hilary McKenzie of Alfresco Advertising; and Lynn Bodden of Bodden and Bodden.
Nerissa Golden from St. Maarten, owner of several Caribbean business ventures, will be guest speaker.
Mrs. Golden is also founder of The Young Entrepreneurs Symposium, which carries the motto Turning passions into enterprise.
Admission to the Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs event is free and men are encouraged to attend. For more information call the Investment Bureau on 945-0943.
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