CONTACT Magazine (Vol.19 No. 3 — September 2019)

Vol.19 No.3 – September 2019
Contents
Editor’s note 7
Natalie Dookie introduces this issue of CONTACT
Special Section
Today's Startups, Tomorrow's Triumphs
Creating the next generation of tycoons 8
Navneet Boodhai examines the local entrepreneurial landscape.
This opinion piece examines where we are, where we
are going and how to get there
Financing entrepreneurship: angels, stock
markets and start-ups 15
Angel investors open up about what they are looking for
in start-ups. Kay Baldeosingh-Arjune also considers equity
financing options with the TTSE and credit unions
Accelerating the start-up process 19
UTT, CARIRI and the ALJGSB share the experiences of their
accelerator programme with Jade Cumberbatch
The voice of business: Trinidad & Tobago's
2020 national budget 22
CONTACT talks to the Chamber’s President about
recommendations for the next national budget
Understanding the Caribbean
Court of Justice 24
Attorney-at-Law Kissoon Sinanan examines how the
private sector can make better use of the CCJ to resolve
trade disputes
Business profile: Stuart Dalgliesh,
40 years leading SCL 28
CONTACT talks to distinguished business leader Stuart
Dalgliesh about his career, his company and what’s next
The Chamber’s growth
and learning corner 31
Three business leaders tell CONTACT what they have been
reading as they seek to continually expand their horizons
Pushing back against climate change 33
You might think that the earth’s changing climate won’t
really threaten Trinidad and Tobago. You’d be wrong. Gerard
Rajkumar warns that we are not taking the threat seriously
enough
Innovation in business: A well-oiled success,
the CGA brand 37
Jeanette Awai guides us along the CGA journey, from
establishment in the 1930s by a group of coconut farmers,
to today’s modern brand
Five top facts about taxation in Trinidad &
Tobago 41
The Chamber’s Rianna Paul tests your knowledge about the
contribution of taxation to the local economy
Energy update 44
How is Trinidad & Tobago’s oil and gas sector performing?
The Chamber analyses recent statistics
Economic outlook 46
The Chamber’s experts examine the current global and
regional climate and projections for the rest of 2019
Welcome to new members 48
The Chamber extends a warm greeting to members who
have recently joined
On the cover:
Small seed, big tree. A start-up
company is like the seed that can
grow into this massive silk cotton
tree. (Photo by Alex Robinson
Photography / Getty Images)
Minister of Agriculture, Land & Fisheries
Clarence Rambharat, chats with CARIRI Business
Hatchery graduate, Caribbean Concoctions
(photo courtesy CARIRI)
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