Al Edwards (right), ATL/Sandals Group's Director of Corporate Affairs and Master ofCeremonies for the evening, offers some words of advice to Mogul In the Making nomineeRobert Farr and his lovely wife Alyssia. Robert Farr, the president and CEO of mobileapplication development company SIEAE, won the Business Desk award.
July 16, 2013
A special night for young businesses
It was a night of celebretion for young entrepreneurs at the Jamaica Observer Mogul in the Making awards ceremony at the Courtleigh Auditorium last Wednesday.This year’s Mogul in the Making programme, which was sponsored by Jamaica Yellow Pages and Scotiabank, featured 20 businesses, with the aim of celebrating their accomplishments and encouraging others to emulate them. All of these companies can be thought of as winners, simply by virtue of giving it their best shot in the marketplace.
The Business Observer shares some of the highlights of the night.
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Danville Walker offers words of encouragement to Tev’yeThompson, the fiancé of late Mogul in the Making nominee MelissaClarke. Clarke, who ran cosmetology company Lavish Lashes, wasshot and killed just days before the award ceremony.
ReachAcademy’sVanessaKhouri-Salazar,Sean Williams,Kanna Cooreand JodieWilliamsbefore theceremony.ReachAcademy wonthe People’sChoice award.
Jamaica Yellow Pages general sales manager Jessica Campbell (left) and Scotiabank’s SME Unitvice-president Patsy Latchman-Atterbury (right), with (from second left) the Ones to Watch for 2014,Robert Farr of SIEAE; SolWind Energy’s Lleana Benjamin; and Reach Academy’s Kanna Coore, JodieWilliams, Vanessa Khouri-Salazar and Sean Williams. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
(From left) Balcostics Limited founder Luwayne Thomas makesa point in discussion with Chocolate Expression principalMaureen Williams, Scotiabank SME Unit vice-president PatsyLatchman-Atterbury and managing director of Smart MobileSolutions, Dane Spencer. Along with Thomas, Williams andSpencer were nominees.
Mogul nominee ShaniMcGraham-Shirley, cofounderof Chai Studios, andher husband David smile forour cameras.
The panel of judges, (from left) Audrey Hinchcliffe, PatsyLatchman-Atterbury, Michael Belnavis, Jessica Campbell andJohn Azar.
(From left) Jamaica Observer managing director DanvilleWalker shares a laugh with nominees Kacy Walcott and TheoSmith, and Smith’s mother, Vilma Richards.
