Entrepreneurs both new and established participated in the Entrepreneur Empowerment Workshop last week. The event's organizer and host, Mark Turnquest, said the entrepreneurial spirit in The Bahamas is alive and well.
Turnquest and The Small Business Resource Centre worked with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to provide information on how to start, manage and grow a business in an effective and efficient manner, and to "enlighten" new entrepreneurs and existing SME owners on how to successfully prepare and execute business plans.
The workshop also gave the presenters a forum to report on the importance of the SME Act, the SME Developing Agency (SMEDA) and value-added tax (VAT).
Business presenters at the event included: Simon Wilson, deputy financial secretary at the Ministry of Finance; Lateisha Black, supervisor at the National Workers Co-operative Credit Union; Terence Bethel, president of Professional Certification Bahamas; Wayne Johnson, president of Wayne Johnson International; Anna Wilson-Smith, financial services executive agent at Family Guardian Insurance, and Sean Brennen, fund administrator at Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund.
Turnquest explained all sections of the business planning and execution process through a new business training/development model.

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