The Foundpreneur Podcast
The Foundpreneur Podcast is a weekly conversation series hosted by Caribbean journalist and media founder Stephen Stanberry. It features in-depth interviews with founders from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, including Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Barbados, and the Cayman Islands. The podcast focuses on the real stories behind building businesses in the region, covering strategies, setbacks, and successes that are often overlooked by mainstream business press. New episodes are released every week.
Episodes
The Shipping Problem Crushing Caribbean Product Businesses
Hurricane Maria changed Terri Henry-Lovell’s life.When she returned to Dominica after the storm, much of the tourism and nature-based work she had built her life around was no longer viable.So she started again.The first product was a handmade lip balm made with beeswax.That experiment eventually became Bee Natural, a Caribbean wellness brand producing deodorants, body butters, balms and other hiv
She Trained 6,000 Women Farmers Across 5 Caribbean Countries. Here's the Model.
Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa grew up in Faux, a rural farming community in St. Lucia, surrounded by women who fed families and sustained the land, with almost none of them ever formally recognized for it.She left for university, earned her dream job at the United Nations, and then hit a wall. Sitting inside global policy at the UN, she realized she wasn't actually helping the woman who raised her, or St.
From State Care at 14 to Founding a School at 23
Phelisa Ricketts shares her inspiring journey from a troubled childhood in Jamaica to founding Western STEM Academy, highlighting the importance of belief, resilience, and innovative education in transforming lives.Key TopicsPhelisa Ricketts' childhood and early challengesThe role of Miss Winsom Lawson in Felicia's lifeFounding and scaling Western STEM AcademyIntegration of AI and technology in ed
She Built a 15-Country Caribbean Brand With Zero Investors — Here's How
Stephen Stanberry sits down with Melesia Adderley — the founder of Women's Haven and the first female Caribbean-owned organic feminine care brand in the region.Melesia built across 15 countries. With zero investors. From the Cayman Islands.This episode covers the origin, the near-collapse, and the decisions that made Women's Haven what it is today.Plus questions submitted directly by the Foundpren
She Saw Empty Shelves. So She Started Manufacturing.
Melissa Pascal has lost money, rebuilt businesses, changed business models and started again more than once.At 25, she lost more than US$100,000 running a café in Port of Spain.Years later, she returned to her family’s 40-year-old bakery and helped shift it from a retail-focused operation toward B2B and private-label manufacturing. The business eventually reached roughly US$1 million in annual sal
Why She Walked Away From a Global Career to Start Again in Jamaica
Lindsay Baxter spent 15-16 years climbing to the executive team of a £140 million division of Informa PLC in London — working on the business side of the Paris Climate Agreement, leading government bids for Singapore and Hong Kong, and launching a sustainable investment forum with the UN.Then a redundancy offer landed on her desk. She took it. And instead of chasing another corporate role, she cho
The 15-Year Plan That Transformed a Jamaican Boy Into a Caribbean Investment Pioneer
In this episode, David Mullings shares his journey from a disciplined childhood in Jamaica to becoming a pioneering investor in Caribbean markets. He discusses the importance of failure, strategic investment in emerging markets, and the vision behind Blue Mahoe Capital to transform Caribbean investment opportunities. In this episode, David Mullings shares insights on Caribbean entrepreneurship, in
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The Caribbean has produced some of the most remarkable founders on the planet. But you'd never know it from the coverage.The Foundpreneur Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Caribbean journalist and media founder Stephen Stanberry. Every Monday we sit down with Caribbean and diaspora founders building businesses that matter breaking down the revenue models, the market entry strategies, the decision
