BUSINESS MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME – CYCLE 3

The objective of the BDC’s Business Mentorship Programme is to expose entrepreneurs to

benefit from the experience of accomplished professionals through the process of mentoring to
assist in building their capacity to effectively lead their businesses.

For Cycle 3, each entrepreneur was matched with a Mentor who in collaboration with the BDC
assists the Mentee to
i. Identify and prioritize their current business need(s),
ii. Develop an action plan to successful address this/these need(s)
iii. Monitor and evaluate the intervention(s), and
iv. Measure its effectiveness

This approach will not only help entrepreneurs develop the necessary skills for effectively
leading their businesses, but offers a more direct approach for problem assessment and
successful intervention.

Mentor/Mentee pairings were done in October and the official launch was held on Wednesday
November 18, 2009.

The period of the mentorship programme is nine (9) months.

In addition to one on one meetings between Mentees and Mentors, the BDC will be hosting
several training seminars for the Mentees including Strategic Management, Finance, Marketing
and HR.

The pairings of 9 Mentees with Mentors are as follows:

N BUSINESS
MENTEE COMPANY MENTOR COMPANY BUSINESS ACTIVITY
O. ACTIVITY
An online delivery
service of fresh
David Thomas fruits, vegetables, Business
StingrayConsultants
1 & Rachel Market Movers meat, seafood and Ian Harris Development
.com
Renie dairy to private Consultancy
homes, offices &
restaurants.
An online solutions
International centre for the
Digital Media professional that
Dolores
2 Geoffrey Ahye Communication delivers professional Business Consultant Business Consulting
Hendy
s Trinidad & business/leisure/life
Tobago style resources and
services.
3 Mahendra Project Supplies material Wayne Business Management
Sookram Management and labour for the Homer Improvement Systems/Project
Technologist construction Support Services Management/Mainten
Ltd industry and ance & Reliability
providing proper Systems
project
management skills
in order to achieve
maximum benefit
and maintain the
project at the right
 quality, within
budget and on time.

Supplies
telecommunications
materials and
Genesis equipment and
Faheem Professional
Innovative deploys networks Business
4 Sean Rogers Mohamm Alliance Network
Solution for governments Management
ed (Caribbean) Limited
Limited and enterprise
business, ICT
training and
consultancy.
Processing of fresh
fruits into juices and
Khadine Fresh Start Randall Ingenuity Business Marketing & Product
5 concentrates in
Hosein Limited Douglas Development Development
order for sale -
wholesale and retail.
Sarah's
Winston Professional Producing cases for Marcus TASC Enterprises
6 Finance & Marketing
Johnson Pancase Center the steelpan. Simms Limited
Ltd
Ayanna Business
Sameric Retail of women's CariQual
7 Adrian Dick Miguel- Development
Imports Limited footwear. Innovations
Rennie Consultancy

Michelle
Manufacturers of Low Marketing & Product
8 Ria Bassarath Tricon Consultant
PVC Pipe & Fittings Chew Development
Tung
Quynton
Audio Visual Finance, Accounting
Gooding & Third Degree Allan AGC Enterprises
9 Production/Event & & Business Advisory
Alicia Paynter- Limited Clayton Limited
Project Management Services
Allahar