Dear Micro, Small and Medium-sized Business Owner,
I’m sorry that you missed LEAP! 2017: The SME Conference so because I know you’re so busy, I’ve decided to write you a letter and let you in on what you missed!
If you haven’t heard about the Antigua Barbuda Association of Small Business Owners (ABASBO), it started in February 2015 and was designed to provide tools, training and support for Antiguan and Barbudan entrepreneurs and small business owners to Create, Manage and Grow the business of their dreams. With the combination of online tools with offline support, the Antigua Barbuda Association of Small Business Owners wants you, the business owner, to access information anywhere at any time.
The 2nd annual conference of the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Small Business Owners (ABASBO) was held on May 31st 2017 while on the afternoon of June 1st Women LEAP! was held. The Conference’s theme for 2017 was “The Sales and Money Experience”.
The Association’s Founder, Sandra Baptist, and her team transformed the Ciboney Room at the Halcyon Cove Hotel into an oasis for learning and growth. The room, draped in the colours of the Antiguan and Barbuda flag, represented me, you and all of us, the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Business Owner.
Day 1: The General Conference provided a space whereby entrepreneurs and small business owners obtained knowledge, insights and expertise into sales, money and mindset strategies that will assist them to create profitable businesses. All of our speakers are Caribbean-based entrepreneurs in their own right or have Caribbean roots. This is deliberate. No more excuses. If they are doing it, the business owners in Antigua and Barbuda can definitely do it!!
The 1st day of LEAP! commenced with the opening statements by the Founder of the Association who gave an overview of ABASBO and of the LEAP! 2017 conference.
Sandra Baptist stated that the ABASBO team “…look[s] at this conference as more than a two-day event. We are committed to working together with all of you to catalyze new initiatives, raise awareness of Entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges and provide business growth strategies to help us all be successful in Business.
Please see Part 2’s continuation on LEAP 2017: The SME Conference next week!