Haiti is officially part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem conversation. The groundwork has been underway for the last several years, and Haiti is now ready to move to the next level. For example, I’ve written about a number of Haitian-related business ventures. Just last month, I reported on Haiti's Groupe Echo HackFest that took place in Port-au-Prince. As of … [Read more...]
Revealed: Political Lessons to Guide Haiti’s Destiny to Make 1804 Count
“Treat the people’s needs as holy.” – Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. Background The far-reaching political science book, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, remains a critical piece of literature to discuss modern-day political leadership. I recently re-read it to draw some parallels with Haiti’s current political protests. Of course, Haiti’s crisis goes deeper than … [Read more...]
3 Signs That Haiti is Being Marginalized by Mainstream Media
Haiti is at a turning point right now. For the first time in Haiti’s history, there are tools that we can use to reset the button on the one-sided narrative that mainstream media seems bent on using to shape Haiti’s story – they are the Internet and social media. For decades, the big corporate media has controlled the stories we’ve seen and believed, and this in turn … [Read more...]