{"id":268793,"date":"2017-12-01T09:04:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/news\/de-jeunesse-bath-and-body-products-wins-top-5000-usd-prize-at-link-caribbean-pitch-competition\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:55:10","slug":"de-jeunesse-bath-and-body-products-wins-top-5000-usd-prize-at-link-caribbean-pitch-competition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/es\/news\/de-jeunesse-bath-and-body-products-wins-top-5000-usd-prize-at-link-caribbean-pitch-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"De Jeunesse Bath and Body Products gana el premio mayor de $5,000 USD en la competencia LINK-Caribbean Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>De Jeunesse Bath and Body Products, a company that manufactures high-quality, natural bath and body products, earned the top prize at the launch of the LINK-Caribbean Pitch Competition held November 21\u00c2&nbsp; at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Untitled-design-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Untitled-design-13.png 800w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Untitled-design-13-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Untitled-design-13-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/content.carib-export.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Untitled-design-13-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They wowed the judges with their pitch from a field of five competing firms and walked away with the coveted $5,000 prize. Chief Executive Officer Shenelle Hills-Fife said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are overjoyed but we also realized that it does not matter what kind of company you have. If\u00c2&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you show your passion, demonstrable evidence that the business can work and get feedback from customers, then you are in business \u00e2\u20ac\u201d if not, it is a hobby. We plan on using the funds to purchase equipment that will triple our current production capacity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many start-up founders, Hills-Fife juggled full-time work with developing a business, but quit her day job earlier this year to concentrate fully on growing her business. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is only the start. We intend to apply for the $25,000 USD LINK-Caribbean Investment Readiness Grant and even the Co-Investment Grant given the increased interest of investors in our company,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5-5-5 Pitch Campaign is the latest initiative of LINK-Caribbean in an effort to find more investable businesses, or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153deal flow\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Angel Investor networks. The competition allows five entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses to a panel of five investors, with the top successful business selected to receive a $5,000 cash award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We decided to run this initiative to raise greater awareness around the LINK-Caribbean programme and to ultimately spur a more buoyant angel investment ecosystem within the region,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Chris McNair, manager of Competitiveness and Export Promotion at the Caribbean Export Development Agency. The LINK-Caribbean pitch campaign will continue in the Bahamas, Grenada, and Saint Lucia in 2018 and all interested entrepreneurs are encouraged to submit applications via the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.link-caribbean.com\">www.link-caribbean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Untitled-design-13.pngThe World Bank Group, together with the Caribbean Export Development Agency, launched\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.link-caribbean.com\/\">LINK-Caribbean<\/a> in September 2016, funded by the government of Canada. 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