Flipping Grand Bahama

Dear Flipping Grand Bahamians… or Flip-portians… (I'll work on the name…) Hello my name is Alishia Duncanson and I am the Founder and CEO of Flint Stone Inc   I have been blessed to have “travelled” for the last 15 years visiting home somewhat regularly.   When I left I understood why the other islands thought we were better than them, our planned city was on the path of success and our population had a strong “middle class”. With money to spend we filled our private schools, enjoyed entertainment, took pride in our homes and had safe streets.   But more recently each time I returned something else had… fallen away… I worried there would soon be no home to return to, so I decided to “re-grow” my roots and pitch in. Having assessed my SWOT ( strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats ) , “Flint Stone Inc” was born as a means of turning a problem into an opportunity. I met people regularly throughout life with similar problems “I need money to start a bu...

What is the future of Grand Bahama? Is there really hope? According to entrepreneur/author Raquel Beneby-Hart, "without hope, we would have no life!" In an interview with her recently about her present series and her new book, she said, she wants to see Grand Bahama do better. This this transplant from Nassau said she came to Grand Bahama in 2004 three weeks prior to Hurricane Francis so she did not get to experience the "Magic City" that she had heard about, and she said she feels cheated at times. "But that also (drives me), like lets just get back there. It can happen. We just have to work together. We just have to be innovative and we cannot wait for someone or government legislation and decisions to determine how far we go on or if we even go." Hart said she took it upon herself as a Bahamian and a person who loves her country, and a person who loves to see her fellow man prosper, to be able to go out and make things happen and what has been...

My last two posts garnered a lot of interest and lots of comments. However together they were no match for the amount of people who read the "Bend or Break Speech." While writing and listening to the noise in the market it is somewhat easy to become discouraged, so I thought to myself, ask a question I normally ask of new found friends, What would you do if money were no object? This is a provocative question and reminds me of a question I get asked when I tell them what Ive done, "why don't you continue what you were doing?" I could say it's money that holds me back from some of the video productions or writing, but really its not.  I have the equipment and the knowledge, just afraid of not being accepted. Yes, for many projects the problem may be money. Say I want to buy Xanadu Beach Hotel, yes I'm  little shy of that $30 million and spare change. But Im not shy of meeting and talking with people who may have that kind of money who may want to ...