BUSINESS COACH
As a business trainer with Partners Worldwide, Daniel brings his business-development insights to enterprises and initiatives in Haiti and beyond. Through training programs in Guatemala, Ivory Coast, and others, Daniel shares Partners Worldwide’s proven curriculum with entrepreneurs around the world. Since 2008, Daniel has been an integral part in Partners Worldwide’s mission in Haiti, travelling […]
ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR
Daniel owns the highly rated Trinity Lodge in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and manages Bridge Capital Haiti, a private investment firm supporting businesses in the country. Trinity Lodge is the winner of a TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Award in 2014. Daniel keeps the lodge competitive by maintaining international standards rare in local hospitality, paying employees above industry rates, and applying […]
How the Haitian Crisis Could Have Been a Blessing to Small Businesses
A lot of people don’t seem to know so much about Haiti and the country’s many prospects, other than the fact that the country has undergone enormous unfortunate climatic events that have plagued its recent history. But even so, Haiti has always produced hard working and enterprising men and women who have set up businesses […]
How Haiti Can Create Wealth and Enjoy a More Prosperous Future
What is “creating wealth”? The main goal of macroeconomists and policymakers is to create sustainable economic growth and create wealth, which is the process of making the “economic pie” bigger, so that everyone, in theory, can benefit and be better off. Economic growth is the process of a country increasing its productivity and the market […]
The end of Haiti’s problem is not for tomorrow
Haiti’s economic and social unrest are not close to ending. The reason is simple: the underlying causes of the trouble have not been resolved. As it turns out, people’s quest for justice is linked to their aspirations for economic development and personal betterment. Something consistently ignored by our leaders, which is a real shame. The […]
AUTHOR
In From Aid to Trade, Daniel presents the pioneering concept of opportunity-based economic development ( OBED). OBED is the idea that both assets and liabilities can be transformed into market opportunities to meet demand profitably. Laying bare the vast opportunity cost of decades of failed aid initiatives, From Aid to Trade explains how NGOs in Haiti can partner […]
Technology and Innovation in Haiti: Recognizing the Challenges and Taking Advantage of the Opportunity
Technology and innovation in Haiti offer a plethora of opportunities for growth for Haiti, the small-island nation state in the Caribbean. When one hears the word innovation, the first thought might be of Uber, patents, big-budget R&D departments, and/or creating cool, new products that makes people’s lives easier. However, OECD (2005) gives a comprehensive take […]
Women entrepreneurship: A Sure Path Forward for Haiti’s Economy
History books in Haiti and all over the world will forever bear pages of the events of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake that changed how the world looked at Haiti and her people. Almost a decade later, Haiti is still a stark difference to what the media has fed the world. We’ve heard that the […]