<![CDATA[The Foundpreneur Podcast]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-foundpreneur-podcast The Caribbean has been building world-class businesses for decades. Nobody covered it properly. Until now.

The Foundpreneur Podcast is a weekly conversation series hosted by Caribbean journalist and media founder Stephen Stanberry. Every episode goes deep with founders from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Barbados, Cayman Islands, and beyond unpacking the real story behind the build.

No hype. No overnight success myths. Just honest conversations about what it actually takes to build a business in this region the strategies, the setbacks, and the wins that never made the mainstream business press.

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]]> RSS.com 2026.428.112250 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:35:16 GMT en f364005f-d907-5363-aca8-9cf6a4768846 https://media.rss.com/the-foundpreneur-podcast/podcast_cover_20260531_010540_ccc9b0347ced99a2161928a5f03120ec.jpg The Foundpreneur Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/the-foundpreneur-podcast no Foundpreneur Media LLC Stephen Stanberry Stephen Stanberry false episodic podcast Jamaica, Jamaica false <![CDATA[She Built a 15-Country Caribbean Brand With Zero Investors — Here's How]]> Stephen Stanberry sits down with Melesia Adderley — the founder of Women's Haven and the first female Caribbean-owned organic feminine care brand in the region.

Melesia built across 15 countries. With zero investors. From the Cayman Islands.

This episode covers the origin, the near-collapse, and the decisions that made Women's Haven what it is today.

Plus questions submitted directly by the Foundpreneur community.

3 quick take aways.

One — the gap is the opportunity. Melesia didn't invent the concept of organic feminine care. She identified that the Caribbean had been excluded from it entirely and decided to close that gap herself. Every Caribbean founder has a version of that gap sitting right in front of them.

Two — zero investors is not a limitation. It is a decision. Melesia has built a 15-country brand on her own terms because she chose to control the build. Funding shapes everything — including who you answer to.

Three — distribution is the real product. Getting the product right was step one. Getting it into 100-plus stores across 15 different Caribbean markets — different regulations, different buyers, different retail cultures — that was the actual build.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-foundpreneur-podcast/2879023 aeed92da-f65d-4678-a792-fb8610125e43 2931 full 1 1 false Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:16 GMT false <![CDATA[Foundpreneur Podcast Trailer]]> The Caribbean has produced some of the most remarkable founders on the planet. But you'd never know it from the coverage.

The Foundpreneur Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Caribbean journalist and media founder Stephen Stanberry. Every Monday we sit down with Caribbean and diaspora founders building businesses that matter breaking down the revenue models, the market entry strategies, the decisions that almost killed the business, and the ones that saved it.

Plus the strategies and lessons you can steal. And use in your own build right now.

New episodes every Monday.

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