LINK-Caribbean Magazine

COTTAGE TO GLOBAL PRODUCTION

“Before Link- Caribbean we were thinking to grow our company by just selling and saving on a small scale, however the organization allowed us to start thinking bigger than just a few stores in Jamaica”.

with herbs and spices found right here in Jamaica. These include Jamaican rosemary, peppermint and lemongrass,” he emphasised. This is achieved through a leadership team of 4 young enthusiastic entrepreneurs with varying backgrounds in entrepreneurship, marketing, science, and operations who he says, “who work extremely well together.” Speaking quite candidly Javin shared that the LINK-Caribbean programme had been a huge blessing and credited his company’s growth and success to LINK-Caribbean, “Before Link- Caribbean we were thinking to grow our company by just selling and saving on a small scale, however the organization allowed us to start thinking bigger than just a few stores in Jamaica”. Javin was able to pitch to First Angel Jamaica

and secure investment which has been supplemented with the Co-Investment Grant from LINK-Caribbean increasing the overall investment. It’s now time for Herboo to scale-up from a small business to a big corporation. Having secured one of the largest distributors in Jamaica for personal care products they are able to help a lot more individuals across the country. They are already exporting to countries such as Cayman Islands, Barbados, United States and Canada and intend to continue growing.