012 Tyrone Wilson: Achieving Success With Relentless Determination

Tyrone Wilson (@CallTyrone_W) is the President and CEO of eMedia Interactive Group Limited, a digital media and advertising company. Tyrone is also Founder & President of iCreate Institute, a partnership with the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean that prepares students for jobs in the creative industry.

Tyrone is on the board for several institutions such as the GraceKennedy External Innovation Council, the Jamaica College Old Boys' Association, as well as the Academic Advisory Board for the University of Technology’s Entrepreneurship Degree.

He is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica's (PSOJ) 50UnderFifty Business Leaders Shaping Jamaica’s Future and the Caribbean Journal's Caribbean Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012, in addition to being listed as one of the Caribbean’s Most Interesting People of 2013.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How to find gaps in the market to create a profitable product or service;
• Why you should double down on your drive and determination;
• Why it’s so important to believe in yourself and put all doubt aside;
• Why running lean can be an asset; and so much more.