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Join us today as we talk to Amit Sachdev and Joseph Mateo of Stroll Guam. They give us a look behind-the-scenes of what they are rolling out soon, as well as how to look at data! Amit Sachdev wanted to help make transport in Guam better. Taxi prices are high, and there’s no real island-wide public transport. So, he created Stroll! Stroll offers Guam’s residents and visitors cheaper and easier travel options. Stroll also provides new jobs, boosts the local economy, and gives the people of Guam the opportunity to work independently and on their own time.

The University of Guam School of Business & Public Administration Bank of Hawaii Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation features Larry Farrell! Check out the full YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/1xBXad8fr6g Larry is the Founder and Chairman of The Farrell Company, the world's leading firm for researching and teaching entrepreneurship. He founded the firm in 1983 to do his own ground-breaking research into the high-growth business practices of the world’s great entrepreneurs. Today, with Affiliates in North America, Asia, Europe, South America and Africa, over five million people, in forty countries, across nine languages, have attended the company’s programs. Over the past quarter century, Larry has personally taught entrepreneurship to more individuals, organizations, and governments than any person in the world. Mr. Farrell’s work has received praise from Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Fortune, Business Week, The Conference Board, and more. His latest book -- The New Entrepreneurial Age (2011)—is a timely revision of his three earlier books – combined with an up-to-the-minute accounting of everything his company has learned about helping people, companies, and governments around the world apply the economic power of entrepreneurship. His three previous books are: Searching For The Spirit Of Enterprise (1993), The Entrepreneurial Age (2001), and Getting Entrepreneurial! (2003).

#getbizy brings on Creative Director of Inspire Guam, Victor Calvo. He discusses the upcoming event that will be at the Dusit Thani on February 12th. We go LIVE on YouTube and Instagram :) Victor shares behind the scenes info on Series 2: Inspire Guam. Inspire Guam aims to connect creative minds with the movers and shakers to share valuable insight, to equip them with tools they need in this age of digitalization, to spur progressive ideas, and to ignite a culture of entrepreneurship.

Matt Simpson, Founder of Green Banana Paper in Kosrae talks about how he is reshaping social entrepreneurship. Green Banana Paper is a socially conscious (and eco-luxury) products out of bananas. Yep, you hear it. He employs local islanders and pays them living wages by harvesting the trunks of banana trees, which are natural resources on the island of Kosrae. Matt talks about how he is making banana paper products, such as wallets, business cards, and laser-engraving products. He also discusses the challenges of working somewhere so remote and how social media has been a game-changer. Matt Simpson, a New London, CT native, moved to Micronesia as a volunteer teacher in 2007 and never left. A keen surfer, Matt wanted to do something to give back to his community that had given him a life he could have only dreamed of. Matt began Green Banana Paper after seeing the lack of job opportunities for his graduating students, and the need for sustainable and exportable products from Micronesia. Matt currently lives on Kosrae most of the year and likes to get off island to chase waves around the world. Check out Green Banana Paper on Instagram: @greenbananapaper Facebook: @greenbananapaper Youtube: Green Banana Paper For information on the University of Guam School of Business & Public Administration and the Bank of Hawaii Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, please visit us at: FB: @uogc4ei Instagram: @uogboh Email: uogc4ei@gmail.com