Business View Caribbean | November 2020

78 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN NOVEMBER 2020 retail burned down flat, so I had to rebuild and I started again. And I’ve started again after COVID. I have the resilience and the strength of a real entrepreneur because I started with nothing and I’ve brought it to this level.” Moving forward and not looking back is important to Smith. “I want people to know that Chocolate Dreams is resilient and strong,” she says. “We don’t entertain negativity at all and I’m not going to lie down and die because of COVID... I’m going to try to regroup and refocus because I feel post-COVID is going to be very lucrative. I believe Jamaica itself will pull through and forge ahead once COVID is behind it, with a better economy and a renewed optimism. And I will feel like I served my country well by hiring people and putting myself out there. This is a business based on strength.” And that is truly the stuff that dreams are made of. PREFERRED VENDOR n Scoops Unlimited Ltd. 2 ½ Kingsway, Unit 27, Kingston 10 876-754-4988