The #1 Business & Culture Vibe celebrating Caribbean Culture & Entrepreneurship
during U.S. National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
JUNE 4th-30th, 2026
New York City, DC + Virtual
Thank You Sponsors + Community Partners!
IRIE JAM FOUNDATION X CBN: TECH TRIBE 2026
Date: June 4, 2026
Overview: As part of NY Tech Week, Tech Tribe brought together founders, operators, and innovators building across the Caribbean diaspora and beyond for a curated evening at the intersection of culture, technology, and global entrepreneurship. Hosted by Irie Jam Media, the night blended high-impact conversations on identity, capital, and the Caribbean tech ecosystem with live demos, intentional networking, and cultural moments — creating space for both current and aspiring entrepreneurs to connect and grow.
Location: Consulate General of Jamaica, New York — 300 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Community Partners: Irie Jam Radio
Legacy Tingz: The Ownership Era
Date: June 24th, 2026
Overview: CBN and Chase Bank brought the energy to Bed-Stuy for an evening centered on building generational wealth through real estate. Attendees got insider knowledge from Chase's real estate experts and heard directly from a powerhouse panel of real estate owners — residential, commercial, and everything in between — with genuine networking for anyone on the ownership journey, from first-time buyers to seasoned investors.
Location: Chase Bed-Stuy — 1308 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Community Partners: J.P. Morgan Chase
Location: Chase Bed-Stuy | 1308 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Built to Scale, Ready to Sell - AI, Value Creation, and M&A Readiness
Date: June 25, 2026
Overview: This curated CEO Workshop brought together 100 founders, CEOs, investors, and trusted advisors for an afternoon focused on AI, value creation, and M&A readiness. Carib Biz Network joined as an Official Community Partner to this Eminae Network event, which delivered practical insight, meaningful connections, and executive-level conversation to help leaders build stronger companies and prepare more strategically for growth, capital, acquisition, or exit. The intimate, capacity-limited room kept conversations high-value, capped off with a cocktail reception.
Location: Citrin Cooperman, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Community Partners: Eminae Network
The Meeting Place Festival : DC The Launch
Date: June 26, 2026
Overview: Presented as part of The Meeting Place Festival V: Urban Transit – Carnival of Creatives, this launch event brought together leaders from culture, finance, policy, technology, and development for a powerful conversation on how visuality, the arts, data, mapping, and ecosystem intelligence can unlock new pathways to capital for the Caribbean and African creative sectors. The activation kicked off bigger programming to come this October, hosted in hybrid format with a happy hour to close out the evening.
Location: IDB Headquarters, Washington, DC (Hybrid + In-Person)
Community Partners: Caribbean InTransit, Inter-American Development Bank
CORNROWS & CORNBREAD: THE REVIVAL 2026
Date: June 27, 2026
Overview: Now in its third year, Cornrows & Cornbread: The Revival transformed the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a vibrant, multi-floor cultural wellness experience rooted in beauty, community, and comfort. Created by Karyne Tinord, the gathering brought together conversation, culture, art, wellness, and commerce across indoor and outdoor activations — a reminder to revive the child within. Eyeland Fest was proud to serve as a community partner for this year's activation.
Location: Brooklyn Navy Yard – Building 92, 63 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Community Partners: Karyne Tinord / Cornrows & Cornbread, Eyeland Fest / Carib Biz Network (CBN)
UBER SOCA CRUISE X CBN: BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION 2026
Date: June 30, 2026
Overview: Uber Soca Cruise and Carib Biz Network launched their second annual pitch competition, spotlighting and supporting promising Caribbean entrepreneurs. The top 8 finalists pitched live (and virtually) to a panel of industry leaders, closing out Eyeland Fest 2026 on a high note.
Location: L10 Building, 10 Lafayette Ave, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Community Partners: UberSoca Cruise, Brooklyn Public Library
CONGRATS TO OUR 2026 FINALISTS
Magdala Noel
CEO/Founder, Hand in Hand Speech Therapy
Magdala Noel is the founder of Hand in Hand Speech Therapy LLC, a mobile and community-based private practice delivering evidence-based pediatric speech and language services across Long Island, New York City, and surrounding areas. Rooted in the belief that every child's voice matters, Magdala and her team meet children exactly where they are — in the places where they learn, play, and grow — offering expert care through spoken words, sign language, and alternative communication systems. What makes Hand in Hand truly unique is its whole-family philosophy: rather than simply treating children, they walk alongside families, honoring each child's individual strengths, cultural background, and communication journey to celebrate every milestone, from first words to full conversations.
Shauna + Randy Pulayya
coFounders, WIPS
Randy and Shauna Vo Pulayya are the husband-and-wife co-founders of West Indies Pepper Sauce (WIPS) — a premium, vegan, non-GMO Caribbean hot sauce brand built on a mission to preserve the rich food culture of the Caribbean and West Indies for future generations. Randy, a first-generation Guyanese American raised in Richmond Hill, Queens — the heart of Little Guyana — drew inspiration from four generations of family recipes passed down by his grandmother and mother, while Shauna, a Vietnamese-American born in Arkansas, brings her background in e-commerce, logistics, and sourcing to power the business side of the brand. Together, having lived across Vietnam and South Korea and traveled to over 60 countries across six continents, they have built WIPS into a nationally shipping brand sold on Amazon and at markets across the U.S., with their sights firmly set on major retail shelves — on a mission to make sure Caribbean flavor and culture never gets left behind.
Keegan Simon
Founder, 1ndividual Aesthetic
Randy and Shauna Vo Pulayya are the husband-and-wife co-founders of West Indies Pepper Sauce (WIPS) — a premium, vegan, non-GMO Caribbean hot sauce brand built on a mission to preserve the rich food culture of the Caribbean and West Indies for future generations. Randy, a first-generation Guyanese American raised in Richmond Hill, Queens — the heart of Little Guyana — drew inspiration from four generations of family recipes passed down by his grandmother and mother, while Shauna, a Vietnamese-American born in Arkansas, brings her background in e-commerce, logistics, and sourcing to power the business side of the brand. Together, having lived across Vietnam and South Korea and traveled to over 60 countries across six continents, they have built WIPS into a nationally shipping brand sold on Amazon and at markets across the U.S., with their sights firmly set on major retail shelves — on a mission to make sure Caribbean flavor and culture never gets left behind.