This week, Arlene talks with Careem about realizing potential, manifesting the life you want and building a business of passion.
We hope you enjoy the journey on today’s Pathway!
Careem Gilbert is a multidisciplinary creative and businessman specializing in colour, creative photography & commercial video production, as well as e-commerce web development for some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs and companies. His company, CG Creative, aims at tying businesses, artists and entrepreneurs to their audience. He has extensive experience in aspects of business startups, travel, fashion, music video, food, commercial production and more. He is known for his hands on approach, storytelling, dynamic handheld movements, and distinct colour choices.
He found his passion for creating his identity and entrepreneurship during his secondary school life at the age of 14, realizing life is ‘not all about good grades’. With aspirations stemming from the impact on the world made by the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Careem had set out to create a life full of purpose, selflessness and dedication to creating value for others. Careem began honing his problem-solving skills at a young age and right out of secondary school, during his tenure at Community College where he was pursuing his first degree in Information Technology, he took his free time to build a software platform that was years ahead of his class curriculum in collaboration with a friend, Rendell Pierre. Taking many nights and weekends of research, trials and execution, the two were able to build an e-commerce platform with no prior knowledge in the field, capable of performing online transactions and product uploads with scalability comparable to that of eBay and Amazon.com in 2013. This blew their mind.
This project proved this quote to be true: “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it - you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use”. This belief broke mental barriers and led the youth to founding more businesses along the way, designed to serve others.
Reach out to Careem through:
Email: careem@cgcreativecontent.com
Instagram: @careem.gilbert
Website: www.cgcreativecontent.com (under construction as of March 1, 2021!)
Pathways is produced and edited by Grenadian STEAM Inc.
Your host is Arlene Hayes
Theme song produced by Andrew ‘Hitz’ Phillip
The thoughts and ideas expressed on this podcast are those of the guest(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the host, Grenadian STEAM, or its members.
The thoughts and ideas expressed on this podcast episode are those of the host and her guest(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of, Grenadian STEAM or its members.