Entrepreneur mans construction network virtually

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Entrepreneur mans construction network virtually

WESTERN BUREAU: DAINE MACKLIMORE, a jack-of-all-trades who has worked in various jobs from sales to tiling, is demonstrating his versatility by using social media to outsource the services of his Montego Bay-based construction business, Impulse...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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