Speaking at the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards Foodie Seminar, Dr Patricia Yap shared with the audience her approach to business that is a formula for anyone looking to scale up, no matter where you start.

At the seminar Dr Yap shared the journey in creating the ariSulfur Facial and Body Treatment Bar with Felice Campbell in June 2012.

“For me, I started with my parents not speaking English and so I was at the shop taking orders,” Dr Yap explained. And from taking orders from customers at the neighbourhood “corna” shop, she became chief executive officer of Apex Healthcare Associates, the largest medical centre in Jamaica with more than 30 medical practitioners in three locations in Kingston and St Catherine.

Yet it didn’t stop there for Dr Yap.

As a trained dermatologist, and someone who suffered from severe acne, Dr Yap decided that the products sold in Jamaica did not serve the needs of her clients that came for skincare treatment.

“Many of the skincare products are for

[people with] light skin in cold regions. My patients have a different experience and so I believe that this created an opportunity.”

Dr Yap shared her launch strategy with the audience.

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