UBCNews - Business - The System Was Not Built for Us. So We Built Our Own.

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

INTERVIEWER When you talk about Caribbean workers being blocked from digital income, what does that look like day to day? COACH THEO It looks like someone who has done everything right. They have learned affiliate marketing, built a small audience, made a sale. Then they try to collect and hit a wall. PayPal tells them their country is not supported for receiving funds. Or they try WiPay, one of the few platforms built for our market, and their customer's bank rejects the transaction before it gets there. Not because of anything the person did wrong. Because of a relationship that does not exist between two financial institutions. INTERVIEWER And MoneyGram, Western Union? COACH THEO They work, but at a cost. Fees and processing time mean someone earning a small commission in USD is effectively working with a discount applied to every payment. It discourages people from continuing. And it is never mentioned in training designed for American or European markets, because it simply is not their problem. INTERVIEWER So mainstream online income advice leaves Caribbean workers with a significant gap. COACH THEO A significant one. The courses that dominate the space assume you have Stripe, PayPal receiving, a US bank account. If you do not have those things, you are adapting as you go without guidance. That is where most people get lost. Not because they lack skill or effort. Because nobody mapped the terrain they are actually walking. INTERVIEWER Tell me about what you built in response. COACH THEO I made a deliberate decision to structure everything around the actual conditions of this market. Which payment routes work in which territories. Which income vehicles are accessible here. thetlcguy.net covers affiliate, influencer, and network marketing as a blended set of skills, using Vital Health Global as a practical vehicle so students earn while they learn. The March 12 intake is the next entry point. Registration is free, because asking someone who has already spent. money on things that did not work to pay before they have seen how I operate would be asking for trust I have not yet earned. INTERVIEWER You call your approach Teach, Lead, Coach. What does that mean in practice? COACH THEO Teaching means I explain how things actually work before I ask anyone to join anything. Leading means I go first and stay in contact through the hard parts. Coaching means I respond, I adjust, I stay. Most people in this space build a programme and then go quiet. The people I work with have been through that before. It is why I name it explicitly, so they know what they are signing up for. INTERVIEWER Last question. There is deep scepticism about network marketing in the Caribbean. How do you meet that? COACH THEO I name it rather than argue against it. The scepticism is earned. People have been burned by overpromising, by mentors who disappeared after the sale. When I sit with someone who has been through that, I lead with honesty. Here is what this takes. Here is what a realistic first month looks like. That conversation filters out the wrong people and builds something real with the right ones. The March 12 intake is open to anyone in the Caribbean and diaspora. Registration is free at thetlcguy.net. From $29.00 to $300: The Duplicatable System That Works, co-authored with Lexann McPhoy, is available on Amazon. Contact: WhatsApp [phone] | thetlcguy.net | teamshawcaribbean.com Team Shaw Caribbean City: Georgetown Address: 64 Hadfield Street Website: https://teamshawcaribbean.com Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Interviewer, when you talk about Caribbean workers being blocked from digital income, what does that look like day to day? Coach Theo, it looks like someone who has done everything right. They have learned affiliate marketing, built a small audience, made a sale. Then they try to collect and hit a wall. PayPal tells them their country is not supported for receiving funds. Or they try WiPay, one of the few platforms built for our market, and their customer's bank rejects the transaction before it gets.

there. Not because of anything the person did wrong, because of a relationship that does not exist between two financial institutions. Interviewer and Moneygram, Western Union. Coach Theo, they work, but at a cost. Fees in processing time means someone earning a small commission in USD is effectively working with a discount applied to every payment. It discourages people from continuing, and it is never mentioned in training designed for American or European. markets, because it simply is not their problem. Interviewer, so mainstream online income advice leaves Caribbean workers with a significant gap. Coach Theo, a significant one.

The courses that dominate the space assume you have Stripe, PayPal receiving, a U.S. bank account. If you do not have those things, you are adapting as you go without guidance. That is where most people get lost, not because they lack skill or effort, because nobody mapped the terrain they are actually walking? Interviewer, tell me about what you built in response. Coach Theo, I made a deliberate decision to structure everything around the actual conditions of this market, which payment routes work in which territories, which income vehicles are accessible

here. Thetlcguide.net covers affiliate, influencer, and network marketing as a blended set of skills, using vital health global as a practical vehicle so students earn, while they learn. The March 12 intake is the next entry point. Registration is free because asking someone who has already spent, money on things that did not work to pay before they have seen how I operate, would be asking for trust I have not yet earned. Interviewer, you call your approach, teach, lead, coach. What does that mean in practice? Coach Theo. Teaching means I explain how things actually work before I ask anyone to join anything. Leading means I go first and stay in contact through

the hard parts. Coaching means I respond, I adjust, I stay. Most people in this space build a program and then go quiet. The people I work with have been through that before. It is why I name it explicitly, so they know what they are signing up for. Interviewer last question. There is deep skepticism about network marketing in the Caribbean. How do you meet that? Coach Theo, I name it, rather than argue against it. The skepticism is earned. People have been burned by overpromising, by mentors who disappeared after the sale. When I sit with someone who has been through that, I lead with honesty. Here is what this takes. Here is what a realistic first month looks like. That conversation filters out the wrong people and build something real with the right ones.

The March 12 intake is open to anyone in the Caribbean and diaspora. Registration is free at ThatTLCGuide.net, from $290 to $300. The duplicatable system that works, co-authored with Lexan McFoy, is available on Amazon. Contact, WhatsApp Plus 1-762, 2E1-3831. TheTLC Guy.net, TeamShawcaribian.com.