Now Mail Packaging and Postal Service celebrated its second anniversary in March. It is one of those local twenty-first century small businesses that have found their way into niche markets arising out of the growth in demand for support services from the transformation of the Guyana economy. The quick and easy movement of goods, ranging from packages of important documents to consignments of household furniture has become one of the more sought-after services in both the public and private sectors.
Now Mail has jumped in ‘at the deep end,’ its operational structure still seemingly a work in progress. What appears to be driving the fledgling company is the thirst for success and the seemingly unbridled optimism of its founder and Chief Executive Officer. Colin Goodluck is 32, affable, enlightened and altogether unfazed by the challenges associated with doing business.
Most of his knowledge of planning and executing strategies to respond to logistical challenges has derived from his earlier job with a locally-based Chinese company concerned with exports. Goodluck, whose rise within the company appeared to have been close to meteoric, told Stabroek Buusiness that he learnt to deal with the complex institutional, organizational and logistical challenges associated with