Bruce Pollack Interview at 361Firm’s Newport Conference - July 2025
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
Newport Conference, Bruce Pollack, business ventures, networking, entrepreneurs, investors, energy, real estate, high tech, AI, Jamaica development, affordable housing, limestone export, strategic partners, South Coast Associates.
SPEAKERS
Bruce Pollack

Bruce Pollack 00:00
My name is Bruce Pollack. I'm the host at this event. I have lived in the Newport area for 20 years, and from the Boston area, I've had many different types of business ventures, starting from restaurants to cell phone technology to real estate, environmental products. So I've been involved in many different types of business, and you know, this was a great event today. Mark did a great job organizing the events and bringing together really a cohesive group of entrepreneurs and investors and interested parties, interested in many different types of investment, from energy to real estate to high tech to AI and so forth. So I found to be a very worthwhile and very positive experience. He's got a great network of people to draw from, and I look forward to working in the future to develop more contacts and networking. So I would say it was very positive events. It was a good use of In other words, a lot it takes. It takes a lot of work to cultivate relationships. So if in one meeting, if you can cultivate several, it's it's a good use of time. So I find it to be as a good use of time great. Some great relationships were made for foster and it was a good opportunity for some of my my fellow organizers that I work with, some some of the people on my team, to sort of meet more of the the audience that we're that we're dealing with, for them to get their name out there a little bit, and an opportunity to network as well. So So overall, I'm very pleased with it and look forward to more events. And it's a great it's a lot of work. I mean, I've, Mark's been here, I've seen the work. We've worked at it. And this was done, by the way, in very short time, because I wasn't supposed to be here. So basically, we did this in like four or five days. So thanks again. Good work. 361 team. And look forward to future endeavors, future networking events. And it's a great social event in terms, in addition to the business, it's a great, just great to talk to people that have similar, similar stories. You know, when you're when you're a visionary. Use that word bullet entrepreneur, because it says a different ring to it. But I find that, you know, you there, there. There aren't a lot of people that really understand that. So ups and downs you go through to get to get somewhere, to get something done, takes quite a bit, probably better sacrifice too, by the way. It's a lot, but, you know, I see, I see it just from this, from Mark's team as well. So we are working on a comprehensive development in Jamaica, a residential, comprehensive development Jamaica encompassing tourist and affordable housing projects as well as limestone export and use of limestone in the country. So we, we have strategic partners in the stone, and we have, we control many properties in Jamaica, and we're, this is, it's a five to seven year plan, which could yield in the vicinity of 5x or higher. 5x would be conservative. So my history is taking properties and getting into deals that people would say, you know, it's not it's not ready, or it's not real. I mean, so forth, so forth. But my belief is that when I see a VIG, when I see something that has the future, that has the potential, that's where I want to be. So LinkedIn or through our website. South Coast associates, SCA Jamaica, gmail.com, 857-222-8157, or LinkedIn. South Coast associates, Bruce Pollock, look forward to any contacts, and we'd be happy to provide any information or come down. Just come on down. Come on down. We'll take a tour. We'll take a ride. Easiest, that's the best way. My uncle told me years ago, you don't you don't talk about it. You You go there. You walk, you, you walk the streets. I grew up in the restaurant business, so um, bought and sold many restaurants in Boston, and you walk the ground, you actually see it for yourself. So thank you again. You.

You can subscribe to various 361 events and content at https://361firm.com/subs. For reference: 

• Web: www.361firm.com/home
• Onboard as Investor: https://361.pub/shortdiag
• Onboard Deals 361: www.361firm.com/onb
• Onboard as Banker: www.361firm.com/bankers
• Events: www.361firm.com/events
• Content: www.youtube.com/361firm
• Weekly Digests: www.361firm.com/digest