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Every time I listen to someone tell me that all it takes to make it is business is “hard work”, I cringe. What exactly does that mean? I’ll use an example from my own experience.
My first attempt at an online business failed. I worked hard (at least I thought I did) but it [...]
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Someone mentioned BET News and I remembered that there was an interview on the founder that I’d wanted to post here.
Robert Johnson was the second African-American to be listed on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world (Oprah was first, I believe) - he was bumped off the billionaires list after he [...]
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There’s an interesting article in the Economist Magazine (Just freeze me like an Egyptian Mummy) about where human beings inherit their lifespans. What scientists are now discovering is that children’s lifespans correlate in length to that of their parents, but only one parent — Their father’s.
Additionally, what they also found was that it is [...]
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I’m listening to Ayub Ogada’s song “kothbiro” (it was featured in the movie “The Constant Gardner”) - it’s a classic, up there with the song “malaika”.
I also like Suzanne Owiyo’s “Kisumu 100” - she’s another underrated talent (she should be up there with the likes of Miriam Makeba)…why isn’t she?
Eric Wainaina has nothing on these [...]
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I want you to guess how much this website is making a month:
collegehumour.com
I know I keep harping on this internet thing and some people may find it boring or even repetitive, but I continue to be astounded by how much individual people are making with simple based internet companies.
I also know that Kenyans love “brick [...]
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There’s an interesting article here (Rwanda Trying to get connected) about an American entrepreneur who tried to start an internet cable company in Rwanda. The article highlights some of the difficulties he’s encountered. He was hired after the Rwandese minister met him at a wedding party in Boston!
Bottom line: Africa has to lay the fibre [...]
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Craigslist is a classified ad website that really grew virally (no venture capital money was used to grow it). The last time I checked, the site was bringing in about $20 million dollars a month and it only has about five employee’s! (it’s probably making more now). Anyway, it is the most popular classified [...]
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About two months ago, I met a Kenyan who’d spent 16 months in Iraq as a Sergeant. She described the place as a “terrorist haven”. I’m not sure if she’s going back. I didn’t ask, but next time I see her, I will ask. She was the third Kenyan I’d met [...]
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It looks like this is becoming a big topic as talk of the fiber optic cable looms. There’s a short article in the Nation about this and it looks like the Indians are already looking at Kenya (why? why? why? can’t they just stay put in India?) — it would really depress me if [...]
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I was scanning the Standard’s business section and I came upon this quote by an MP:
“Fresh allegations came after Khwisero MP, Mr Julius Arunga, demanded a ministerial statement on whether Mwangi could legally hold a senior bank position after being a manager in a bank that collapsed. Mwangi was a senior finance manager at Trade [...]
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They’ve done it. So, let’s hear it. The interviews were given in 1999, but their general views on business and technology are very applicable, circa 2007. (pay attention to what he has to say about middle-men and how the internet is cutting them out. — hmm)
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I was having a conversation with someone about what kinds of businesses would be the best to start if you wanted to have a continuous revenue stream that did not involve having to find new customers all the time. This conversation sprung up because this person I was talking to is getting tired of [...]
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Okay, so.. someone just left a comment in one of the pieces and he mentioned the site katesKikapu.com (How many of these are out there?)
When I use the term “copycat”, I’m not using it to denote some sinister or evil motive. The purpose is to stimulate the discussion, so that we can all learn about [...]
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So, after “discovering” this site called mavuno.com, I couldn’t help but notice that it looks eerily similar to Mamamikes.com.
The concept (using the internet to enable Kenyans in the diaspora to send goods to their relatives at home) is definitely the same (and I’m sure the founders of Mavuno copied it from MamaMikes — I’m making [...]
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I was going through my comment section and I noted an entry by a Kenyan Entrepreneur referring to himself or herself as “Kinoti”. He/she has started an on-line business that allows you to buy and send airtime credit to someone’s mobile phone in Kenya. The business/site is called sambazanow.com. So, of course, after [...]
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For those outside America — Netflix is an on-line movie rental company that has become very popular in the last few years. Why is it popular? because it’s convenient to use and they apply no late fee’s on any of their DVD’s. You simply sign up for the service on-line, order your DVD’s [...]
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This woman I work with has gotten involved with what I believe is a classic pyramid scheme and she’s trying to get me involved. Initially, I tried to be polite about listening to her talk about it, but now she wants to introduce me to this head schemer and I guess they’re both going to [...]
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