Send this article to Twitter!So, I thought I might write about an experience I’m having with trying to sign up for a gym membership and the business questions it’s raised for me as a consumer because I think it’s quite interesting. Anyway, I used to be a member of a particular gym and when...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve been strolling around Twitter lately and I became quite focused on how much Kenyans were following the news of American software and technology companies. So, I asked a couple of them why they were so interested in these companies. After all, for many of these entities (outside of companies...
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Send this article to Twitter! I’ve been having a very annoying weak dealing with small business owners whose lack of efficiency has left me more astounded than ever. The first astonishment came from a mechanic who I’d been going to for about one year. In terms of his knowledge about cars, he definitely had...
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Send this article to Twitter!I want to get back to talking about Kenyan Entrepreneurs (enough about politics & constitutions & all of that) — we owe, we owe, so off to work we must go! In this segment, I interview Mbugua Njihia, Founder and CEO of Symbiotic Media a mobile/software development company based in...
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Send this article to Twitter!I just finished reading a book called “The Dream” Written by entrepreneur Gurbaskh Chahal, the son of Indian immigrants who moved to California when he was two years old, dropped out of high school at 16 and by 18, he was worth a whopping $20 million dollars, all from an internet...
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Send this article to Twitter!If you are reading this post and you were born and raised in Kenya and have parents who grew up in pre-colonial times and asked them what you should be when you grow up, you’d most probably get the following advice: One, go to university and get into a respectable...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was reading an interesting article about “How Not To Run a Business” and it had some interesting suggestions on the list like: DON’T PISS YOUR LIFE SAVINGS INTO OPENING A BUSINESS IF YOU’RE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT ITS SUCCESS. DON’T ASSUME YOU CAN RUN A BUSINESS JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE...
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Send this article to Twitter! The second part of my interview with Kahenya Kamunyu involved my follow-up questions that mainly hinged on the quality of ingredients used in the yogurt and on this whole discussion about whether the food in Kenya is really organic (i.e. with no real testing standards how do you know...
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Send this article to Twitter! So, I was hanging around Twitter one day when I noticed one of my followers (a guy called Kahenya) talking about this yogurt company that he and a friend were starting. Initially, I wasn’t that intrigued until he started mentioning the yogurt flavors they were coming up with. e.g....
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