Entrepreneurship

In The End, It’s About The Money

November 25, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!So, so, so,….let me just get to the point. No! No! No!…it’s not a mean question. I’m just trying to gauge how much moolah is going into the boolah Share on Facebook
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Timmy Hilniger or Tommy Hilfiger?

November 21, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!I’m going to go back to talking about business because those Kenyan politicians are out of their minds and if I keep paying attention to them, I’m going end up losing my mind as well. Anyway, I don’t know why the personal biography of Tommy Hilfiger (the fashion designer) seems...
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Outsourcing in Kenya: What’s The Problem?

October 31, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!According to Kencall’s founder, it’s the bandwith. It’s too expensive right now. Share on Facebook
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M-Commerce

October 16, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!E-commerce was all about making money on the internet; M-commerce is about making money with mobile phones. This discussion is mainly about India, but the examples could easily be applied to Kenya (btw – how is M-pesa doing?). They are 200 million mobile phone users in India. Wow! How many...
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Dov Charney: Retail & Manufacturing – is it for you?

September 19, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!Why am I posting this video of a guy with a weird name? because he founded a company in 1997 that is now the single largest clothing manufacturer based in the United States (& that’s what makes him unique – he is making a profit without manufacturing in China). I...
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I Just Can’t Take This Anymore….

August 20, 2007
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I Just Can’t Take This Anymore….

Send this article to Twitter!I was doing some lazy Sunday reading this past weekend and I came upon this article about a 17 year old entrepreneur that made me want to start weeping (if the coffee shop I was sitting in was empty, I probably would have started wailing).PS: Do not read these articles...
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It’s Not Just “Hard Work”…

July 31, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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Robert Johnson: Founder of BET News

July 29, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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“Guess-timation”

July 26, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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