Send this article to Twitter!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...
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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Send this article to Twitter!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) 6152039722041376368:1472000 Share on Facebook
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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Send this article to Twitter!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?) Share on Facebook
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Send this article to Twitter!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,...
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Send this article to Twitter!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,...
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Send this article to Twitter!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...
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Send this article to Twitter!I know Kenyans love real estate, but I want to talk about another form of real estate that’s taking place in the virtual world. Once again, I’ve come upon an article of these two entrepreneurs who are making millions by buying popular domain names (read: virtual real estate) and turning...
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