I know you know, by now, that very many businesses in Kenya is thinking or has thought about getting online. Unfortunately, a lot of them simply just get an expensive website and fail to achieve anything significant via their internet efforts. Why is it so? This happens because many people think that once they have […]
[Continue reading…]Have a Good Business Idea? Tell Everyone!
July 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how secretive should I be about my idea? My answer: you should talk about it to almost anyone who will listen. This includes investors, entrepreneurs, people who work in similar areas, friends, people on the street, the bartender, etc. There are lots […]
[Continue reading…]Dummies Guide to Getting an Online Job – Free Content
July 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Earlier this week, we launched our new eBook: Have you ever thought about getting an online job? Imagine a job which you can do from your own bedroom, in your pyjamas. Imagine a job which you can do at your own time (you can wake up late everyday and spend the afternoons on Thursday playing […]
[Continue reading…]Daily Nation’s “e paper”
July 5, 2011 by 5 Comments
I’m sure that by now you have seen or heard about The Nation‘s “e paper” initiative. Well, in case you haven’t, it is a new-ish project by the Daily Nation where they sell access to their paper for as low as $2.5 a week (about 220 why did they not quote in Kshs??). Think about […]
[Continue reading…]Zuqka Shuts Down
July 4, 2011 by 5 Comments
A while back, we had written that Zuqka was in terrible trouble. Zuqka is a portal site for weekend entertainment around Nairobi, but with a social networking component as well as video, audio and blogs. Sadly, even though it was backed by the powerful Daily Nation, Zuqka had been infested by spammers who had turned […]
[Continue reading…]How to Get An Online Job
July 4, 2011 by 1 Comment
We get so many emails about online jobs that we decided to do somethign about it and try to solve this problem permanently! We’re pleased to announce that today we’re releasing our newest, and only, book: Dummies Guide to Getting an Online Job. Have you ever thought about getting an online job? Imagine a job […]
[Continue reading…]How to Start a Business without Money
July 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Here’s an interesting article: Several decades ago, before I got interested in starting businesses, I met a friend who went from being penniless to becoming quite wealthy in a breathtakingly short amount of time. I asked him what the secret of getting rich was. He said that you should find something that interests you and […]
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