“I always live by the motto of ‘Ready, fire, aim.’ I think if you spend too much time doing ‘Ready, aim, aim, aim,’ you’re never going to see all the good things that would happen if you actually started doing it. I think business plans are interesting, but they have no real meaning, because you […]
[Continue reading…]Tandaa Symposium on Growing Your Brand Online
February 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
The content of this post is courtesy of Tandaa. Delivering your brand promise in an increasingly digital world requires a whole new marketing strategy. A recent TNS study* indicates that internet usage in Kenya has more than doubled in the last two years. An estimated 4 million Kenyans have access to the internet and according […]
[Continue reading…]New Free WordPress e-Commerce Theme: Begi
February 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
Another day, another freebie 🙂 Begi is a clean, minimal and highly customizable WordPress e-commerce theme. It is based on Vanilla Cart whose development ceased a while ago. Theme Features Clean, minimal and stylish Drop-down menu support 2-column layout and widget-ready sidebar Support for WordPress 3.0 custom menus Support for custom backgrounds Styled to work […]
[Continue reading…]How to Open a US Bank Account
February 8, 2011 by 15 Comments
This post was made possible by sobbayi. There are many reasons why one may want to open a US bank account, including wanting to withdraw money from PayPal. Now to open a US based bank account as a none US resident is still possible. The only catch is that you cannot open it online, you […]
[Continue reading…]EVERYONE Can Be An Entrepreneur!
February 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
In his article 8 Alternatives to College, James Altucher brilliantly tackles one of the largest myths about entrepreneurship: “not everyone can be an entrepreneur”. This is a myth, and this is why it is wrong to say that not everyone can be an entrepreneur: First off, there’s no law against being an entrepreneur. In fact, […]
[Continue reading…]Interesting Kenyan Sites #18
February 7, 2011 by 15 Comments
Nairobi Living – is a local search and business directory. I find the site to be well thought out and nicely designed. Kudos to the makers! Though one is tempted to say “….yet another local directory?”. Shameless Clones Tokea Online – it seems to be an East African social network (like facebook, but for EA). […]
[Continue reading…]Investing in Virtual Real Estate
February 5, 2011 by 1 Comment
A little-known way of making money online is that of investing in virtual real estate i.e. buying websites. I know you are conversant with the idea of buying land or houses so I will use that as an example to make a point. If you buy a house at Kshs 5 million and then rent […]
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