Inari Media has a really interesting post about the Nation Media Group. The article is worth a read, please have a look. In case you haven’t read that article, it is about an article by Charles Onyango-Obbo (one of the big wigs at NMG) who wrote an article that lacked logic and should not have […]
[Continue reading…]The downside of running your own business
October 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
I’ve been working freelance since February, and much as I hate to admit it, I’m bored. I always wanted to write for a living, but from the earliest days of blogging, it scared me. I was well aware that when you make a job out of a hobby, things get a little crazy. Once it […]
[Continue reading…]Interesting Kenyan Sites #8
October 10, 2010 by 3 Comments
This week has more flops than any other! 😛 Sheng.co.ke – I love the look and feel of this site. It feels…authentic, somehow. I love the fact that the language on the site is sheng! Good job here, kudos to the people behind that site. (Though they should fix some of the broken links). Flops […]
[Continue reading…]Event Management 2.0
October 9, 2010 by 7 Comments
So, suppose you run an event management business. How do you market it online? Do you just slap on a website and sit back? I think not. For you to get meaningful and sustained business online, it is not enough to have just a website, you need to have a website that establishes you as […]
[Continue reading…]Gain Control of Your Business by Being Lazy
October 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
Recently I was reading a book that was talking about the need humans have to be able to control things. While there were several experiments cited, one of the experiments was done in a nursing home where they had some younger people visit and spend time with two groups of residents. The first group could […]
[Continue reading…]Shocking Stories of Business Failure!
October 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
You know, when your friend or someone tells you of what they did to succeed in business you learn a lot. Learning from others’ experience beats learning from books any day, ama? You know what, though? Nothing beats learning from others’ failures. In fact, someone once told me: Failure in business happens for a reason, […]
[Continue reading…]Sintel
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Ahh, the marvels of the Internet. Sintel is an open movie – meaning that it is licensed in such a way that you are allowed and encouraged to give it out, or sell it, without seeking permission from anyone. The people who made the movie are also giving away all the production materials – right […]
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