You’ve probably heard this a million times but I’m going to say it yet again. Many, many people do not succeed because they don’t take action. You may have a beautiful, solid plan and all the tools you need but if you don’t do anything with them, you will fail. Procrastination has the power to […]
[Continue reading…]You Need To Know About Online Reputation Management
October 13, 2009 by 5 Comments
Guess what? Everyone’s a critic these days. Of course this has always been true but, these days, every one of these critics can probably go online and write their thoughts on facebook, twitter or even their own blog. Why should you care? Suppose you own a nice little restaurant and one day, I have lunch […]
[Continue reading…]How To Be Successful
October 12, 2009 by 4 Comments
About two months ago, we started a little project to try and work with some of our readers and try help them earn their very first Shilling online. Of course this program is Biashara 30. Well, B30 is now coming to a close and I want to take this opportunity to share the biggest lesson […]
[Continue reading…]Nokia’s Ovi Mail In Kenya
October 11, 2009 by 8 Comments
So, recently, Nokia has been very hard at work telling us about the new Ovi mail service they’re introducing in Kenya. It sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? You can have access to email on your phone as long as you own a Nokia. You don’t need a Blackberry anymore. I think it is a move that […]
[Continue reading…]‘White People Stole My Car’
October 7, 2009 by 12 Comments
‘White people stole my car’ became one of the most searched topics in Google over the past few days. If you are thinking it’s the new hot rock band, you are wrong. So what made this phrase so popular? The result generated by Google on the search was ‘Did you mean: Black people stole my […]
[Continue reading…]Six of the Best Banks For Startups In Kenya
October 6, 2009 by 4 Comments
So last week we wrote here about our frustrations in finding a good bank for a young startup business – we had walked in and out of banks for hours and non struck us as particularly attractive for our young business. Following the article on Like Chapaa, we received a lot of emails and other […]
[Continue reading…]Make Money By Receiving Text Messages – In Kenya
October 5, 2009 by 20 Comments
I recently came across an interesting Kenyan site: Jumuika. Why is the site so interesting? They will pay you for each sms that you receive from them. Imagine that! I could read text messages all day and all night…. The idea behind it is simple to grasp – all the text messages that they send […]
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