Good Reads
You don’t need an app now
I have met several people who want to start a venture and their first ask is that they need a mobile application developed for them. When I ask why they need an app the response is usually that a mobile app will enable potential clients to conveniently access their products or services. Here’s the problem […]
Managing People
The best advice I ever got on managing people was ‘Hire slowly, Fire quickly’ Managing people is a critical task to the success of your business, it begins with managing yourself. Begin with a small group of highly self-motivated individuals who buy into the vision of the business and have a sense of ownership on […]
Is there a big need?
Often times we get a brilliant idea ( in our opinion) and we go right ahead to register a company, open an office and mass produce the goods or mass advertise the service only for no one to show up on our door step despite the great interior of the business premises. Its often called, […]
Taking your business online.
Internet provides you with the ability to reach more potential customers outside the scope of other marketing outreach activities that you conduct. To go online you require the following; A domain name For example www.mybusiness.co.ke A webpage This can be from a web template available for free online. Web hosting This can be […]
Commercializing technology innovations for startups in Kenya
Introduction Kenyans are known as some of the most innovative people in Africa. Growth in Innovation should go hand in hand with intellectual property protection so that the innovators can be able to secure their inventions. Despite the increase in innovations we still have very low numbers of patents and copyrights applied and granted in […]
Are these the ten questions every entrepreneur should ask themselves?
What Problem am i solving? How big is this problem? What do i project will be your sales for one year? What are the risks for my business? Who is my ideal customer? What is my target market? Why is my solution better than all the existing ones? What have i learnt about my business idea to date? What is my […]
How to survive as an entrepreneur
Here are some tips from some of the challenges I have encountered. Don’t be in the battlefield alone. As you embark on this journey you need to be able to list down at least two people that you purpose to speak to and exchange ideas when all is good and more so when all is […]