How Should You Choose A Partner In Business?
When I was 19, immediately after high school, I made a horrible choice in a partner for a business I decided to pursue, away from my home area, “while waiting to know my next
A Non-Marketer’s View Of How To Succeed In Sales
I have never been hired as a sales person. But, several times where I have worked (as an employee and as a consultant), I have for some reason been deployed to marketing/sales. I t
Key Performance Indicators
I have written previously on the low output that adds up to our low GDP. To recap, the average output of an adult Kenyan is $1,133.46 (2015) per year, Shs 312 per day, and that inc
Troubles Of The Macadamia Value Chain
After I recently completed writing a business paper for a client on the potential of macadamia farming in Kenya, I was blown away by how we perpetually ignore the extreme
Investing (In The Stock Market) In Adverse Times
An interesting headline featured in the Nation Newspaper (Kenya) on Thursday, 19 January 2017. Quoting Bloomberg, it stated that The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was then the
Four Lessons From A Late-Bloomer
When it comes to (our) aging and business one of my inspirational characters is the life of Colonel Harland David Sanders (1890 – 1980), the American businessman who
How To Measure Your (Personal) Per Capita GDP
Kenya’s per capita GDP was USD 97.62 in 1960, ahead of India’s $83.81 (World Bank data, here and throughout in this article). At the time, coming to Kenya from India, w
Doing Business In Adverse Times
Contrary to what some people might think, it is actually possible to build ethical business around disasters. Take, for example, the cyclical drought that perennially invade and de
Cyclical Drought: And What We Can Do.
It happens every few years. Here are some headlines I found by just googling “drought kenya”: 2016: 1.3m Kenyans affected by drought – government 2015:Kenya endin
A Couple Of Cultural Notes
When a skill earns a kid a break in life to a better life, that is awesome. It is biblical! Proverbs 22:29
