The Time Value Of Money
Recently, I sat next to an old man (Mzee) in a Matatu. After we had been travelling a while, he pointed out into a now fully cultivated area and, turning to me, explained, “T
Four Myths About Dairy Farming
When people hear me say that my wife and I live upcountry on a farm, the next question, often, is “Do you keep cows?” and I answer, “Yes.” Per script, they
Can You Stay Engaged And Relevant In Your Business When It’s Starting To Become A Bore?
For entrepreneurs, the motivation to start out a business starts out with descriptions that use words super-charged words: “exciting”, “a first”, “opp
Finding New Business Niches In Futuristic Realities
Three important development conversations are trending in the rest of the world, except, to a large extent, in Africa: The transformation of transportation: electric cars (and sola
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
