The 5 stages of entrepreneurship
Stage One: Drive
What most people lack, and the reason we’re divided as a society between go getters and settlers, is drive.
When you are driven, you suddenly have time.
Why? Because you somehow make that time.
When you are driven,...
No One is Telling You the Dark Side of Becoming an Entrepreneur
I know enough people who dreamt of starting a company, but they never took the first step. You need courage, and the mindset of an entrepreneur, to test...
Small Business Owners Among Top Mobile Loan Borrowers
Small Business Owners and individual borrowers are moving more towards alternative lending platforms as tighter credit rules lock them out of conventional borrowing.
Lending startups, Branch and Tala said at least 70 per...
The year that was
The year 2017 was a year full of anxiety and even turmoil for some Kenyan entrepreneurs and SMEs. Typically, Kenya's election years are usually characterized by a "wait and see" atmosphere. This year was no different...
Kenyans will buy the planned 8,000 low-cost houses to be put up in Mavoko sub-county at between Sh1 million and Sh1.5 million.
Transport, Urban Infrastructure and Housing Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said this is aimed at enabling low-income earners access...
Property Reality Company (PRC), a property and real estate company based here in Nairobi held a successful meeting with Biznakenya.com to discuss some of the company’s strategic measures for 2018, aimed at ensuring the company continues to offer best services...
In his book, How to Start and Operate a Business: Winning the Entrepreneurial Game, which I published a number of years ago, author David Rye lists and debunks a number of these myths.
Myth No. 1: Entrepreneurs Are High Risk Takers
Entrepreneurs, Rye...
How to Run a Profitable Small Business - By Ismael Ndung'u
Every entrepreneur will tell you they hate making loses. Nobody starts a business to make losses, but to post profits. There are so many secrets of making profit that...
A storm is brewing in OiLibya that may have a negative impact on its earnings and reputation. What is now emerging is a tale of mismanagement and seeming disregard for the law in Kenya by OiLibya. Criminal court papers show...
TYRE EXPIRY DATE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Many people do not know that tyres have expiry dates.Its not easy to see it on a tyre sidewall because it is not written in an ordinary manner.
Tyres have indeed an expiry...
