Motivation guide for webpreneurs

 

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I recently attended a meeting organized by Fountain Enterprises Program headed by one Mr. John Githaka who is the founder & CEO.

 

With my pen & notebook, I put down some notes that were worth sharing.

Mr. Githaka told us he was so ambitious from childhood that he managed to join the only secondary school he ever wished of joining, (while everyone else selected 3 schools, he only selected 1 school); he went to the university he and dreamt of & pursued the career he'd wished for. 

But after becoming an architect (the only job he knows he could make money without struggling) he realized that still, he didn't have the clout & clamor of a billionaire. He wanted to make more money. So he listed down 10 billionaires in Kenya. The likes of Njenga Karume, John Michuki, Chris Kirubi, Mwai Kibaki etc & embarked on a study about these people. His main aim was to discover what happened with them?

. When was their turning point?

  What did they discover? 

  What do they do?

  What don?t they do? 

Obviously, these are normal men, with normal upbringing & faced the same  challenges as their peers but there came a time when they broke loose from their peers & ended up where they are. 

So in 3 years, he tried & met 9 out of the 10 billionaires, just to try & discover them. After interacting with them, he found 5 things about these guys that they hv in common & made them be where & what they are.

The five things are:

1. They Understand The Power Of Many (Numbers.) 

The richer you are, the further you go away from you business (you disassociate self from the business), but the poorer you are, the more you want to identify with your business.

"Successful business people do not have ?my business?, instead they have ?our business idea".

Thus why when you go to a place like Silver springs hotel, chances are some employees there do not know who owns the place & have never seen him/her. But when you go to a poor persons business, that person is always there, worse even acting as the cashier, accountant, attendant, etc. The trick of business success is in numbers not in self. As long as you have a personal business called ?mine? then be sure you are headed to

poverty. People die but companies don't die.

2. They Are Serious Borrowers. 

Borrowing money is their cup of tea & signature. If you have never borrowed money, you will never lend money; & can't lend it if you don't have it. A bank is a broker between the poor & the rich. 

The only place where the rich and poor meet is in a bank. The poor brings the money & the rich takes it.

A poor person saves the money because they have more money than their thinking capacity. So they keep the money there so they can go & think what to do with it? Rich people come to pick that money because they have many ideas than the money they have. So they come to pick that money to go & implement those great ideas. Only poor people operate savings & fixed deposit accounts. Fixed deposit accounts are for the living dead. People who undertake & commit that they will not think about any idea for that money until the expiry of that period of time, otherwise they will be penalized. Rich people operate current accounts.

Therefore, a bank exists purposely for 2 reasons:

A) For the poor to bring in the money

B) For the rich to come & take it away.

Banks make more money from borrowers than savers. Hence they respect the borrowers more.

3. They Have High Level NETWORKS!

These people as explained in the 1st point believe in the power of many. As a result, they have many like minded friends who can be of benefit to them. They have friends all over. Rich people have no age, tribal, geographical or gender boundaries. It doesn't matter who or what you are as long as you are of value to their ventures. Building such networks need a lot of traveling & interacting with people. People never get rich in their hometown. Somebody who dreams of being rich, regardless of their age or status, must have; a Driving license (because they will own a car ? its criminal to be seeing cars everyday but never own one.), a Passport (because you must travel widely to expand your networks & to sharpen your mindset ? If you have been buying a suit in Kenya for Ksh. 30, 000) & find it in China at Ksh. 800, your language & ideas change). You must know how to swim because you are going to have fun & relax.

4. They Are Great Risk Takers!

As long as you avoid taking risks, you are headed to the grave poor. Taking risks is like walking in the dark. you know where you are going but can't see it. Better still, you are more confident & secure when you are accompanied than when alone. The more people you are, the more secure, hence the1st point. Risk taking is about numbers

 

5. They Have Read The BIBLE!

They understand & make use of the parable of the sower. The seed is the shilling. They put the shilling on fertile land. They simply know where to put their money & where not to put.

They understand the current business trends & make business decisions with this in mind. If u bought a plot 5 years ago at Ksh. 500,000, you are worth nothing 5 years later except that plot even if it will be worth 2M. A rich person will invest that same money somewhere where it will be worth 2B within the same period of time. That?s why u find a 2-bedroom house varying from Ksh. 2,000 to Sh. 80,000 or even more from one place to another. Or a cup of tea ranging from 5 bob to Ksh. 1,000. Yet when you ask all these business people,  

You will discover that each one of them decided the price. Why the variance? They know the value chain. In business the Higher you go, the cooler it becomes?.. & the lesser the pressure". A landlord collecting 2,000 for a 2-bedroom house has more problems than his colleague collecting 80,000 for the same house elsewhere. While one has to literally come collecting payments at 4am every 1st day of the month (lest the tenant escapes), the others money is safely banked in his account even before the month ends. While one can even bargain with the tenant about the rent, the other is fixed, & you either take or leave it. While one, regardless of the cheap rent has few tenants, the other has a problem of too many tenants coming to look for housing. Same with the tea business. The one for 5 bob, the cup is bigger than the 1,000. Yet the 5 bob one can even 'choma' you if you are not careful &you can even pay later if you don't have cash unlike the 1,000 one. Chances are the 5 bob businessman doesn't even have a bank account.

You should know where to put your money. Create value for your cash, don't battle with market prices. They are not your limit.

 It's  better to be the last among the rich than to be the 1st among the poor.

A Poor (POOR) Person Is One Who Passes Over Opportunities Repeatedly.

If you agree share and inspire some one

Regards.

Mwisho Mkenya

This village controls half of Kenya's economy- Dr Bitange Ndemo

This village controls half of Kenya's economy- Dr Bitange Ndemo

Britam Board of Director Jimnah Mburu (left) Britam Group Managing Director Benson Wairegi (center) and Equity bank, Chief Executive officer James Mwangi who is also Britam Board of Director

The  new  generation  of  Rwathia  boys  include  Equity  Bank  Chairman  Peter  Munga, Equity Bank CEO    James Mwangi, billionaire investment banker Jimnah Mbaru and insurance magnate Benson Wairegi.
Read Also How illiterate Rwathia boys built business empire worth billions
Dr  Bitange  Ndemo,  a  senior  lecturer  at  the University of Nairobi’s Business School, noted  that  the  most  successful  business  people  in  Kenya  or  East  Africa  come  from  Rwathia,  despite  no  scientific  research  being conducted towards that end.

“This village arguably controls almost 20 per cent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)  and  almost  40  per  cent  of  the  stock market  in  Kenya,”  explains  Dr  Ndemo  in  a  2014 article title The Mystery of Success.

Dr  Ndemo  further  argued  that,  “Their  forebearers like Gerishon Kirima and Gerald Gikonyo, one of the co-founders of Rwathia Distributors, were successful in spite of the fact that they had limited education. Rwathia’s third generation is succeeding, not just here in Kenya, but in far-flung areas like the United States.”
Dr  Ndemo  added:  “Equity’s  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  in  Wings  to  Fly,  which  is sponsoring students to attend some of the best  universities  in  the  world,  is  enough  to  shower blessings on its founders. So whichever  way  you  look  at  this,  Dr  Mwangi  and  his  teams  have  left  an  indelible mark  that  will  never  be  matched  by  any  organisation  in the foreseeable future.”

 WHO ARE YOU?
It looks a very simple question to answer yet it is so difficult to answer it. Who are you?
to describe yourself carries a lot of things. To tell exactly who you are consumes a lot of time and requires proper oneself examination.

Firstly you have to look at your background. Your family carries a lot of impact in telling who you are. Ask your self a question, why did God choose that you be born of the so called your parents?  If you are capable of answering this question then you are on the right track. Ask yourself the following questions:

• Why did God create you?
• What was the mission behind your creation?
• What then are you doing to fulfill the purpose of God creating you.
• What are the roles assigned to you that help in achievement of the mission that God had in creating you.
• Are you succeeding in the mission that you are running? if no why? if yes how?
• Are you sailing in the right boat with the right people? Show me your friend and i will tell you who you are. 

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Once you have answered these questions then you are in a position to tell who you are. This will help you to understand that your time on earth is so limited and its now time to click your mind and act now.  Take control of yourself and make a proper judgement of your roles and also take an action of performing them in the right manner'...Shalom.

Elephant returns to Somalia after 20 years

This is the first elephant in Somalia to be seen in 20 years:

The 30-year-old elephant took three weeks to march hundreds of kilometres to reach Somalia from Tana River in the northern part of Kenya's coastal region. 

And then sat down for a rest:

Conservationists from Save the Elephant monitored the trek with a tracking collar. They say the journey suggests that the Kenya-Somalia border area is becoming less dangerous. 

It is thought that elephants had avoided the country because of the sound of guns and grenade during the conflict.

BLOGGING THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD

 

 BLOGGING THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD
Blogging has been here for years, and from the simple process of keeping an online journal, it has already evolved into a hybrid multifunctional practice.
Although there are some people who are giving the blogging industry a bad name (putting their primary interest on making money online instead of providing value to people), blogging is still one of the toughest and most celebrated jobs on the planet, especially if the person doing it (the blogger) do it the right way.
I am a blogger, and I’m honored to be one. The following are 12 reasons why I consider blogging as one of the greatest jobs in the world:

1. Bloggers have to face a battalion of competitors

There are hundreds of millions of blogs and hundred billion of blog posts in the world. WordPress.com blogs alone are almost 75 million – so think about the other blogging platforms like Blogger, Tumblr and self-hosted WordPress blogs. Even if a certain blogger will narrow his niche, he would still face a multitude of other competing blogs and blog posts. Thus, bloggers have to work hard, be patient, and be persistent to stand out from the crowd.

2. Bloggers are writers, editors and publishers in one

Lone bloggers do it all – researching, writing, editing and publishing. A blog post is not just a mere article. It is a content that pass through many processes. Hence, the creation of a single quality blog post takes a lot of time, effort ,and dedication. Every blogger starts as a single blogger, and they know how hard it is to finish a good blog post, not to mention some bloggers are doing this everyday.

3. Bloggers have to understand the tech stuff

Blogging involves technical works, such as website design and development. Bloggers should also understand how the Internet, the search engines, and the social media work. Moreover, they have to continuously battle online and technical threats, such as spamming, hacking, and phishing.

4. Bloggers do marketing

The job of bloggers doesn’t end after publishing a blog post. To ensure that their newly published content would reach to their target number of audience and compete with other contents on the same category, they have to implement Internet marketing strategies, such as search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, and paid online advertising. Aside from online marketing, they also implement offline and more personal marketing, such as relationship marketing and word-of-mouth marketing.

5. Bloggers do entrepreneurship

Most bloggers are people who have escaped the employment chain and take the risks to become self-employed and be their own boss. They pursue their passion despite of the financial risks they could face in leaving their daytime job. Just like other entrepreneurs, a number of bloggers start from a scratch and face the difficult challenges of making a great change in their lives.

6. Bloggers are doing business

Bloggers also have to make money with their blogs. They have to earn profit for living. Thus, they are doing business transactions, such as finding customers, providing services, selling their own products, promoting affiliate products, buying advertising, accounting, outsourcing services, and hiring a team to help them achieve their business goals. Some bloggers have already turned their blogs into successful companies, contributing significant taxes to the government and providing more jobs to the unemployed ones.

7. Bloggers do management

Bloggers have to manage a lot of things: processes, systems, tools, time, and people. They do the planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. They also serve as bosses, whether they employ people or they are only the bosses of themselves.

8. Bloggers are artists

A blog needs to catch its audience’ eyes. Thus, bloggers have to come up with a great blog design. Every blog post also needs beautiful images and relevant videos. Hence, they often become photographers, graphic designers, and video producers. Furthermore, bloggers also need to have a great writing style to catch the attention of their readers.

9. Bloggers are scientists

Yes, bloggers become scientists too. They do a lot of experiments and test their hypothesis, especially when it comes to marketing. Bloggers have to gather raw data, such as the number of their blogs’ traffic, visitors’ demographics, audience engagement, and conversion rate to transform them into useful information. In other words, they become data scientists.

10. Bloggers teach a lot of people

Blogging is about delivering useful information using the Internet technology. Through this, bloggers are able to become teachers on their respective categories. And because blogs can be accessed worldwide, bloggers could become a teacher to millions of people. And yes! Most bloggers are teaching and sharing their own secrets for free.

11. Bloggers influence the world

Bloggers have been moving and shaking the world. They inspire people and even nations with their great influence on the Internet and social media. Whether they are political bloggers, business and finance bloggers, tech bloggers or lifestyle bloggers, their expertise, stories and opinions could have a big impact to many people (Check out the top 100 most influential blogs according to Technorati). You won’t only see bloggers on the Internet, you can also see successful bloggers featured on magazines and interviewed on TVs. Some bloggers have also become best-selling book authors and inspiring public speakers.

12. Bloggers have to maintain their integrity

Bloggers are public personalities. They have to earn enduring trust and confidence from their audience and from the society to make sure that their blog posts will be relied upon, their business will thrive, and their journey will continue. Thus, bloggers are bound by honesty, integrity, and excellence. They have to be professional and ethical. They have to continue developing themselves to provide better information everyday.

Final thoughts

There are people who may disagree on me, but blogging is one hell of a job. It’s not just a simple process of getting a blog, writing blog posts, promoting them to target audience, and waiting to make money online or to gain fame. Blogging is sharing information that could touch people’s lives and change the world. It’s one of the toughest jobs in the world. No wonder why many people who attempt to blog don’t succeed at all.

Samsung Gear 360 can own VR videos Passionately

 

Looking a little like something out of a Pixar movie, the splash-proof Samsung Gear 360 is a tiny, ball-shaped camera that fits in the palm of your hand. It’s similar to the 360Fly, but instead of just one lens, it has two.
Each aperture uses an ultra-wide fisheye lens with an f/2.0 aperture for capturing 360-degree video in low light. When you press of the record button on the dome of the camera, the two lenses start recording video with 195-degree angles.
After footage is exported wirelessly to a Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge phone, an accompanying camera app stitches the two videos together into a single 360-degree video. The app can also be used to edit and share the 360-degree footage to supported platforms like Facebook, YouTube, etc. Or it can be viewed inside of the Gear VR headset.


The 5.4-ounce camera is also able to capture 30-megapixel still photos and can record with only one of its lenses with a 180-degree field of view.
Videos are saved to a micro SD card (up to 128GB). There’s a universal tripod mount on the bottom of the camera and a swappable battery that Samsung says will last all day.
No word on how much the Gear 360 will cost or when it will be available, but we’re told it’ll be very competitive with existing 360-degree cameras. For reference, the 360Fly costs $400 and the Ricoh Theta S costs about $350.

FACTORS FUELING HEAVY DEMAND FOR INFORMATION

FACTORS FUELING HEAVY DEMAND FOR INFORMATION

Information is an assemblage of data that has been processed, has meaning, can be used to communicate and is usually recorded in a kind of media for purposes of dissemination. According to Wikipedia.org information is defined as a collection of related data that has been processed into a format that is understandable by its intended users.
Information has become a critical aspect of our lives and the society at large; therefore, each and every person must acquire information to make any substantial developments in their lives. This has provoked an urge to seek information in almost each and every person in the society today. This urge is driven by certain factors of our lives and some of them include:

• Population increase.
• Education
• Emerging issues
• Technological advancements
• Natural disasters and pandemics
• Religion
• Administration
• Employment
• Intellectual curiosity
• General needs

1. Population increase:

It refers to the growth in number of people living in a given geographical area.
An increase in the number of people living in a given region directly translates to an increase in the number of people seeking for information.
This comes about due to several factors that emerge as a result of population increase; administrators of the population will develop information seeking behavior for the reasons of satisfying their people in their administrative roles. This may be in terms of food security, housing problems and congestion on social amenities. Ordinary people in society will also seek information to help them solve their personal problems that may include food scarcity, higher unemployment rates, increased insecurity, poor housing facilities among a host of many other problems. In the end, population increase drives people to start seeking information whereas the experienced information consumers will increase their demand for information to satisfy their increased demands for information.

2. Education:

According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (7th ed., 2005) education, refers to the formal system of teaching training and learning especially in schools and colleges to improve knowledge and acquire skills. These knowledge and skills are considered fundamental in society and the well being of an individual.
In the teaching process, instructors require knowledge and information to prepare for their lessons and material for dissemination to their students.
Students also require information to expound on what they have been taught in class so as to expand their knowledge base. Students have also been noted to seek more information during examination periods so as to excel in evaluation of what they have learnt.
They also seek information when undertaking research projects e.g. when writing theses or dissertations for partial awarding their degrees. Faculty members are also constantly engaged in research with the purpose of expanding knowledge in their areas of specialization. All these requires for a constant demand for information.
Introduction of new curriculum and fields of knowledge in an education system would also call for one to get more information for purposes of remaining relevant and up to date the requirements of the new system.

It has also been noted that many a times, education stimulates curiosity in people and the urge to seek more information about a subject that he/she has been introduced to in class and finds it more interesting and worth spending more time to read and learn more about it. Furthermore, education increases literacy levels in the society. This also directly translates to more people in society seeking for information because literate people are better known to consume more information than the illiterate. In its entirety, education generates a great demand for information as the system is in itself dependent on dissemination and acquisition of information.

3. Emerging issues:

These refer to new developments and emergence of various aspects that draw a substantial amount of interest to people in society. This may also involve current affairs that draw a lot of interest from the public, for instance the publication of the draft constitution at the time of this writing has generated unprecedented interest and there are a lot of people currently who are seeking information about this document and its contents.
The emergence of diseases that have never ailed humanity in the past and other calamities is another factor that draws a lot of demand for information. For instance the occurrence of H1N1 (swine flu) and H5N1 (avian flu) sparked a lot of people both in the research field, doctors and even administrators to seek information concerning management and treatment of these new strains of flu. Occurrences of disasters like the Tsunami that rocked Asia and other parts of the world also sparked a lot of people into seeking information about mitigation of such events should they recur in future. From a general aspect, emerging issues are constantly generated in the society and therefore will continue to draw a lot of demand for information.

4. Technological advancements:

This refers to improvements experienced in the field of information technology such as advanced computer systems with superior capabilities that generate information in a timely and more effective way than previous systems.
The field of information technology is a very dynamic one. People in this field e.g. computer engineers and technicians constantly require information to find out what new developments have come about that can help them better render their services to people in other fields.
Technological advancements have also been accredited with improved systems of acquiring and disseminating information to people. Therefore, more people are able to access and disseminate information.
Information consumers are also faced with the need to acquire technical knowhow of using information technology systems as information is largely disseminated through these systems. For them to be able to use these systems effectively, they also need information on how to use and navigate their way around the digital environment. Similarly, information custodians will also need information concerning operation and usability of various systems for them to be well positioned to assist their clients during retrieval of information. The dynamic nature of the field of information technology is therefore an important contributor to a heavy demand for information as people from all walks of life are constantly exposed to new developments in the field every day.

5. Natural disasters and pandemics:

These are usually, uncontrollable natural occurrences that cause extensive destruction of both property and human lives. Some examples of natural disasters include hurricanes Katrina in places like New Orleans, San Francisco in the USA. This creates demand for information in the sense that people who are probable victims will seek to know when they are likely to strike so they can plan and stay when they are prepared to mitigate anticipated damage.
Droughts and long rain seasons e.g. Elnino rains too are a threat to the well being of humanity and therefore have also contributed to the demand for information. For instance, this is probably the reason why weather forecasters constantly analyze weather patterns and disseminate information concerning expected weathers patterns. In situations of drought and hunger information is sought by administrators to determine how many people and from which regions will require attention. People will also seek information concerning availability of food and how to have food security in future. All these factors combined will eventually lead to an increased demand for information because are constantly wary of natural disasters and pandemics and aiming to stay safe from them.

6. Religion:

It refers to the belief in the existence of a Supreme Being or beings and the practice of all that involve the worshiping of this Supreme Being. Religion is one other factor that creates demand for information in society. This is because people need reliable information that will enhance a better understanding of God and also help to strengthen their faith and beliefs. This helps to attain an inner satisfaction and a state of well being.
Some people also need information to defend their faith and beliefs. For instance, a Christian might need information and even quote from the Bible to drive a point home when trying to convince people concerning a certain claim. Similarly, a Muslim may quote the Quran to drive his point home. The great demand for information on religious matters is also supported by the fact that the Bible is the world’s most published and widely read book and has the least reprography restrictions. The fact that religious information is required by people from all walks of life and at all levels of development means that religious information is disseminated and consumed both in social and educational circles.

7. Administration:

It refers to the government system of exercising power over its subjects within a given geographical area.
Population increase and growth in complexity of the society brings about the need for administration.
It involves application of laws and regulations that determine how people co-exist peacefully with each other in society. Administrators require information concerning such facts as the number of people within their jurisdiction for better service delivery and planning for the people. This explains why the government of Kenya conducts a national census on a periodical basis of every 10 years to obtain the actual head count of its people.
The ordinary people also need information concerning the government’s policies and regulations some of which include taxation requirements or duties and responsibilities bestowed upon the citizenry by the government of the day.
Both administrators and their subjects are thus a major factor that contributes to the heavy demand for information as information is a primary requirement in their day to day endeavours.