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I am a young Kenyan with a deep passion for inspiring others to become the best they can be. I work mainly in the area of entrepreneurship by helping business and social organizations get the right kind of knowledge they need to succeed and also participate

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Business > Small & Home Business Accounting: Options for your small business: 1 of 12
Accounting: Options for your small business One of the hardest things for small business owners is to multitask. This is especially true as the business continues to grow and the business owner retains the work of producing the product and services, marketing the products and services, monitoring every additional employee th... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance Saving: The key to wealth: 4 of 25
A pastor once stood up to preach a rather unusual sermon. His topic was about how to spend and earn money and for the church that he was preaching in, that was a very secular topic to cover. At first the whole church was apprehensive and especially the church leaders who were keen to point out any mistakes that the pastor wo... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance How the investment cycle works: 1 of 1
With the numerous stories of investors loosing their hard earned cash in business start up investment, I have decided to explore the possibility of creating a simple investment flow model for which business should follow before they are able to attract funds from the general public. This investment flow is based on the premi... More..
Business > Advertising Are business ethics or profits more important?: 18 of 27
In this modern world, competition is the order of the day as companies fight to maintain their market share and thus customers. May of these companies, due to pressure, may be forced to engage in unethical business practices so as to maintain their market share. It is however interesting to note that unethical business stand... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance The importance of a prospectus for an initial public offer (IPO): 2 of 3
It is interesting to see a number of people expressing their desire to invest in a given company through an I.P.O of which they have little information of knowledge about like in the Case of the intended listing of Visa in the United States and Safaricom in Kenya. Most investors (I don't know if the same applies in America),... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance The difference between financial assets and liabilities: 11 of 15
Sometime back, I drafted an article to explain basically what a balance sheet is. At the time my business was just starting and I realized that if I did not take quick action to redeem myself, I would find myself with no profits, in massive debt, no adequate cash flow making me unable to meet my liabilities and thus become b... More..
Business > Small & Home Business Common blunders made by small business owners: 3 of 4
It is interesting to listen to how most people got into the businesses they are in especially in Kenya. The story normally goes like this; "One day I was with some friends at a kiosk when I noticed that people delivering milk had no vehicles to transport their milk in. I then decided to start this delivery service that I hav... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance How to increase business profits: 3 of 4
This is the desire or every business person in the world- to increase profits. As a social entrepreneur as well, I now understand altruists who seem always at loggerheads with the capitalists because money ideally is a means to an end and not an end in itself. It would therefore be important to first clarify why we desire mo... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance Balance sheets: 7 of 9
Exactly what is a balance sheet and why is it so important? As the name suggests, the balance sheet's job is to show a balance between sources of money and outlets of money- in this case the focus been money that is converted to produce the goods and services. A company can only produce a good or service using its own existi... More..
Business > Business Strategy Lack of innovation in business is common: 6 of 7
The Level of innovation in the world especially Kenya is really wanting. Very few businesses spend time in research and development activities that lead to new products. Instead what most do is just sit chubby and wait for their neighbors to do that hard work and they simply copy their business. This is what I call the copy ... More..