Is it me or is Safaricom doing everything these days? Safaricom is in health, in helping you pay rent, payments (Kopo Kopo), accounting and payroll (cloud accounting and cloud payroll), it is in music; who can forget the infamous Safaricom CEO music video. Rumour has it, the CID questioned him about this video for a good 30 minutes yesterday. I am kidding! Most recently, Safaricom…
Read MoreReposting this from my Facebook account where it originally appeared. I had an interesting conversation with my friend about this Westgate issue today. Wise man, interesting perspectives, and I thought to document, but also vent. I have been accused of being too clinical about what’s happening in Westgate, and I am, because I am not shocked. Since December 2010 when I had my run in…
Read MoreA couple of months back, every entrepreneur’s worst nightmare happened to us. The tax man came knocking for a tax audit. If you have kept up with the news, you know that KRA has been below target in their tax collections and they have gotten rather aggressive in their bid to recover lost ground, going after even the most faithful tax payers to find loopholes…
Read MoreThis is a post by Leo Babauta. I loved it so much, I just had to re-post it. I am struggling with habits, and I’ve found his guide extremely helpful. Enjoy. My daughter wants to work out more, but she has a hard time forming the habit (many of you might be familiar with this problem). From having to get dressed to go to the…
Read MorePeter Buffet talks about the 5 greatest lessons his father taught him. Wisdom we could all use in my opinion. Maybe in the next couple of days we should break these down into what they mean for us Rookies. 🙂 Stay in Milwaukee In other words, follow your own path, not the approach taken by everyone else. After his big career breakthrough – scoring the…
Read MoreI try to stay away from politics for various reasons, but this just had to be said. We often complain that the poor masses are easily swayed and are the reason we have bad leadership, but as an observer of our campaigns and how they influence our thought processes, the middle class is no different. I could write about the pro-TNA middle class who are…
Read MoreHas January been as hard financially for you as it has been for me? I may not have the data to support it, but I bet a lot of people resorted to borrowing to get through the month, after indulging in December. If you did, you can imagine the discouragement at the end of the month, when your payslip has a high figure at the…
Read MoreMost of us have been socialized that fun with friends and loved ones must involve spending some money and “going out” in one way or the other. When you need to catch up with a friend, the most instinctive thing to do is to meet at a coffee house, or a bar (and have fun over a game of football). Most of us don’t consider…
Read MoreI should start this post by disclaiming that I’m frugal first, then a gadget fan second. I own a couple of gadgets, but I do everything possible to avoid paying for them (within legal bounds of course). A couple of months back I got (note, not bought) the iPhone 4, and before that I had a Nokia E63, which I’d kept for 3 years. When…
Read More2012 continues to be a tough year for business. With the global economy worsening by the day, and a shrinking customer base, most businesses are struggling to stay afloat. Inevitably, when this happens, businesses must cut costs, and people are usually the first to go. During good times, corporations make the mistake of hiring too many employees, and as we all know, trees don’t grow…
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