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Alibaba’s Founder Business Success Secrets
- July 26, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
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Arguably the richest man in mainland China and Asia, Ma Yun, famously known as Jack Ma is a man with a pack of lessons especially for startups struggling to make a mark in the world of business. The company he founded, Alibaba, conducted a record breaking IPO in the USA that raised USD 20 Billion
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Does Past Accomplishments Guarantee Future Success?
- July 21, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
The past two months have been a depressing time for me, being a celebrator of local ingenuity in business. Indeed, nothing is as depressing as seeing a business entity, you have literally grown with it since childhood and now, when you are almost in your midlife, you see it gradually go down. Nakumatt is one
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What Is Your Price?
- July 16, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
I always wonder how premium brands sell yet they do not advertise neither are they cheaply priced. For instance, how many have seen an ad on television for Ferrari? But Toyota and other Japanese brands are a permanent resident on our screens. And how comes Ferrari turnovers are higher than Toyota Corporations? Or Apple being
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Passionpreneurship Demystified
- July 15, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
If you want to learn how to achieve your dreams in life, be it in business or professional life, this is the book to have. I consider it a manual, for it not only inspires but also coaches on how to turn your passion to profit! To order: Email: mokindah@gmail.com Text/Call: +254 724 774 479
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Monkey See, Monkey Do Syndrome
- July 11, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
When i heard of this idiom, i never actually appreciated what it implied. Actually it holds much water for us who are still growing and finding our footing in life. So the story goes that a group of pupils organised for a trip to a zoo and on the way, they each bought hats.
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SECRETS OF DOMINANT ENTERPRISES
- July 8, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
This week, Facebook announced that they had hit 2 billion subscribers. Facebook is urguably the world’s biggest media content provider inasmuch as it does not create any content of its own! Uber, the world’s largest taxi hailing company, also does not own a single cab of its own. Neither is Alibaba, the biggest online retailer
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Overcoming ‘The Square Pegs in Round Holes’ Syndrome
- July 4, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
In modern times, it is a common fallacy to insinuate that for one to flourish in business or otherwise, one has to conform to a given set of traits and mannerisms that have been assumed to guarantee success. These stereotypical domains have created two classes of people in any entity the able and the
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Why That Business Plan May Prove Useless for Your Startup.
- July 2, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
It is the norm for any business advisor speaking to newbies starting on the journey of entrepreneurship, to suggest that they start their business by doing a business plan. In fact, for many financial institutions, this is a core requirement for financing. But then, do business plans really work? We have to accept that
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Businessman or An Entrepreneur – Which One Are You?
- July 2, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
There is no better way to command the market and payout than to command the demand for your products and services. An enterprise that has a firm hold of a market niche will always live true to the moniker “going concern” – its life will be unending into the future. Businesses that we admire today
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Walking In the Leopards’ Lair (A story)
- June 29, 2017
- Posted by: pblafrica
- Category: Blog
If you should take my child Lord Give my hands strength to dig his grave Cover him with earth Lord send a little rain For grass will grow If my house should burn down So that the ashes sting the nostrils Making the eyes weep Then Lord send a little rain For grass will grow.