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Writing is hard!
Writing is hard, vulnerable and a huge time commitment. I made a promise to write this month and these sentences have saved me $100. Happy oncoming Q2!
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The Education Revolution of the 21st Century
For years I have been a moderately loud opponent of the higher education system as is in Africa and the world in general. This is because, as an engineer and 5 years of engineering school later, I do not believe that education even remotely served me well to prepare me for work I now do…
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Note to Non-Techies 001: Where Does Your Data Go?
I have started a new mini-series known as “Note to Non-Techies”. This came up as a result of the need to share some very interesting conversations I have had with people around me about tech, apps, and other innovations and how they affect their everyday lives (knowingly/unknowingly). I will be co-authoring this with different ‘someones’.…
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T.A.M. And Why We Need To Look Beyond…
Just population numbers no revenues included*** The Total Addressable Market (T.A.M.) for Kenyan startups has been a strong ongoing debate in the local startup ecosystem. As compared to some of the most vibrant tech ecosystems in the world, one pattern is clearly evident, TAM. Most of them have huge populations which in turn means more…
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TEDxParklands Loading…(The Inception, the Execution, the New)
This story begins one year ago, I was seated watching TED talks as was my usual Sunday tradition. A quick YouTube search had me running into a local TEDx event which blew my mind. It had always inherently bugged me that there were very few authentic African TEDx talks. Most of the ones with huge…
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Once an Entrepreneur Always an Entrepreneur
About a week ago, we had a discussion about what our ideal job in a perfect world would be. My answer was definitely building impactful organizations/companies. I believe that I am a builder and this is ideally pretty much what my career has been so far. I was born into an entrepreneur family. To my…
Mumbi Annstella 