On 6/17/2011 10:38 AM, Kibui Maina wrote:

What do you think of http://www.whive.com should dealfish be scared?

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You actually fell for that simple PR stunt they pulled at Pivot25? Tell me, what was so hard about telling some of their friends to post heavily during the presentation? I have been monitoring this site, and all I get is confused. In the following video, John Karanja, the founder of Whive, describes it as a social network; "The Swahili Facebook of Kenya."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap7b3DTehfg

Then on their Facebook page, they describe themselves as a Bulk SMS company for Kenyan Facebook members:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwWhivecom/105745906121360?sk=info

Then when you go to Whive.com itself, you see that it looks like a classifieds site, with a bit of events here and there:

http://whive.com/home.php

All in all, this startup seems very confused about its identity, and on that premise, dealfish shouldn't be worried at all.