Interesting read On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Andrew G via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
It seems to have inspired some satire....
https://biamoto.wordpress.com/
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Paul Njoroge via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
http://www.iafrikan.com/2015/11/23/angani-saga-2015/
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Christopher Gitonga via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
business at the end of it all is business.... A new vision if yours doesnt work..... ends up with you booted...
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Okechukwu via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
I see nothing wrong with the tone of the 'other side' and the fact that they are able to give their side of the ongoings is very good - Now from the two, we can deduce the third side to the story, the truth
./Ok3ch
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Bwana Lawi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Thanks Brian for the link.
I find the tone a little condescending but I that's just me. In the end though I hope it was worth it for Angani.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Brian Maiyo via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
The other side of the story, http://whiteafrican.com/2015/11/23/startup-governance-in-silicon-savannah/
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Patrick Kariuki via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
> +1 Sammy Njoroge ... Elon Musk must be a motivator here. Boardroom > wars never pulled him down, they only catapulted him to greater heights > despite his heavy South African accent and different way of doing things. > > Brian and Phares... the ball is in your court, you now have our > attention, kama mtahitaji harambee mseme mapema, Christmas inakaribia :-) > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Sammy Njoroge via skunkworks < > skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > >> Board room / founder coups within startups are common. Investors >> will always insist on control of the board to keep the business in check. >> They are in it for the business/money. >> >> When it is said they invest in a person it is not because of what >> they've done rather what they can do. >> >> Despite founders coming up with the idea it does not imply they are >> best placed to lead the business (they may gain business experience later). >> >> Simply put Rolls Royce, Google, Apple, PayPal, Cisco, yahoo, >> BlackBerry have gone through a similar thing. Some amicably and some as >> coups. Even Facebook and twitter had co-founder coups. >> >> The way I look at it is if Musk wasn't kicked out of X.com and >> Peter Thiel put in control he'd probably have run it to the ground and we >> wouldn't have PayPal, space X, Tesla and Solar city. He went on to oust >> Tesla's founder and grow the company >> >> Even Apple would probably have gone broke with steve jobs at the >> helm back in 1984. >> >> Some good reads - https://hbr.org/2008/02/the-founders-dilemma >> >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/31/how-to-avoid-getting-fired-from-your-own-co... >> >> >> http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=The_End_Of_An_E... >> >> If you call this greed how about reading up on preferred shares >> that have a liquidation preference :) I hope the founders at Angani had >> done their homework. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >
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