a) Phares Kariuki is a he :)b) I have been following the story and, unless otherwise convinced, this was a blatant show of disdain for the founders and arrogance on the part of the newcomers. And greed. So. Much. Greedc) I believe Phares and Brian can still come up with another Angani. It may take time to gain public confidence but cloud in Kenya will not die because of Angani.d) I don't think the new Angani management has any experience on how to run a cloud platform.e) We were running 2 critical services off Angani. I wouldn't knowingly and willingly step within a mile of any service run by the so-called new management at Angani. They put us and our customers in jeopardy just to massage their ego and superiority complex.On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Muya via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Having considered all the information already in the public, I wouldn't say they invested in a company which they didn't trust the founders to run! I would argue that they saw a 'beautiful' company with mad potential and thought they could have it all by ousting the people who founded it! They wanted the company, minus people who would (rightfully) determine the direction it should take. In one phrase, the investors were GREEDY!
./muya
On Nov 19, 2015 2:56 PM, "Ndungi Kyalo via skunkworks" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:I'll also ask like the blogger asked : Why invest in a company which you cannot trust the founders to run ?--
Ndungi KyaloOn 19 November 2015 at 14:35, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Correct Peter !They have always been here.On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:I stand to be corrected, but I think all four parties are members on this list. Sooner or later, I bet several other sides of the story will come up, and each of us will be left to decide which side to belief/belong.On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Alvin Jason Ochieng via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Makes sense now .....Let them move on !--On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:10 PM, John K. via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Not really sure what to say, this sounds like a normal business that suffered inter-personal issues with the founders and new 'investors'. This is pretty common in my experience.Investors get weary when they start to notice slow growth, lax management etc, and so issues will eventually arise and they blaming the founders / management.Regards,John K.On 19 November 2015 at 12:57, David Njuguna via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:The article seems rather bias. While I sympathize with founders losing control of their company, I think they should focus their energy on doing something positive and not this propaganda war.They could cash out and build a new start-up. Life is too short.On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Brian Maiyo via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Anyone else find it weird that this list is totally mum on this issue.On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Brian Ngure via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:Why invest in a company if you don't trust the founders/owners to run it?
Maybe because what you wanted from the start was to kick them out and take over?
On 19 Nov 2015 5:51 am, "Kiti Chigiri via skunkworks" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:I will just leave this here...
https://medium.com/@brendawambui/corruption-in-the-silicon-savannah-9e393a00aa0e
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