Here is my piece of advise Mwangi.
You may know something that has great potential that no one else does in the industry, or at least that is what you believe. There are many small companies out there that have some capacity to handle the kind of stuff that I think the partners that you are dealing ith need. These people are looking for opportunities and what you need is to package your idea into a business plan. Then carefully choose who to approach, while trying to cover yourself to make it hard for anyone to steal your idea. That is possible because if the foreign partners see that you can pull it off then they will give you some guarantees.

I am talking about negotiation here. But if you tell it all on a list like this it will go so fast you will not know what hit you.

And as someone said, do your research properly. Maybe the local boys know about the technology already, only that they have not implemented.

Its not an easy thing, the situation you find yourself in.

Ikua



On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Davis Waithaka <daviswaithaka@gmail.com> wrote:
Fellow skunks, I think Mwangi is extremely nervous that if ANYONE even
gets a hint of what he wants to do then he is doomed (I know the
feeling). Let us not pressure him to unveil his catch .. just so as to
put him at ease, but let us give him all the contacts we can... may be
even ours (if in a position to help).

On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 17:12 +0300, MotoBaridi wrote:
> Is it just me or it is somewhat dark here.
> A hint about what kind of product/service it is will go a long way in
> getting you the advice, else we are all just groping in the dark
> (which is a very uncomfortable past-time imo)
>
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> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Caddillac 1 <caddillac1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>         Hi Guys,
>
>         I need some little advice al appreciate any info i can get on
>         this. I have a product i have come across for the mobile
>         telephone industry
>
>         that Safaricom,Zain n other providers we have, have not yet
>         introduced into the market inspite of it being used by major
>         carriers around
>
>         the world. This product i believe will have a great impact on
>         mobile users. Now i also feel like its just a matter of time
>         before they
>
>         come across it (if they havent done so already). It is a
>         product that can be worth some millions since every provider
>         will want to use it.
>
>         Now i need any advice you guys can offer in regards to how i
>         can introduce the product here before the big guys (Safcom and
>         the rest)
>
>         do so. Meaning also selling it to them before they go to the
>         main company itself. I dont have the financial might to launch
>         it on my own. This is why i need
>
>         any advice i can get on what options i can look at if it means
>         partnering with someone or sell the idea to someone etc, That
>         kind of stuff.
>
>         You can contact me onlist or offlist. Any help will be highly
>         appreciated. Thanks guys.
>
>
>         Regards,
>         Mwangi
>
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