What's up with this fear of Safaricom?!
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?" What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry. ./Ok3ch On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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i think anything is better started than not. there will be others after saf just like there were others before it (drums and smoke). its all about INVENTION and REINVENTION nothing else -- -erastus +254733725373 tweet fast and free globally via USSD dial +44 203 355 8505 - by ussdtweet|messaging365 Nairobi Kenya On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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I would say go for it .. who knows they might just buy you out later ... they have the money anyway On 10 August 2011 11:17, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
i think anything is better started than not. there will be others after saf just like there were others before it (drums and smoke). its all about INVENTION and REINVENTION nothing else
-- -erastus +254733725373 tweet fast and free globally via USSD dial +44 203 355 8505 - by ussdtweet|messaging365 Nairobi Kenya
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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if big companies such as IBM, Ford could be brought down or even overtaken, it means there is hope for everyone. Who ever thought that one day the likes of Google/Apple/Facebook would be breathing down Microsoft's Neck! for inspiration read the rise and fall of the famous company that used to sell typewriters i.e. Remington i think On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
i think anything is better started than not. there will be others after saf just like there were others before it (drums and smoke). its all about INVENTION and REINVENTION nothing else
-- -erastus +254733725373 tweet fast and free globally via USSD dial +44 203 355 8505 - by ussdtweet|messaging365 Nairobi Kenya
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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Eric IBM is still the top software, services, hardware company is the world ... Based on Revenue Thanks On 8/10/11, Eric Mugo <kabugum@gmail.com> wrote:
if big companies such as IBM, Ford could be brought down or even overtaken, it means there is hope for everyone. Who ever thought that one day the likes of Google/Apple/Facebook would be breathing down Microsoft's Neck!
for inspiration read the rise and fall of the famous company that used to sell typewriters i.e. Remington i think
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
i think anything is better started than not. there will be others after saf just like there were others before it (drums and smoke). its all about INVENTION and REINVENTION nothing else
-- -erastus +254733725373 tweet fast and free globally via USSD dial +44 203 355 8505 - by ussdtweet|messaging365 Nairobi Kenya
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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BTW _ I was explaining why people fear Safcon, and in no way intimated that you shouldn't start your start-up because of them, which appears the general path of this discussion. ./Ok3ch On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Eric Mugo <kabugum@gmail.com> wrote:
if big companies such as IBM, Ford could be brought down or even overtaken, it means there is hope for everyone. Who ever thought that one day the likes of Google/Apple/Facebook would be breathing down Microsoft's Neck!
for inspiration read the rise and fall of the famous company that used to sell typewriters i.e. Remington i think
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
i think anything is better started than not. there will be others after saf just like there were others before it (drums and smoke). its all about INVENTION and REINVENTION nothing else -- -erastus +254733725373 tweet fast and free globally via USSD dial +44 203 355 8505 - by ussdtweet|messaging365 Nairobi Kenya
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster <webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice & SMS business are countable on one hand!
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Thing is, this doesn't happen in other countries, why? Comcast in the States has a monopoly on cable and internet, yet you never hear people saying, "what if comcast does the same thing?" Techies in States just do their thing. In Kenya, this crippling fear of Safaricom is just unfounded. Despite them having so few successes, people still fear them so. Let's list their ventures outside voice, data, SMS and MPESA(Core business) provision over the past few years: Kenya Live concerts - Success Skiza - Success Sakata Ball tournament - Success MPESA bill payments - Success Wezesha laptop initiative - Not aware Safaricom Live portal - Fail Kenya Live portal - Fail Kipokezi email - Fail Safaricom iDJ - Fail Semeni group messaging - Fail Voice-to-SMS - Fail MMS - Fail DSTV Mobile - Fail Safaricom classifieds - Fail Safaricom e-learning - Fail MPESA m-commerce integration - Fail Safaricom m-ticketing - Fail Safaricom MXit collaboration - Fail On 8/10/2011 10:59 AM, Okechukwu wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster<webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice& SMS business are countable on one hand!
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