A "catch 21" situation that technology companies face in kenya is 1. Hire great guys and to pay them well, got to charge clients a lot. The client sees it easier to engage the person directly and short circuit you. 2. Charge low and u will not retain them. So in both situations you loose!
Dont you mean "catch 22"? -Billy 2011/6/27 Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com>
A "catch 21" situation that technology companies face in kenya is
1. Hire great guys and to pay them well, got to charge clients a lot. The client sees it easier to engage the person directly and short circuit you.
2. Charge low and u will not retain them.
So in both situations you loose!
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"catch (21 + 1)" On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Billy <billyx5@gmail.com> wrote:
Dont you mean "catch 22"? -Billy
2011/6/27 Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com>
A "catch 21" situation that technology companies face in kenya is
1. Hire great guys and to pay them well, got to charge clients a lot. The client sees it easier to engage the person directly and short circuit you.
2. Charge low and u will not retain them.
So in both situations you loose!
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Catch twenty-whatever... what is this thread about anyway? On 27 June 2011 21:26, Jimmy Thuo <jimmy.thuo@gmail.com> wrote:
"catch (21 + 1)"
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Billy <billyx5@gmail.com> wrote:
Dont you mean "catch 22"? -Billy
2011/6/27 Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com>
A "catch 21" situation that technology companies face in kenya is
1. Hire great guys and to pay them well, got to charge clients a lot.
The
client sees it easier to engage the person directly and short circuit you.
2. Charge low and u will not retain them.
So in both situations you loose!
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Its about how tech companies in KE are destined to fail, simply because of their revenue model. @Peter, I suppose this is not a problem unique to KE, how have others solved it? Also considering there are few relatively successful tech companies in KE, how have they done it? On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>wrote:
Catch twenty-whatever... what is this thread about anyway?
On 27 June 2011 21:26, Jimmy Thuo <jimmy.thuo@gmail.com> wrote:
"catch (21 + 1)"
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Billy <billyx5@gmail.com> wrote:
Dont you mean "catch 22"? -Billy
2011/6/27 Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi@gmail.com>
A "catch 21" situation that technology companies face in kenya is
1. Hire great guys and to pay them well, got to charge clients a lot.
The
client sees it easier to engage the person directly and short circuit you.
2. Charge low and u will not retain them.
So in both situations you loose!
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke 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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