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Comment on Fail early, fail often, and learn from your mistakes by Moses

Moses — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:31:08 +0000

i agree about Africans solving Africa problems…..but what really are the African problems? lets see Poverty . why because people live on less than a dollar a day…but wait a sec i thought money was a means of exchange. is money a commodity? if you are stuck on a desert island with a billion dollars will you be rich? Maybe people need to know that infact they are rich….they have all the resources they need . they need to take pride in what they are and where they are. They need to know they have all infinite number of choices…

giving Aid to people is like giving meat or even more wierd giving cooked meat to a lion. in case of meat the lion will never learn to hunt and in case of cooked meat the lion’s stomach will never develop enzymes to digest raw meat in the stomach…….it all goes back to the butterfly effect.. ..sometimes seemingly good acts can have unintended side effects.

Most problems begin in peoples minds.and so the solutions mst be targeted to people’s minds. There are serious thinking problems in Africa. with religion telling people to look to God as the answer to their problem not themselves…..looking at everything western as “higher”…these are serious problems….maybe philosophy needs to be taught in schools

Ps.. are people poor because they are religious(read superstitious) or they are religious because they are poor?

Comment on Unintended consequences: Worries about the Senate jobs bill by Holly Valenti

Holly Valenti — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:46:41 +0000

I would very much like you to run the USA, if interested. Please.

Comment on Apple hot or not? by glen

glen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:15:02 +0000

Yep– And they in fact should protect their assets. My point was a whole series of different things going on which alienate developers, community, customers, and all. This stuff always happens in companies but the last few months at Apple have seen their ecosystems close, more and more.

Comment on Apple hot or not? by tms ruge

tms ruge — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:11:56 +0000

Every company goes through uncomfortable growing pains. See Microsoft, and even Google now… They are never going to be 100% right. Jobs or not, it is just another tech company. And to boot, every tech company has used its cash horde to sue their way up the ladder. Sony, Samsung, et al.

It’s just part of the biz!

Comment on Relentless undefeatist by …the random musings of an unconventional MBA. » Blog Archive » Fail early, fail often, and learn from your mistakes

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:01:20 +0000

[...] This is Africa. Sometimes problems can seem overwhelming. I have talked about this before, but it bears repeating. My take on it: Break the problems down, solve what you can. Innovate [...]

Comment on The shift to constant learning by …the random musings of an unconventional MBA. » Blog Archive » SoCap09: Common Good: a new model of socially responsible investing

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:44:25 +0000

[...] to define and understand, and it’s related to the shift to constant learning, that I’ve talked about before. There’s no good-housekeeping seal that shows that you are a good business. This [...]

Comment on Chobe elephants and crossing into an economy on the brink by …the random musings of an unconventional MBA. » Blog Archive » A new record: 29.5 hours

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:20:40 +0000

[...] difference in Zimbabwe from the last time I was here six month ago is palpable. And the country is, quite simply, beautiful. It’s not [...]

Comment on Relentless undefeatist by glen

glen — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:27:53 +0000

Yes, KJ, I think you’re right. I’ll go back and make an edit– I think the specific reference wasn’t right, but the general point is the same.

Comment on Relentless undefeatist by Katherine Johnston

Katherine Johnston — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:46:55 +0000

Hey there – I’m not sure I understand your KIPP reference. Are you inferring that the KIPP students who pursue a teaching credential in order to return to their communities to teach or work in the public school system are not doing this? Because you really cannot make this assumption. The first KIPP school opened Sept. of 1994 with 5th grade. That first class would have graduated from high school in 2001, and a four year college in 2005. Of that small first group, those interested in returning as a teacher would have gone for a teaching credential for a year. That makes it 2007. That is only a handful of students, of whom would have been interested in teaching may have been 2 or 3 people. My point is, it is too soon to know whether or not the students who say they want to return will. The greatest majority of KIPP students are still getting their education. I have talked to a friend at the Foundation who knows of a handful of students gradutating this year and who do plan to return to their communities as teachers with TFA (Teach for America). Sorry if I misunderstood you – but I don’t think your KIPP reference is accurate here.

Comment on MBA is not a dirty word by Mugisha Moses

Mugisha Moses — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:25:44 +0000

very interesting read. i cant agree with you more…
the other day i was reading complete mba in a day and i think you are right. people need an investing mentality.
though i think the last mba president was the one responsible for this
economic crisis….2 wars …and all those donations to africa