This article is not only for entrepreneurs but anyone in a leadership position and needs to act during this time of crisis. Usually people love to be in a position of leadership when it comes with perks, fame and recognition. But the true test of leadership doesn’t come when things are going great. Its in time of crisis that our leadership ability is tested to the core. When our leadership is tested…

If there is one thing I have seen in my long career advising entrepreneurs and growing enterprises, is just how many business partnerships fall apart. It doesn’t matter how nice and well intention-ed the co-founders or business partners are . Partnerships are like marriages. If you get stuck with the…

Dear Joram, I got married 6 years ago to an entrepreneur and it all started as a great dream, I supported my spouse and we spent a lot of time talking about the business and its future plans. However, that dream has since turned into a nightmare. As I write…

This one might ruffle a few feathers. Entrepreneurship is all the rage nowadays. I meet many employed executives, some who are very highly placed in C-Suite positions and they begin to tell me, excitedly, how they plan to start a business, jump out of corporate slavery and shake up a…

Last week we looked at all the hype that has been created around entrepreneurship in Kenya, with cheerleaders ranging from banks and oil companies to president Barrack Obama himself. This article may be considered pouring water on the fire and spoiling the party. Is the opportunity as huge as it…

Kenyans have a tendency to attack new opportunities in droves. First, it was the stock market IPOs. Then came pyramid schemes, then various multi-level marketing schemes, then came greenhouse farming (remember the tomatoes in your friends’ car boot? or your boot?) , then the infamous and magical QUAILS . And…

Entrepreneurs:Be Brave and let go of that BIG UNPROFITABLE CLIENT! I have worked with many entrepreneurs for over 10 years now. And I have come to see a trend that many of us seem to believe grows our businesses while in actual fact, it may cause a lot more harm…