Category: Business Blunder
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I worked in a Butchery After Graduating
The one thing we see everywhere is the message, “to Start”. “Start anywhere!” It is always said like it’s easy but it’s not. It’s not easy because sometimes we are not told that starting anywhere means literally that. We think starting anywhere means start as an intern, start as low-level staff. The truth is you…
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Bravo Tours No longer the Bus of Choice
Then the breakdowns started happening. Every other Bravo trip now seems to have a break down. Sadly, being Zimbabwean I am almost compelled to forgive them for the break downs and say zvinowanikwa (these things happen), but that’s not true. When you are a luxury coach these things don’t happen. If I wanted a trip…
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AirBnB is Amazing for Zim but…
There is a huge opportunity for Airbnb to make reasonable revenues from the Zimbabwean market. Especially during conference times where one doesn’t want the hassle of making multiple calls and get their hearts broken multiple times by overly friendly front desk managers at fully booked lodgings. I would much prefer a situation where I can…
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Simba Savannah Review: Looks.co.zw
We take a look at the Entrepreneurs who picthed the Simbas of Simba Savannah. The first in our series being Looks.co.zw. Was it a valid business that should have gotten funding?
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5 Business Lessons From Kombis
They are popular for ruling the road, going the wrong direction in one-way streets, setting up ranks wherever they feel like and being the biggest contributors to Zimbabwean motor insurance company revenues since everyone fears a kombi will pull a fast one on them. Needlessly to say, the 5 Business lessons from Kombis are mostly…
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Will Kwese Survive?
Just this past weekend we were celebrating the reactivation of Kwese after they won the High Court case against the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). Bad news comes now when most of us have paid for our installations and are expecting the technites to come set us up for our first-month free subscription. It seems…
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The $8 Million Kaylite MisInvestment
I don’t challenge the fact that there was seemingly a gap in the market that needed to be filled and It was taken; but was it a smart decision? Having established the ban to be from a 2012 SI it means Kaylite has been illegal since then.
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4 Things You Are Doing Wrong On Ecocash
Zimbabwe in our uniqueness saw the rise of mobile money, something that hasn’t enjoyed much success in the rest of the world. Initially, Ecocash was just good for sending money to loved ones in the quickest and possibly most secure way. Now it has graduated to an easy way of paying bills, buying products locally…
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Facebook Continues its SnapChat Feature Raid
Oh my gosh! I did not expect what I met when i was doing my daily Business Insider reading this morning. Facebook has done it again; the CloneWars continue. The funny thing is that most are still getting used to WhatsApp becoming WhatSnapGram (having taken features from SnapChat and Instagram). Unfortunately for SnapChat to seems that…
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Uber are Criminals
I swear someone opened Pandora’s Box at Uber right now. Kalanick must feel like he is walking around in a unavoidable minefield. From the #DeleteUber campaigns, The Sexual harassment claims that have come up to Execs leaving the company. Even more recently we heard news of the crashes that put a halt to the autonomous…