Konza city and so called “Technopolis” and other Silicon Savannah Bullshit!

If half of this was invested in tech startups we could be talking about a Silicon Valley.. oh wait!  I hear you call it a Savannah let nobody lie to you, that thing is a desert nothing more nothing less.

This work is hard.

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

― Beverly Sills

There is nothing like it. You sleep like a baby; five minutes and you are awake crying...There is runway to think about. The stupid code is not working, one of your users is asking for a feature that is not in your product roadmap.

First they came ...

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— 

Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—

One More

This startup thing is usually one more thing away 

One more line of code 

One more feature 

Mediocristan and Extremistan

These two ideas were developed by Nassim Taleb in the book the black swan. In mediocristan this is where normal things happen, things that are expected, things which their probability can easily be computed. And whose impact is not terribly huge. It can be represented by the Gaussian probability

Team, Product and Market

If you ask entrepreneurs or VCs which of team, product, or market is most important, many will say team. This is the obvious answer, in part because in the beginning of a startup, you know a lot more about the team than you do the product, which hasn’t been built yet, or the market, which hasn’t been

Outrage is cheap

“Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble”

- Amit Kalantri

Outrage. A powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by something perceived as injury, injustice or insult  

Resentment usually is brought about by confusion. Confusion of the heart on something your mind

What matter?

“The first discovery of Dostoievsky is, for a spiritual adventurer, such a shock as is not likely to occur again. One is staggered, bewildered, insulted. It is like a hit in the face, at the end of a dark passage; a hit in the face, followed by the fumbling of strange hands at one's throat. Everything that has been

Deep Work

When you care deeply about your work in which you are engaged in is when your responsibilities line up with these three: What you can be the best in the world at and what you cannot be the best in the world at? What drives your economic engine? And, what you are deeply passionate about? When

Designers Vs Clients

“I want the logo blue.” That is week 1.
“I think gray will accentuate my inner masculinity.” That is week 2.

“I think pink will accentuate my inner feminine.” That is week 3.