[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 49, Issue 62

Wed Jun 15 15:52:08 EAT 2011

...and a very welcome one, at least for those of us fast approaching
that milestone:-)

On 15/06/2011, Bob Bell, Jr. <bbell at ischool.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> My name is Bob Bell, Ph.D. student from Berkeley. My first post on Kictanet.
> What is interesting is that in a study of entrepreneurship (in USA) based on
> 549 company founders in successful businesses in high-growth industries, the
> average entrepreneur was 40.
>
> Check out the media articles here:
> http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/for-entrepreneurs-40-is-the-
> magic-number/1677
> http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/18/smallbusiness/whiz_kid_myth_entrepreneurs.fs
> b/index.htm
>
> The original research is cited here:
> http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/the-anatomy-of-an-entrepreneur.a
> spx.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
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>    1. Re: 24! Your dead in the water (Ali Hussein)
>    2. Re: Universal Access? (warigia bowman)
>    3. Re: 24! Your dead in the water (Phares Kariuki)
>    4. Re: 24! Your dead in the water (Phares Kariuki)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:42:54 +0000
> From: "Ali Hussein" <info at alyhussein.com>
> To: "Andrea Bohnstedt" <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>,
> 	kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
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> Touche Andrea :)
>
> Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
> Sender: kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:03:32
> To: <info at alyhussein.com>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:43:41 +0300
> From: warigia bowman <warigia at aucegypt.edu>
> To: Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Universal Access?
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> I think the study was in 2004
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Francis Hook
> <francis.hook at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Abt 2 years ago CCK tendered  for a Universal Access study and I
>> believe it covered some of the issues like having a GIS driven system
>> to assess all sorts of infrastructure (elec, post offices, GSM, fixed
>> networks, fibre etc).   Also to define what parameters (and which
>> organ) would be used to disurse the funds.
>>
>> Did this study take off? Anyone on the list from CCK who can enlighten us?
>>
>>
>> On 14/06/2011, warigia bowman <warigia at aucegypt.edu> wrote:
>> > I vote for bushnetworking
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 6/14/11, Crystal Watley Kigoni <crystal at voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
>> >> > @walu I have been shouting about this for years.
>> >> >
>> >> > But rather than expecting the big companies to do it, why don't we
>> >> > create
>> >> > the policy environment for community owned micro- ISPs? Create a mesh
>> >> > network that can actually bring increased income to the people who
> use
>> >> it?
>> >> > As I always have said, Nairobi is not ALL of Kenya and we are leaving
>> >> > our
>> >> > villages behind.
>> >>
>> >> Spot on madame!
>> >>
>> >> Either we have a USF and accompanying regs, or we let people do
>> >> bush-networking on a small scale, using the Village
>> >> Telco/OpenBTS/AfriMesh/whatever they choose.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> McTim
>> >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> >> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>> >>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:50:40 +0300
> From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki at gmail.com>
> To: info at alyhussein.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
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> The best <local> example is probably Michael Joseph? Took to the helm of a
> telco when he was over 40... The innovations out of Safaricom...
>
>
> Additionally, all twitter founders were over 25 at the time of founding...
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Ali Hussein <info at alyhussein.com> wrote:
>
>> Touche Andrea :)
>>
>> Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:03:32
>> To: <info at alyhussein.com>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
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>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
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>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
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>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:50:40 +0300
> From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki at gmail.com>
> To: info at alyhussein.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
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> The best <local> example is probably Michael Joseph? Took to the helm of a
> telco when he was over 40... The innovations out of Safaricom...
>
>
> Additionally, all twitter founders were over 25 at the time of founding...
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Ali Hussein <info at alyhussein.com> wrote:
>
>> Touche Andrea :)
>>
>> Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:03:32
>> To: <info at alyhussein.com>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 24! Your dead in the water
>>
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>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for
>> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
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>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for
>> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
>
> | T: +254 720 406 093 | E: pkariuki at gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype:
> kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |
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