[kictanet] Going beyond coding

[Muchiri Nyaggah]

Hi Robert,

I agree. However, there isn't necessarily a 'wrong' tree. The two aren't
mutually exclusive. I believe we should be building some entrepreneurial
capacity among our coders as well as encouraging business savvy non-techie
young people to build teams to pursue tech business ideas. I think we should
be barking up a couple of different trees and I'm glad I caught a glimpse of
that during Pivot25 and IPO48.


Kind regards,



*Muchiri* Nyaggah

Principal Partner

@muchiri

+254 722 506400

Semacraft.com











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On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:17 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had forgot the following little fact about Microsoft:
>
> Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen at Microsoft, seeing an
> opportunity in the making, approached a tiny software company, Seattle
> Computer Products, which had an x86-compatible OS which used a similar
> command interpreter to CP/M called 86-DOS. Microsoft purchased the OS and
> perpetual usage rights, which they then re-christened as "DOS", for a mere
> $75,000.
>
> After negotiating an almost unheard of non-exclusive licensing agreement
> with IBM, the company would be established as the leader in personal
> computer software for decades to come.
>
> I wonder should we be overemphasising the ability of one to code or do we
> need to also develop and encourage negotiators and scouts who can identify a
> product and find a home for it?  We just might be barking up the wrong tree,
> we need visionaries who can help dreamers realise their dreams
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
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