Experts in Residents with Kate Koziol, Marketing When: April 12, 2012 Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Where: 400 RB Rice Building Chicago, IL Admission: Free Contact: sbdc@uic.edu (312) 966-4057 Details: The Experts in Residence program offers valuable opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs to meet established professionals one-on-one to seek advice or simply have a conversation about starting [...]
Another great video from Kate’s journey to Kenya, Africa. She was there along with the people from Heartland International. They were all there to work with young business men and women and provide advice and training to them to help expand and run their businesses. This was one of the speakers. This is Lawrence Musili, [...]
Kate Koziol from K Squared Communications visited Kenya, Africa with the folks from Heartland International. Their purpose was to visit young business men and women who are trying to start and grow their small businesses. They brought their unique skills and years of experience to help these people plan ahead for their business and business [...]
Simon, my first and most likely only tent butler, brings Mandy and I hot chocolate and cookies at our 7A wake up call. He recommends that we eat them inside because monkeys like cookies – smart monkeys. He also shows us how to tie up our tent zipper so we don’t get monkey looters when [...]
At the end of a long and dusty road is nirvana. We took a 7 hour ride from Nyharuru to the Masai Mara game reserve in southern Kenya – right on the border to Tanzania today. The first one hour was a bit rugged, the middle three hours were sweet, flat highway, the next one [...]
Quote of the Morning: “Are my employees just cows to be milked?” Lawrence Musili, General Manager of the Thomson Falls Lodge. Lawrence spoke to our students today. He spoke of taking the harder but honest room. You see, Kenya administration is rather ‘Blagoarchy’ and tips are common – but not with Lawrence. As a successful [...]
I have been on many business trips, but none like this. It’s chilly in the room when I wake up, but the heavy wool blanket and down duvet has kept we warm all night. It’s not the chill that wakes me during the night, it’s the dogs barking at the roaming hippos or its one [...]
Three words about our site visits to the five student businesses over the last two days. Wow. Wow. Wow. We got to visit: ?James’ bike rental and repair shop in Rhumuruti ?Joseph’s micro lending business, three barber shops and public service theater youth group in Maina ?Diana’s hair salon in Nyahururu Town ?Hilary and Susan’s [...]
I have to give the entrepreneurial persistence award to Joanna. Within the first hour of being at Thompson Falls, she approached me and asked if I wanted to see her shop up the hill. I told her I would come, but I was going to visit the falls with my friends. Upon walking back [...]
The Untaken Pictures: The Welcoming Committee and The Pink Lady Kenya’s photo ops extend in every direction and well beyond the boundaries of the game reserves. But some photos I choose not to take out of respect. I have the image in my head of the area just outside of baggage claim at the airport [...]
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