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From: Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com>
To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tue, 14 June, 2011 9:23:58
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" to challenge India on IT

I must challenge you there Robert. What do rent and kids have to do with creativity, drive and passion? Jonathan Ive, the principal designer of the iMac, titanium and aluminum PowerBook G4, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro, iPod, iPhone, and iPad has a wife and two kids. Twins. Doesn't seem to have slowed him down any.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi
> The first step is to have a passion for what you want to do, then identify a problem that needs solving and solve it all for the fun and passion of it not the money.
> Mariga, Ronaldo and the rest of the ilk first played soccer for the fun and passion of the game the scouts, enforcements and money then followed.
> Regards
> PS.  I was recently reminded that once you have rent to pay your ability to do anything new diminishes exponentially and once the kids come along forget about coming up with any radical, industry changing application or business concept.  If the idea was not incubated when you where in high school or campus then join the large band of IT vendors as the other train has left.
>  
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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> From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com>
> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 9:01:18
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" to challenge India on IT
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>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:29 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> This will give you an insight into how we can go from being a talk shop and baby cries and get down to doing some serious productive work.
>> Without fear I will repeat what I commented previously "money follows great ideas; period". I also like a comment from a Google employee, in one of the documentaries, "Google is an extension of college"
>
> What's the first step?
>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
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