Richard Branson Of Virgin Fame Is In Kenya

Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group (it's not just the airline, theer are lots of products, even a Virgin Cola) is in the country to speed up arrangements that will see the launch of his Virgin airline in Kenya later this year (which will be a real threat to KQ's dominance in the region).

Branson is an example of an entrepreneur who built up a huge business from nothing. Exactly the sort of inspiration that Kenyans with an enterprising spirit must now draw from. Branson is proof that it can be done. As he said in an interview with the local press yesterday, the line between success and failure is very thin and there are many times when he would easily have permanently ended up on the other side.

The guy is surprisingly humble for the billionaire that he is t have talked like that. But what he said was the truth.

One of the potentially lucrative areas Kenyans can explore for business success is the Internet economy. The World Wide Web has amazingly put Africa and every previously downtrodden person on the same level with the privileged in the western world in terms of opportunities.

Interestingly Branson's first business at the age of 16 years was a mail order venture for popular music where he sold music through the mail. This was a huge success because popular music had just started exploding then, fuelled by the widespread playing of music on radio. There are those who view the Internet as an advanced version of the mail order business that revolutionized business for many decades. Many (including this blogger) are convinced that what radio did for popular music and the music business, the Internet will do (and is already doing) for many businesses and industries. (Read Kumekucha's article on how simple it is to launch an online money making venture).

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