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I'm from 88mph's first batch. in Nairobi. They gave me 25k USD to test out my idea to build Kenya's first blog network( http://ghafla.co.ke http://ghafla.co.ke

by majani 13y ago

I'm from 88mph's first batch. in Nairobi. They gave me 25k USD to test out my idea to build Kenya's first blog network( http://ghafla.co.ke http://ghafla.co.ke http://tambaa.co.ke http://tambaa.co.ke and http://duwaa.co.ke http://duwaa.co.ke ). Needless to say, my investors were pleasantly surprised when I built the whole company using that money. Now we make 25k USD a month

randomhuman24 13y ago
Please don't take anything I say as criticism, but somewhere else in the thread you've said AMA, so: - Why exactly did you need 25k to build Kenya's first "blog network"? - Where did the money go? Can you provide us with a break down? - What prevented you from doing this without the 25k investment? You could have used Wordpress and a host like WPEngine, and I can't think of a cost more than $25-100/month. - Are you paying writers, or is this all freely written content? Or are you just linking to other blogs in the market? - Also, not a question, but except for the first link, the other two sites are down for maintenance. Thanks.
- majani 13y ago
  - Why exactly did you need 25k to build Kenya's first "blog network"? Blogging is one of the lowest hanging fruit in any emerging internet industry. I wanted to take a big chunk of that opportunity, so I raised some money. - Where did the money go? Can you provide us with a break down? It was mainly for expanding the team from a one man show to a full newsroom. - What prevented you from doing this without the 25k investment? You could have used Wordpress and a host like WPEngine, and I can't think of a cost more than $25-100/month. I did. I was running my first blog as a mildly profitable one man show, but I always wanted to expand the team, largely cause I thought it would lighten the load, but boy was I wrong about that! - Are you paying writers, or is this all freely written content? Or are you just linking to other blogs in the market? I pay everyone who works for us. The pay is towards the lower end of the market rate. - Also, not a question, but except for the first link, the other two sites are down for maintenance HN should have known better than to talk about 88 when I had my back turned! :)
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by majani 13y ago

randomhuman24 13y ago

Please don't take anything I say as criticism, but somewhere else in the thread you've said AMA, so: - Why exactly did you need 25k to build Kenya's first "blog network"? - Where did the money go? Can you provide us with a break down? - What prevented you from doing this without the 25k investment? You could have used Wordpress and a host like WPEngine, and I can't think of a cost more than $25-100/month. - Are you paying writers, or is this all freely written content? Or are you just linking to other blogs in the market? - Also, not a question, but except for the first link, the other two sites are down for maintenance. Thanks.

majani 13y ago
- Why exactly did you need 25k to build Kenya's first "blog network"? Blogging is one of the lowest hanging fruit in any emerging internet industry. I wanted to take a big chunk of that opportunity, so I raised some money. - Where did the money go? Can you provide us with a break down? It was mainly for expanding the team from a one man show to a full newsroom. - What prevented you from doing this without the 25k investment? You could have used Wordpress and a host like WPEngine, and I can't think of a cost more than $25-100/month. I did. I was running my first blog as a mildly profitable one man show, but I always wanted to expand the team, largely cause I thought it would lighten the load, but boy was I wrong about that! - Are you paying writers, or is this all freely written content? Or are you just linking to other blogs in the market? I pay everyone who works for us. The pay is towards the lower end of the market rate. - Also, not a question, but except for the first link, the other two sites are down for maintenance HN should have known better than to talk about 88 when I had my back turned! :)

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