nassirkhan

Hi guys - I was hoping you could help me fill a short poll regarding social media growth strategy . https://goo.gl/E1gkNU

I'll be travelling to my home country of Kenya to build out my company www.5group.co . While there, I want to research trends in credit and lending especially with regards to those earning less than $3000/year (apx. bottom of the pyramid). Would a FICO like agency for Sub-Sharan Africa open up new lending frontiers and thus lead to upward mobility for the masses? What considerations might need to be made?

I'll be travelling to my home country of Kenya to build out my company www.5group.co . While there, I want to research trends in credit and lending especially with regards to those earning less than $3000/year (apx. bottom of the pyramid). Would a FICO like agency for Sub-Sharan Africa open up new lending frontiers and thus lead to upward mobility for the masses? What considerations might need to be made?

I have come to the realization that my current startup's lethragic growth rate will not allow me to afford a living in the bay area. As such, I am presented with a few options: Get a job, or take another shot at starting a company (albeit, working out of a cheaper city). I am heavily leaning toward the latter, but this time I want to take some feedback earlier on from the YC community as I have found the people here to be amongst the most honest and knowledgeable. I would appreciate your critique (as well as pointers) of some of the ideas I am proposing for my next startup. Also, do you think there is a market need/ actual problem to be solved, or am I just forcing the issue?

a] Outsourcing: As I plan to operate out of Africa for a while, I was thinking of a managed outsourcing business where we train and place the smartest candidates on projects ranging from creative services to development. I see a shortage in talent locally and this model could allow companies to augment their talent pool with affordable labour.

b] Similar to A above but a focus on deploying and managing opensource projects such as wordpress, moodle, open ERP etc. Not only would I provide the technical talent, but also the operational labour to perform services like order management, chat management etc

c] Building a tool gamifies social actions (twitter, fb, instagram sharing etc) - with a lotto/random winnings component that creates recurring engagment by players

I would appreciate any feedback.

Regards.

I have come to the realization that my current startup's lethragic growth rate will not allow me to afford a living in the bay area. As such, I am presented with a few options: Get a job, or take another shot at starting a company (albeit, working out of a cheaper city). I am heavily leaning toward the latter, but this time I want to take some feedback earlier on from the YC community as I have found the people here to be amongst the most honest and knowledgeable.

I would appreciate your critique (as well as pointers) of some of the ideas I am proposing for my next startup. Also, do you think there is a market need/ actual problem to be solved, or am I just forcing the issue?

a] Outsourcing: As I plan to operate out of Africa for a while, I was thinking of a managed outsourcing business where we train and place the smartest candidates on projects ranging from creative services to development. I see a shortage in talent locally and this model could allow companies to augment their talent pool with affordable labour.

b] Similar to A above but a focus on deploying and managing opensource projects such as wordpress, moodle, open ERP etc. Not only would I provide the technical talent, but also the operational labour to perform services like order management, chat management etc

c] Building a tool gamifies social actions (twitter, fb, instagram sharing etc) - with a lotto/random winnings component that creates recurring engagment by players

I would appreciate any feedback.

Regards.

YC community; I started a coffee subscription business 4 months ago but I am having a difficult time growing. I was hoping I could get some honest feedback about my site on this forum. I am not a programmer, so I used wordpress to build out the site. We have partnered with one of the bay area's premier roaster to offer the most in-demand blends, and a portion of our sales go to support local non-profits. We have been trying to acquire customers on twitter, facebook etc, but the cost of customer aquisition has been astronomical and infeasible to justify continued operation.

Your feedback will be apreciated and might just save our business.

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