Babbling VC

APRIL 28, 2019

Nevertheless, one thing I realized is that I often repeat myself to both people whom we are hiring or whom we are telling about what we do. We have a very specific type of person whom we like to hire. So, who is that type of person that we like to hire? I couldn't care less whether you're in the office or working from Tanzania.

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Hiring Tanzania Distribution Software 76

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Mpunda had struggled for 10 years working at a hotel, a brewery, and a ruby mine. She is even mulling a run for office in the gas providers’ union.

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Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 256

Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2014

He was joking, of course—your employees aren’t a bunch of animals struggling for survival at a watering hole in Tanzania—but they sure will act like it sometimes. Even though the ones I’ve hired required near-constant oversight and frequent prodding to stay on task, they were a net positive for my businesses. Wrangling Monkeys.

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Employee Management Tanzania Startup 140