Inari Media

• Starting a Business Abroad: Have You Your Papers?

  Posted: November 23, 2010, 8:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  When you have completed all your preparation and made the jump across the border, you’re finally ready to start up your new business in a new country. But don’t forget the last-minute details that you have to deal with in person before you can congratulating yourself and concentrating on making the business a success. And [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: Ducks in a Row

  Posted: November 22, 2010, 8:00 pm by Stephanie Migot

  So you are absolutely certain that you are going start a business in another country. You’ve done your research, investigated the market, visited the country, even made a few contacts. But how to bring it all together? You don’t just need a business plan; you need a strategy. One of the first things you should [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: Getting a Team Together

  Posted: November 19, 2010, 7:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Right, if you’ve made it this far in the series, you’ll have not only completed your preliminary enquiries into going about setting up a business abroad, but will also have visited the country of your choice to carry out more detailed investigations. By now, you should have a local lawyer and accountant on board, but [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: Getting a Team Together

  Posted: November 19, 2010, 7:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Right, if you’ve made it this far in the series, you’ll have not only completed your preliminary enquiries into going about setting up a business abroad, but will also have visited the country of your choice to carry out more detailed investigations. By now, you should have a local lawyer and accountant on board, but [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: Fact-Finding Mission

  Posted: November 18, 2010, 8:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Now you can finally book a flight to the country where you hope to set up your new enterprise! You’ll be staying for at least a week, ideally a fortnight. Forget the straw hat and flip-flops, however; you are not on holiday. The first thing you will want to do when your flight touches down [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: Get Some Background Information

  Posted: November 17, 2010, 7:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  So you know where you want to go, and you have a vague notion about what you’ll be doing when you get there? What’s next? Well, you don’t need to pack a bag and book some flights just yet; that will come later. First, you need to get a little more information about your target [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: What is Your Business Here?

  Posted: November 16, 2010, 7:30 pm by Inari Media

  So you’ve managed to reach a decision on where you you’d like to move to. Now you can start thinking about the kind of business you’re going to be running. By this I don’t mean the merits of a mechanic’s versus a cupcake shop, but more how you have conceptualised the business in your imagination. [...]

• Starting a Business Abroad: the World is your Oyster

  Posted: November 15, 2010, 9:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Congratulations! You’ve decided to start a business in another country? But where? This first blog post will try to point you in the right direction when it comes to choosing which new country in which to start a new business. Different people will have different motivations for setting up abroad. Some may be moving for [...]

• This Week: Starting a Business Abroad

  Posted: November 15, 2010, 4:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Starting a business? Grown-up, scary, not for everybody. Starting a business in another country? Well, add intimidating and confusing to the list, with a healthy dose of “only for the brave” for good measure. But as technology and air travel have made the world increasingly smaller, the prospect of leaving your home country to find [...]

• This Week: Starting a Business Abroad

  Posted: November 15, 2010, 4:30 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Starting a business? Grown-up, scary, not for everybody. Starting a business in another country? Well, add intimidating and confusing to the list, with a healthy dose of “only for the brave” for good measure. But as technology and air travel have made the world increasingly smaller, the prospect of leaving your home country to find [...]

• How to Cope When You Are Uptitled or Promoted With No Extra Pay

  Posted: November 10, 2010, 3:31 pm by Stephanie Migot

  I’ve mentioned uptitiling on this blog before, in the context of bosses or companies giving their employees inflated job titles to make them feel more important rather than give them a raise. Recently, I’ve become aware that some companies are not just boosting their employee’s titles, but also their workload and still won’t give them [...]

• Announcement | New Blog Post Series Coming Soon: Doing Business Abroad

  Posted: November 9, 2010, 3:51 pm by Stephanie Migot

  Well, I’ve been looking at the blog stats again and aside from the perennial interest in the progress on the Thika Highway, one of the most popular posts I have ever done has been on starting a business in another country. So I’ve decided to do a blog post series on that topic, starting next [...]

• Will Kenya’s New Hate Speech Rules Do Any Good?

  Posted: November 4, 2010, 5:55 pm by Stephanie Migot

  After the post-election violence (PEV) in Kenya a couple of years ago, the media was received a portion of the blame for inflaming public opinion, with vernacular radio stations in particular being accused of being the worst culprits. To prevent a repeat, the government has written a new set of guidelines to monitor “hate speech” [...]

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