Qestion1: In regard to your ventures, how does the Kenyan context present different challenges than the American context. Give at least three examples.
The first example that I can think about is Kenyan business etiquette. Kenyans tend to know you a little bit as a person before they do business with you. They prefer to cooperate with people they know or friends with. Therefore, how to let Kenyans trust you is the first step to do business in Kenya. This is something we need to take into consideration when we want to expand our project and find more partnerships. Moreover, being punctual for appointments and business meetings are important in Kenyan business culture. The second example is about behavior and negotiation skills. Politeness and a humble approach is the key to win friends or build relationship. People like to negotiate in Kenya and always expect to bargain in a market. For our project, we might need to think about what we should do if Kenyans bargain about prices with us. The Last example is regarding to communication. Luckily, English is an official language in Kenya. However, even though we speak same language, the communication culture in Kenya is slightly different from that of the United States. The communication style in Kenya is usually non-confrontation and polite. That is to say, Kenyans seldom direct say things with people except their closest friends. They tend to hide their true feelings especially about financial matters. Therefore, we need to figure out a way to truly find out reliable feedback from them about our projects.

Qestion2 In regard to your ventures, how does the Kenyan context offer different resources than the American context. Give at least three examples. Give at least three examples.
The first example is about people’s personality and characteristics in Kenya. Just like the video we watched in the beginning of Tuesday class, Kenyans are very open-minded and they accept new things and culture from outside of the world. This is definitely something that we can take advantage of. We don’t need to afraid of bring new ideas or devices into Kenya but we might need to focus more about how to teach them to take advantage of things we bring in. The second resource that we can use is language. English is an official language in Kenya so this decreases the language barrier between the locals and us. However, we should still avoid using big words whenever we communicate with the locals. The last example about Kenya’s resource is their fast growing economic scale. Unlike some counties in the world have suffered from financial crisis or relative slow GDP growth, Kenya’s economy is getting stronger and stronger and is expanding rapidly. Therefore, the market for what we bring in Kenya from the project is relative big. We can think about expanding and bringing more entrepreneurship opportunities to the local community.