"My model of business is the Beatles," Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, told 60 Minutes in 2003, applauding their teamwork and innovation.
"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people." Today marks the 50th anniversary of Apple's founding.
🤖🤔 Why did Elon name his AI 'Grok'?
It comes from a mind-bending 1961 sci-fi novel by Robert Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land.
In the book, 'grok' means to understand something so deeply that it becomes part of you—no filters, no barriers, pure intuitive knowing. It’s all-consuming.
Then, in 2014, the name Grok was used by the NSA to name one of its spying software—Edward Snowden exposed this.
The term “grokking” evolves, and Elon wittingly chooses the name Grok. It’s not just answering questions—they’re trying to grok the universe, aren’t they?
Dr Job Obwaka, a decorated obstetrician and senior leader at The Nairobi Hospital, was abducted around 9:00am this Saturday morning by police officers. His phone was confiscated and switched off, sparking widespread concern for his safety.
Dr Obwaka had anticipated his potential arrest amid an ongoing dispute over the hospital’s management and land ownership and had already secured anticipatory bail to avoid detention.
This appears connected to allegations of a powerful push to seize control of The Nairobi Hospital and the valuable land it owns. Drawing from patterns in similar high-stakes business conflicts, there are fears that Obwaka could face coercion, including beatings, humiliation, or pressure to surrender Nairobi Hospital interests to a powerful man. He is the latest victim to follow this pattern.
In August 2023, the sugar billionaire Jaswant Singh Rai (chairman of Kabras Sugar and related firms) was abducted in Nairobi’s Kilimani area. He had earlier defied Ruto, and was told to choose death or handover his interest in Mumias Sugar. He was abducted, tortured, and threatened, after which he handed over his interests upon being released.
In late 2024, businessman Benson Sande Ndeta (founder of Savannah Clinker) expressed interest in acquiring Bamburi Cement. Someone who is building avoidable housing, and the main steel and cement supplier, wanted to buy Bamburi. Ndeta was arrested, detained, and told to keep off, but he refused. He was then charged with eight counts of fraud. Then, after giving up his bid to buy Bamburi, the charges against him were magically dropped.
These cases highlight a disturbing pattern: individuals challenging powerful interests in major deals often encounter enforced disappearances, detention, or other pressures that lead to conceding.
All three arrests have one thing in common, he gets what he wants, even if it means, abducting, torturing, or even killing anyone who stands in his way. There is a class of privileged Kenyans who think their money will save them from this level of impunity. Your money will not save you if we don’t reclaim Kenya and send this greedy man home.
This is a man who doesn’t believe that even God can stop him. He wanted to steal land in State House by claiming he was building a Ksh 2 billion church, before the courts stopped him.
As you demand to have Dr Obwaka released, shout even louder for everyone who doesn’t have a voters card to urgently get one. All those illegal immigrants he is registering might vote but the will of the Kenyan people shall prevail.
Most founders accidentally train their customers never to pay them.
@MadhavanSF (the "pricing guru" of Silicon Valley - having worked with LinkedIn, Uber, and 30+ unicorns) calls it the 20/80 Pricing Trap
• 20% of your features drive 80% of the willingness to pay
• Founders give that 20% away for free to gain distribution
• You are left trying to monetize the remaining 80% of features - the ones users don't actually value.
The result? You build a charity, not a business.
In this week's episode of The Library of Minds, we discuss the science of monetization and deconstruct how to architect ‘Profitable Growth’ - the core framework from his new book, Scaling Innovation.
03:33 - Netflix vs Blockbuster: The Pricing Decision That Changed Tech
08:06 - Why Most Startups Get Pricing Wrong
11:39 - Freemium vs Paid: When Free Destroys Value
15:38 - Pricing Models Matter More Than Price
16:28 - The AI Pricing Framework: Autonomy vs Attribution
21:49 - The Biggest Pricing Mistake Ever
25:05 - Why Steve Jobs Was a Pricing Genius
26:44 - Behavioral Pricing: How Founders 10× Deals Without Changing Product
31:02 - Data vs Conviction: How Great Founders Make Pricing Decisions
At the "PRISM" construction site we have completed mat foundation concrete casting stage.
A solid foundation supports flexible layouts, higher load capacities, and long-term adaptability, all critical for retail, restaurants, and high-traffic commercial use.
Stay tuned!