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ssander9 · 07-31-2003, 09:23 AM

All above are great suggestions. I am in the business you want to start and time is a major problem. You will find that after you have some customers, they will call you and demand you come over right away....this always happens when you are just meeting a new customer. You will find yourself making up stories about why you can't be there at that moment and it will have to be a good one to keep that customer. I service mostly business customers now because home users are known to write bad checks or cancel the check later if they think you didn't give them what they paid for. Business people are more inclined to pay their bills and pay better, too. Treat a business right and word of mouth gets around. Downside is you will work some 24-36 hour days, your on call 24/7 and you better find a cheap place to buy your hardware and mark it up slightly to the end user or you will find working long hours for the money you get is not worth it.

Later you can hire someone to work with you, call him and let him handle the call and get a percentage off of his labor hours plus the parts markup when you provide the parts....Also gives you time to have a life!

Note: Have alot of network experience before going into this job and know how to properly setup a firewall, configure users passwords, email accounts and permissions. Most of my users are using Win2K Pro, some are still using Windows NT.

07-31-2003, 09:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
ssander9 Amplitude Modulator Location: US	All above are great suggestions. I am in the business you want to start and time is a major problem. You will find that after you have some customers, they will call you and demand you come over right away....this always happens when you are just meeting a new customer. You will find yourself making up stories about why you can't be there at that moment and it will have to be a good one to keep that customer. I service mostly business customers now because home users are known to write bad checks or cancel the check later if they think you didn't give them what they paid for. Business people are more inclined to pay their bills and pay better, too. Treat a business right and word of mouth gets around. Downside is you will work some 24-36 hour days, your on call 24/7 and you better find a cheap place to buy your hardware and mark it up slightly to the end user or you will find working long hours for the money you get is not worth it. Later you can hire someone to work with you, call him and let him handle the call and get a percentage off of his labor hours plus the parts markup when you provide the parts....Also gives you time to have a life! Note: Have alot of network experience before going into this job and know how to properly setup a firewall, configure users passwords, email accounts and permissions. Most of my users are using Win2K Pro, some are still using Windows NT. __________________ I never said you had to. Last edited by ssander9; 07-31-2003 at 09:27 AM..