Dear Alan, If you like, you can test drive our hosted pbx services, which come with DID numbers, Termination and Hosted Asterisk Servers.
The URL is http://www.ip-pabx.com Linda > Alan Gutierrez wrote: > > >Intro.. > > > >I'm a software developer. I am learning Asterisk. I'm reading the "*: > >tfot" book. It is easy to understand. I am confident that my many > >years of Linux and Apache adminstration will help me get up to speed > >quickly. > > > >That said, please excuse my noobishness. I am RTFM. > > > >Anyway.. > > > >I'd like to build a simple Asterisk system to market to small > >businesses, like real estate offices, law offices, etc. My customer > >would need more that four phone lines, but less than twenty. > > > >The system would do just the basics. > > > >To me, this is basic retail computing, for small business. > > > >I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who has taken the time to > >write up a business plan for a similar business. If so, could you > >share it with me, so I could have a framework to write my own. > > > >Or if this describes your business, and you'd like a business plan to > >show to your bank or the SBA, would you like to co-operate on writing > >this business plan? > > > >The resulting business plan would be placed on the Asterisk Wiki, for > >people to tweak. If there is such a thing already, please let me > >know. > > > >Cheers. > > > >-- > >Alan Gutierrez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://engrm.com/blogometer/ > >_______________________________________________ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > >Asterisk-Biz mailing list > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > > The basics on writing a good business plan can be found in many books > and a couple of software programs. There are even govenment agencies > that can help you with your business plan. > > The Small Business Administration (SBA) has some free information on > the basics of writing business plans at > http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html > > Remember Google is your friend. Preform a search for business plans. > 6th on the list was a business plan archive. > http://www.businessplanarchive.org/ this contains both successful and > unsucessful business plans. > > Software that helps you write a business plan is just that a helper. > you still must do research and fill in the content. But it will guide > you through the business plan writing process. A very good software > maker is Palo Alto Sofware Business Plan Pro. http://www.paloalto.com/ > > A combination book and software that works for me, Streetwise Complete > Business Plan With Software: Interactive Software to Quickly Create a > Powerful Business Plan Plus a Comprehensive Book (Adams Streetwise > Series) (Paperback). > > A good starter book on business plans is The Successful Business Plan: > Secrets and Strategies (Paperback) by Eugene Kleiner (Foreword), > Rhonda Abrams. In addition if you are a beginner I recommend Six-Week > Start-Up: A Step-By-Step Program for Starting Your Business, Making > Money, and Achieving Your Goals! (Paperback) by Rhonda Abrams. The > book helps you take into a majority of things that need to be done to > get the business rolling legally and in a way that will help develop > your business skills. > > A little advice for you on business plans make your own business plan > or alter the business plan to match your skill set and capabilities. > Remember What works for one person may not nessarly work for you. This > is a common mistake and why many businesses fail. Not enough careful > planning and thinking about how and when to do things. > > Sincerly, > > Max W. Blackmer, Jr. > Knowledge Power IT > http://www.knowledgepowerit.com > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz Super Technologies Inc., Pensacola, Florida http://www.SuperTec.com - Technologies from tomorrow, Today! _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
