I have been running now for 8 years my own company. Get one very good client. Do good work & on time -cost effectively - and client referrals will typically be all you need.To date I have not advertised or cold called once - and in 8 years have enough work to last a few months at any given time.
A kick ass prodcut will also help quite a bit! jason John Munyan wrote: >In my experience most opportunities come via the personal network. I >suppose if you have a 'killer app' that would transcend this. Anyway my >2 cents. > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:53 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: OT: Getting a business off the ground > >I have started my own company a while ago and am hitting a brick wall on >how >to get it off the ground. It's hard to do absolutely everything myself, >so I >throw this out to some of you that have your own company. What did you >do? >Did you start with money? Hire people? Do everything yourself? Have a >kick >ass product that got you off the ground? Cold called people? Sent out a >mailing? What did you do? I have an application I made that is pretty >polished and am just looking for ideas on how to get this thing out the >door >to people as either a service or as a stand alone app people can buy. >WHAT >DO I DO!!!!!! Anyways, sorry for the OT, flame away, but I figure there >has >to be a couple other people that could benefit from this discussion, let >me >know if this needs to move over to cf-community so I can sign up for it. > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
