Marlon,
If you think the WISP business is similar to a doctor or dentist or
plumber, you are very mistaken. The best advice I have ever heard
actually came from the son of a very wealthy doctor in our area. He
sold his son "find something that isn't trading your time for money". I
heard that
Charles is right 100%, and he is being as proactive as any VAR (including DR
and ourselves... Charles did a WiNOG on this not to long ago) trying to
figure the mess out so you can get the money (hopefully you'll spend it with
us right!).
Here is what I know (and I've done more research and had
At the end of the day, the agencies giving out the money have to give
out a lot of money in a very short period of time. To achieve this
they plan on dividing up the allocations across a variety of other
entities for help as well as allocating large sums to individual
companies. This means
WISPA did have a group of people that were attending meetings and trying to
sway policy. The time schedule has just been published and hopefully rules
and definitions will be firmed up shortly.
WISPA could start delivering a facts sheet, Timeline and useful resources.
WISPA should get vendors
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability
Hi Marlon,
I think it's appropriate to make a few definitions and
In that respect you are correct. But I stand by my statement that many
successful business people work long hours and don't always take 2 days per
week off. Or they are always on some level of stand-by.
You are very correct that our income is much more predictable and isn't
dependant upon us
On 5/24/2009 9:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
I'd start MUCH smaller and grow organically though. You should be able to
start with less than $25k and keep the rest for operating and unexpected
expenses.
I tend to agree, and have been at this just as long. The luckiest thing
I did was to
LOL
Careful what you wish for!
marlon
- Original Message -
From: Rick Kunze rku...@colusanet.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Starting a wisp - required capital
On 5/24/2009 9:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
I'd
Huh? We incorporated in 1997 and I think total cost was less than $500.
How do you ever expect to get away from having to do personal
guarantees if you don't operate like a "real" business?
Travis
Microserv
Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
One more thing. I don't agree with your definitions per
Charles,
I agree with you on these points. In fact, I mentioned them to keep
the discussion fair. The main point I was making is that local labor
resources with knowledge and experience is difficult if not impossible
to find. Of course, that is an age old issue for businesses
everywhere.
As far
Charles,
I replied to your previous response so I wont be redundant here. It
appears we are in sync in thought. As a previous senior manager at
several companies large small, I've hired/fired my share of people.
The human factor is huge. One of my favorite books is The eMyth
Revisited
Ha! Another interesting topic! In the past, when doing business for
myself, I legally filed as a sole-proprietor. When I got into the WISP
business, for a multitude of reasons, I became an S-Corp. After
filing my taxes, it seems to be much simpler and possibly more
advantageous to just be a
Ah yes, the power if recurring revenue. A benefit of replicating your
work with other humans and/or devices (I prefer the later). A better
path to making money that trading your time for a direct wage. This is
one of the reasons I got into this business. However, at the early
stages, your are
Lastmilegear.com should have them.
Jayson Baker wrote:
Anyone used the 58DP from WB?
Anyone have them in stock?
Jayson
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Which is one of the many reasons I incorporated. But, due to the
financial industries turmoil, they are now requiring personal
guarantees. -RickG
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote:
Huh? We incorporated in 1997 and I think total cost was less than $500. How
do
Gino,
I had a 3' Radiowaves dish installed (for almost a year) on top of a
10ft 4.5 mast in a similar situation. I used the clamp linked below to
attach it to the railing.
http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=482468eventGroup=4eventPage=1
- Matt
Gino Villarini wrote:
Gah! An on topic thread about tactical operational aspects of a wisp!!! :)
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-Original Message-
From: Matt Jenkins m...@smarterbroadband.net
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:17:53
To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] How to stabilize
In Oregon the filing costs is nothing to incorporate.
Of course a lawyer will charge what they will to fill out the forms.
One thing the sole proprietor is missing out on not being an s or c corp
is the tax benefit associated with social security.
Of course thee is more work to be a corporation,
Charles, you really should investigate the business sizes out there.
Without doing any research today, I'd say there were more one man band
businesses out there than any other type, unless you're going to lump a lot
of types together, like all the 2-100 employee businesses.
And there's a lot
Don't believe anyone says at this stage in the game about who is getting
funding. They haven't published rules or applications, much less accepted
anything.
-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
--
From:
A sole proprietorship is different than a bland proprietorship
My accountant did everything for my incorporation for... $800?
-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: Marlon K. Schafer
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