Most service providers never make it much past break even because of the
high fixed costs in this business. Fill up one T1 with customers and the
second one is the same price as the first. You have to be able to
support large volumes just to change cost ratios. Then you have things
like CALEA that come along at change the cost equation. I've heard from
a number of people who's business plans can't support CALEA. I am
rambling a bit, but my point is that fresh capital could be just the
thing a break even business needs. How else do you punch through to the
next level?
-Matt
Lonnie Nunweiler wrote:
If you broke even but had a partner who did not help very much, then
my feeling is you should just stay on the course you have and the
profit will happen. If you bring in new money and new people my
feeling is you stand a chance you'll just end up with more of the
same. Trying to meet too many expectations is not a good thing and
ruins your focus.
Lonnie
On 2/20/07, Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
yep, rural NJ. Northern. ALL hills, ALL trees.
Doin ok so far, about break even on 300k over 4 yrs, but need a
payoff, and
now I'm lookin at some private investors who are interested.
I need to get a feel on realistic projections.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Joe Laura
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:10 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] For those in business just about a year...
I wish we would have had funding. Just hard work, 7 days a week, 14 hour
days until things started rolling. Eventually made ends meet and then
actually started seeing some profits at some point. Advertising is a
mystery. Its like certain wireless gear. It might work in some areas
but not
others. Are you in a rural area?
Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]>; "'Principal WISPA
Member
List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:51 PM
Subject: [WISPA] For those in business just about a year...
> Couple questions for you:
>
> 1) How did you get funding ?
>
> 2) How many customers are you up to so far ?
>
> 3) How many installations per month / week / day ?
>
> 4) How did they find you ? Advertising methods...
>
>
> I'm in the middle of rebuilding my company from the disaster it's
been in
> because of a deadbeat partner, and these questions (and more) came
up at a
> meeting of the minds tonight. I figured no better place to get the
answer
> than existing WISPs.
>
> Offlist, if need be. This will be private for me only, just for
> information.
>
> thanks
>
> R
>
>
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