Equipment leasing? Every install for us is a break-even (after truck
roll, installing a firewall/router/AP for free, etc.) and we start
making money on every customer on their first monthly payment. :)
Just a thought.
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
> 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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