Startups My town (90k pop.) has no ISPs available with over a 1.5 star rating, and I have $10,000. Can I start an ISP? |
- My town (90k pop.) has no ISPs available with over a 1.5 star rating, and I have $10,000. Can I start an ISP?
- Are my skills not valuable? Having a hard time finding collabs.
- Breaking into Venture Capital
- Launching a brand all by myself.... Should I bother with a business plan?
- Company launching. Questions on budgeting
| Posted: 29 Dec 2017 12:59 PM PST We have AT&T (one star on Google, 50+ reviews), Comcast (one star on Google, 119 reviews), and some small tech company with, again, one-star reviews from customers, and (annoyingly) five-star reviews from staff. Is it really that hard to start an ISP? I read a post here the other day where a guy was talking about how he set one up in his rural area and only needed 24 customers to break even. Are there any monopolizations or clauses or anything these companies might have over my city? How do I find out? I remember reading about how expensive it is to lay lines, and will usually run you at the very least $100,000. I also read something where someone had a similar issue, started his own ISP and only needed 24 monthly customers to break even. Can I do this? [link] [comments]  |
| Are my skills not valuable? Having a hard time finding collabs. Posted: 29 Dec 2017 09:29 AM PST I'm an electronics hardware design engineer, with 20 years experience, halfway through a masters degree, and I've been putting feelers out and cold-calling (pm's to people listing themselves as looking for designers, engineers, etc.) for a while now. I feel like people have just resigned themselves to thinking hardware design, electronics development, etc. are best left to whatever comes out of Asia and that any and all new technical products can or should only be software based. I guess I just don't know how to market myself, or even if I'm simply wasting my time, as a resource. I'm confident enough to say that I could design the electronics for nearly anything, hell I even have 10 years solid modelling experience so I can do plastic and metal as well for housings, molds, etc. And I can do enough software/firmware to get a prototype up and running. I've been doing all that for many years, and yet all of my searches for people needing to collaborate with developers are only looking for someone to do software (apps, web design, etc.). Are there simply no people out there looking to make physical technical products anymore? Has it all be relinquished to the Apple's and Microsoft's of the world? Is there no hope for someone like me to get into a business venture with someone because I'm not a full-stack software developer? TL;DR: see title. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2017 07:27 AM PST Do you know anyone that is in VC and how they got there. Is it going to be almost mandatory to get IB experience before going in the field. I am asking because I am currently in business school and VC is the end goal, however going through IB just to get that is a pain in itself, plus it would be difficult to get into IB to begin with as that is not my passion and it is a very competitive field. I come from arguably the top business school in Canada if that affects anything. I would rather do some years of consulting before attempting to enter VC if that is an option. [link] [comments]  |
| Launching a brand all by myself.... Should I bother with a business plan? Posted: 29 Dec 2017 10:25 AM PST I have had a brand name/logo in my heart for 20 years. In that time I have procrastinated long enough to have kids and raise them up to the point where they are teenagers, and now I am finding that my heart is still tugging at me to launch this brand. I am a family man, work a 9 to 5 job and don't have money to throw around. I have a lot of connections and a good support network for help as I launch this grassroots effort. I find I am really loathing the chore of developing a legitmate "business plan", and I don't intend to seek investors. Is there a need for one, if you are truly going to DIY your own startup without seeking financing? [link] [comments]  |
| Company launching. Questions on budgeting Posted: 29 Dec 2017 06:12 AM PST Hey all. After a few months of getting paperwork done and websites up and networking completed we are finally about to open the business and start making money. However we don't really know how to budget money coming in. Obviously we need to pay people which with our business comes directly from the revenue as were a contracting internet business. But for the rest of the money how do we divide it up into savings, future investments, expanding, etc? Is there an ideal way of splitting that up or any basic rules when it comes to it? Any preferred software to help manage this and graph profits month over month? Any other tips and tricks for newbies? [link] [comments]  |
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