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I think these are great strategies for those who are starting a business while still working full-time at a “day job” or for high school and college students looking to make some extra cash by moonlighting as their own neighborhood’s computer guy.
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Chinese computer users are the major targets of online attackers, according to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released last week.
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Is your computer out of action? Use the time to improve your blog with these six activities as suggested by Ali from Alpha Student.
Even the most ardent bloggers will occasionally find themselves without computer access. If you’re just lacking an internet connection, you can at least write posts – but what can you do when all you’ve got is a note
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Can someone in his mid-twenties with no managerial experience, no bachelors degree, and very little start-up money start his own successful one-man business in the competitive field of computer consulting? Well, if you were to ask Eric Hamm that question, he’d not only answer with an up-beat and positive YES, but he’d tell you how he’s been doing
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Historically, the computer guy, like many other service professionals, has been undervalued and under appreciated. But beware, we computer folk hold a lot more of the cards then some may realize. For those people who tend to treat their computer guy like a second class citizen, here are the top 10 reasons why you may want to reconsider giving us
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While thinking about the long-term plan for my computer consulting business, I’m constantly struggling between two scenarios: continuing to run my business part-time indefinitely along side my “regular” job working for someone else, or making it my full time gig.
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The straight forward title obviously caught my eye and this is the book that comes up at the top of the list of any searches I did online for books about starting a computer business. Mr. Rosenthal obviously knew there was a niche to fill with this book, but does it deliver the goods?
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You can, within the limits of ethics and accuracy, represent yourself any way that you want on the Internet. Your landing page isn't written on stone tablets; it's the most ethereal of objects -- a set of bits that reside on a computer hard disk and are accessible to the world.
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When is a new business truly "ready" to launch? In this article I show you how I'm attempting to answer this question for my new computer consulting business.
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Warning: If you’re not a computer nerd, you may not fully appreciate this post. Proceed with caution (and set your phasers on stun).
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A great assessment tool is available through the Maryland SBDC that can be used by anyone who is thinking of starting their own business.
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One crazy idea that I’d like to suggest, as a way for the average computer consultant to find a niche and stand out from the hundreds of other companies out there, is by targeting consumer electronics.
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Being the kind of person that likes to see things from all angles, I decided to take the opposite view and look at some reasons why starting a computer business may not be such a good idea for me.
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Business Name Blues is a 3-part series in which I talk about the experiences I had in naming my business and give tips based on lessons I’ve learned in the process. Part 1 will explore choosing the business name. Part 2 looks into the online aspect of business naming. Part 3 closes with the legal and tax steps necessary to ensure your business nam
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This article takes a look at the conflicting statistics for small business failure rates.
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