I think the 31st would be fine. I'm finding that a lot of my business is based on partnerships with other companies, rather than direct sales. It would be nice to know where everyone else fits. I am more interested in specializing in areas that aren't well served, as opposed to competing with others.
-Tim On May 15, 2006 23:34, Chad Kempt wrote: > 31st doesn't look too bad for me as of now...where did you want to > meet? Is everyone except me in the GTA? I'm coming in from...well > pretty much Hamilton (actually Caledonia...I think the native Americans > have made my town a bit famous...or infamous as the case may be) so > North York is almost 2 hours for me, so if people are closer to the > Mississauga side of the GTA I'd be happy to meet there :) Of course I'm > being a bit selfish here...but I'm just trying to save myself some > driving! :D > > Kristian Ward wrote: > > This is exactly what I wanted to get started. > > > > I'm looking to try to shoot for a meeting on the 31st. > > > > How does this date fair for everyone who is interested? > > > > Kristian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chad Kempt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:08 PM > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: SPAM-LOW: [biz] Re: [on-asterisk] RE: Business Owners G2G > > > > This is pretty much what I was thinking Dave. > > > > My business is involved in small/medium businesses deploying 'usually' > > (and I say that tongue in cheek) either a Linux Domain with windows > > clients, samba acting as a domain controller, or a Windows Small > > Business Server. Primarily I'm interested in selling monthly > > maintenance contracts on hardware (I do a fair bit of systems > > integration) and anything to do with software/point of sale/etc; I > > usually let a partnering business take care of. I am a quickbooks > > proadvisor so any businesses dealing quickbooks I tend to taek care of > > (I found it counter productive to bring in several parties to work on a > > 3 user office for example) but anything bigger...well.. I got > > interested in Asterisk and have been offering some VOIP services on a > > limited basis, for larger implementations I'd be more than happy to > > partner with someone(s) with more experience and understanding of the > > environment. It's a give and take relationship though, if I'm bringing > > people in to do work for me with regards to XYZ, I expect to get pulled > > in by them with my services on there clients with regards to my products > > ZYV. > > > > Just name the date and place and you can count me in, the guest speaker > > idea mentioned previously is also very appealing...with regards to > > marketing and what not, I've always found that a nuisance and I'd like > > to know what's working for others. Oh and for anyone worried about > > competition, I don't think that's going to be an issue...besides I'm not > > even operating in the GTA, the closest I come is probably Mississauga. > > Regardless though I have found it a benefit as opposed to a detriment to > > partner with other businesses that are slightly different with regards > > to there product offering. > > > > Regards, > > Chad > > > > Dave Donovan wrote: > >> I'd be interested. I think a lot of us are small shops and we'd > >> benefit from partnering on certain things. I can see opportunities > >> for me to partner with a group or individual with experience deploying > >> hardened Linux boxes in an enterprise environment with me providing > >> some expertise in call centre deployments and CRM software; just as an > >> example. > >> > >> I'd be interested to know what everyone else is doing. What is your > >> focus, what skills or specialties to you offer. > >> > >> I think that a number of the businesses in the group are not focused > >> entirely on Asterisk. Some are Linux implementation shops that also > >> do Asterisk. I'm an IT consultant who does some Asterisk where it > >> applies and I'm sure there are endless combinations. I know when a > >> project isn't well suited to my company. The more people I can > >> network with about business, the better I can hand that deal off or > >> partner with someone. > >> > >> On a matter of protocol, we should probably consider moving this > >> thread over to taug-biz. I'll copy this message to that list to > >> facilitate the transition. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On 5/15/06, *Kristian Ward* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Well the basis of the meet would be everything from business > >> development to > >> sales & marketing and everything in between. > >> > >> I have access to a lot of people out there such as Marketing > >> Agencies to > >> high level accountants who can come in and speak with us to > >> educate us how > >> to help us grow our business, get grants and loans to increase our > >> technology offerings and this is to just mention some of the ideas > >> I have on > >> the top of my head. > >> > >> This is not going to be a meeting to talk tech - the regular > >> meetings are > >> good for that. > >> > >> I want this meeting to be a time for all of our minds to connect and > >> a decent way to help each other with all of our very different skill > >> sets. > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jim Van Meggelen [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > >> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:31 AM > >> To: 'Kristian Ward'; 'Kristian Ward'; 'Dominic Ogbonna'; 'Mark > >> Palser'; > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] RE: Business Owners G2G > >> > >> For myself, I find that the regular TAUG meetings discuss most of > >> what I am > >> interested in from a business perspective. > >> > >> If you could give a bit more detail on what you would want to > >> focus on I'd > >> be able to better evaluate my interest. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> -- > >> Jim Van Meggelen > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > >> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177> > >> > >> "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. > >> This makes me rich." > >> Guy Kawasaki > >> -- > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Kristian Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > >> > >> > Sent: May 15, 2006 10:16 AM > >> > To: 'Kristian Ward'; 'Dominic Ogbonna'; 'Mark Palser'; > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > Subject: [on-asterisk] RE: Business Owners G2G > >> > > >> > Hello group, > >> > > >> > I would like to setup an Asterisk Business GTG. > >> > > >> > The meeting would give us business owners the chance to > >> > connect with each other and share and learn from one another. > >> > It would definitely be a great way to help us all build our > >> > businesses to be as successful as we all aspired for them to be. > >> > > >> > What I wanted to see from this email is how many of us would > >> > be willing to come out one night for me to organize something > >> > really nice for us as a group to get together once a month or > >> > something like that. > >> > > >> > Let me know if you're interested > >> > > >> > Kristian > >> > > >> > -- > >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release > >> > Date: 5/14/2006 > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > -- > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release > >> > Date: 14/05/2006 > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: > >> 14/05/2006 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: > >> 5/14/2006 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: > >> 5/14/2006 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: > >> 5/14/2006 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > >> unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David Donovan > >> Consultant > >> Fulcrum Solutions > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tim St. Pierre IP telephony specialist sip://[EMAIL PROTECTED] Toronto: 647 722 6930 Toll-Free 1 888 488 6940 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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