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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Don Gould wrote: > > Philip Arndt wrote: >> I, myself, don't care about it being xls. Open office reads it >> fine.. :-) >> > Ok... so now we know you can read it... did you find it useful? I found it useful. Cheers Don. > Do you agree? I found the cost of some things quite above what I would consider to be the norm. $1k for software?? You run microsoft don't you. :) - From the point of view of someone starting out there are a hell of a lot of cost cuts that could be made here. These are the suggestions that I would recommend for someone starting out; Skip the Server System. There's plenty of places you can host without the need for your own servers. Printer. I've been running a paperless office for over a year now. It's possible to do it. Software. My total bill for software since I started: $0. Percentage of legit software in the office: 100% Telephone: You don't need one. Stick with the mobile. Mobile Broadband for customer presentations: There's plenty of free wireless now. Data Projector for presentations and training: Presentations, yes; but what are you presenting? Training, no. Sit them in front of a keyboard for training. Car: Everything you do is online. You don't need one. Marketing and Sales Costs: Word of mouth recommendations may increase the Entertainment budget, but not nearly as much as this field. Just as a side note; a reasonable number of my clients aren't even in the same city so things like presentations/training/car are superfluou. More often than not I tend to avoid presentations too. If I have to sell myself like that then I'm not that interested, but that's just me. If a potential client is considering my services and pretty diagrams and arm waving is going to cause them to pick me I'm not interested in them at all. - -- Regards Gold Evolved Development +64 21 248-4653 http://evolved.net.nz/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iD8DBQFJLGJbkVfZisani9sRAl5sAKDNe7+oRURUwiayKBai5xZkNywrGwCghbTa LKXdNMcc2J7LlQUoPJIE7/Y= =7g4m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
