To whom it may concern:
Starting from zero and nowhere plus an old computer, I've spent the last few
Months since September 2011 in St. Gallen, building a small but steady ISP
operation supporting close to 30 active customers as of right now.
At my business' core, a remarkable web of ideas. Entirely founded on a rather
ingenious prepaid-everything-everywhere philosophy, aiming for no less than
total evasion from last-mile stranglehold and reseller slavery in particular
and other, potentially unhealthy dependencies in general while reaching far
beyond "just" telecommunications, into financial services and more. Much of
this glorious plan has been condensed down from my brains into a paper,
covering 86 pages A4 already. Some people would literally kill to get their
hands on those pages, they just don't know yet... But gladly, there's no need
to send a hitman! I'll let you read the entire thing if you sign me an NDA or
hire me on the spot.
I've evaluated the basics, considered the law, estimated the cost, implemented
a network, set up a pilot, demonstrated the principle functioning in a live
environment, devised products for the market and -in virtually no time- started
attracting customers, making money since March 2012. Everything was looking
just fine and very promising and I've been busy preparing the next steps:
getting admission as an "FDA", just before hiring a handful of motivated people
to get things moving swift on a larger scale. We were about to start rumbling
the neighbourhood, if not the entire city and more!
As it turns out, I've relied on the wrong people to do business with and back
this up - Now, everything appears to be going down the drain, anytime soon.
Because....my operation is yet about 10 times too small in terms of customers
to survive by itself (aka pay for the running costs and allowing myself a
humble salary for shelter, food and living a rather simple life), I've been
trying to find fresh capital to support expansion as planned. Alas, in vain so
far. So little time, way too little time - And that little time's about to run
out.
So...uh... I could use a little HELP over here.
An Angel investor, perhaps? A "friendly takeover" by another ISP?
An offer for a decent job? While I bring my customers, my brains and -likely-
my plans with me?
All your questions, suggestions and considerations are very-most welcome
off-list.
I'm open to your ideas. This is a chance. I just don't want to succumb and give
in!
Serenely
Chris Burri
Informatiker EFZ
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"To do is to be" - Socrates // "To be is to do" - Sartre // "Dobedobedoo"
- Sinatra
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