We run around 10 full time. More temp. More if I can find quality people. I could use another 5 today. This business is all about cash positive. Unlike the government, we can't print our own money and devalue our country.
Even if you're taking money from the outside (vc, bank, etc) when all is said and done, you must take in with your left hand more than you put out with your right. The dot-com "formula" is fine for a bunch of teeny boopers. Not for real businesses. Marco On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Patrick Leary <ple...@apertonet.com> wrote: > I can certainly respect your pay-as-you-grow approach. So how many > employees do you have Marco? > > > Patrick Leary > Aperto Networks > 813.426.4230 mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Marco Coelho > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:21 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barriers to WISP growth > > Patrick, > > Not being one for gov money.... > > We have excellent credit. We have that because we only expand at a rate > the will allow funding (new business) to cover our costs. So the cycle > goes: > > 1. Build out X number of Towers. > 2. Market X number of Areas. > 3. Install Customers to X*Y until well funded. > > Repeat. > > I think a lot of the companies that take stimulus money are going to go > under in the long run. They will go like the dot-coms. Build build > Build.... Ah shit no revenue! > > That being said, we are vertical, all workers work for the company. > That is the only way you can control quality. Good employees are very > hard to find. For every 100-200 applications/resumes, maybe 10 are > worth talking to seriously. You're lucky to find 1 that is worth > hiring. > > Always a ray of sunshine! > > Marco Coelho > Argon Technologies Inc. > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:25 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Patrick, >> >> #1- Labor: There is very little skilled resources here. >> #2- Funding: Especially for labor. Normal financing channels are >> available but I will not take on too much debt at one time. >> #3- Time: There is little extra time to dedicate towards expansion >> versus daily operations. >> >> Notes- >> Employees: Too small to enjoy such a "luxury". >> Stimulus: I don't believe in it and did not apply. >> Technologies: Proprietary equipment are a bit too expensive unless you > >> buy CPE in 100 packs. Even then, the AP's are still expensive. >> >> -RickG >> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Patrick Leary <ple...@apertonet.com> > wrote: >>> >>> Regardless of your tech choice -- Moto, 802.11-based, WiMAX or other, > >>> I am interested to know what are the greatest barriers to growth and > why? >>> >>> Some possibilities: >>> Is it funding and if so, are your normal channels for money frozen or > >>> otherwise gone? >>> Is it competition? If so, how specifically. >>> Are you constrained from hiring due to high cost of employee benefits > >>> (e.g. health insurance)? >>> Are you stalled waiting for response from your stimulus application? >>> Are you stalled trying to defend against someone else's stimulus >>> application that would include your market? >>> Are the current technologies too expensive or technicall inadequate >>> to deliver what you need to compete? >>> >>> Patrick Leary >>> Aperto Networks >>> 813.426.4230 mobile >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ----------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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