By: Matt R. on July 27th, 2009 Categories: Lists This past Saturday, July 25th, marked the 1st anniversary of this blog.   It was exactly one year ago on that date that I published my first post here at Y.F.N.C.G. and began my adventures in blogging and entrepreneurship. It was in that post that post I laid the foundation for what has been a wonderful and challenging year.  A year which saw me plan, and begin running, a part-time computer consulting business. Although cur... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on July 27th, 2009 Categories: Lists This past Saturday, July 25th, marked the 1st anniversary of this blog.   It was exactly one year ago on that date that I published my first post here at Y.F.N.C.G. and began my adventures in blogging and entrepreneurship.  It was in that post that post I laid the foundation for what has been a wonderful and challending year.  A year which saw me plan, and begin running, a part-time computer consulting business.  Although cur... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on July 12th, 2009 Categories: Starting a Business, Website Wilderness Series In the Website Wilderness Series I will share my experiences and insights as I try to build a successful web site for my computer consulting company. I’ve reached the stage in the development of my computer business where I think it’s time to start constructing a website. Over the last few weeks I’ve been tinkering around with different layouts for the site.  In do... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on July 12th, 2009 Categories: Starting a Business, Website Wilderness Series In the Website Wilderness Series I will share my experiences and insights as I try to build a successful web site for my computer consulting company. I’ve reached the stage in the development of my computer business where I think it’s time to start constructing a website. Over the last few weeks I’ve been tinkering around with different layouts for the site.  In doin... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on June 25th, 2009 Categories: Interviews If you’re in the computer repair business, you’ve probably heard of Daniel Hand.  He’s known primarily as the author of Computer Repair Business Lessons Learned, a book which I reviewed here previously.  But he is also very active in the computer consulting community as founder of the National Association of Computer Repair Business Owners (NACRBO) and regular participant in the forums on Technibble.... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on June 25th, 2009 Categories: Interviews If you’re in the computer repair business, you’ve probably heard of Daniel Hand.  He’s known primarily as the author of Computer Repair Business Lessons Learned, a book which I reviewed here previously.  But he is also very active in the computer consulting community as founder of the National Association of Computer Repair Business Owners (NACRBO) and regular participant in the forums on Technibble. ... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on June 10th, 2009 Categories: Finance Stuff, Starting a Business, Stories from the "Trenches" I was inspired by a recent article over at Small Business Trends about small business bootstrapping. In the article, the author tells the story of how he has successfully grown his business into a multimillion dollar enterprise with no debt and using no outside investors. This is the approach I’m taking with my business and it’s great to hear about succ... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on June 10th, 2009 Categories: Finance Stuff, Starting a Business, Stories from the "Trenches" I was inspired by a recent article over at Small Business Trends about small business bootstrapping. In the article, the author tells the story of how he has successfully grown his business into a multimillion dollar enterprise with no debt and using no outside investors. This is the approach I’m taking with my business and it’s great to hear about succes... Read Full Story

By: Matt R. on May 21st, 2009 Categories: Computer Guy's Toolbox In the “Computer Guy’s Toolbox” series, I highlight a product or service that I think will benefit the independent computer tech, with an emphasis on affordability. One of the unfortunate aspects of running a computer consulting business is the paperwork. Like it or not, if you want to run a legitimate operation and protect yourself, you’ll want to document everything. Work orders, contracts, service p... Read Full Story

In the “Computer Guy’s Toolbox” series, I highlight a product or service that I think will benefit the independent computer tech, with an emphasis on affordability. One of the unfortunate aspects of running a computer consulting business is the paperwork. Like it or not, if you want to run a legitimate operation and protect yourself, you’ll want to document everything. Work orders, contracts, service plans, waivers, advertisements, customer and vendor tracking, it can all be a bit over... Read Full Story