New Computer Support Company Start-Up and Volunteering for Non-Profits (Slides)

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New Computer

Support Company

Start-Up and

Volunteering for

Non-Profits Courtesy of the

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Is it a Good Idea

for a Start-up to

Volunteer for

Non-profits?

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Why Volunteer?



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While Volunteering

is a Great Way to

Help a Few Causes

that You Feel

Passionate About



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You Need Paying

Clients to Build and

Grow a Computer

Support Company



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Generating Some

References and

Testimonials Can

Be Very Valuable



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So Volunteering

Can Be a Very

Smart Decision

Initially



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You Have to Know

What Your Desired

Target Market

Really is and

When to Move on



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Keep Priorities

Straight



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At the Outset of

Your Start-up,

There are Two

Overriding

Priorities:



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1. Take Care of

Your Existing

Paying Clients



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2. Spend Time on

Marketing,

Sales, and

Business

Development



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Build Your Team

of Partners



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Who Are Some

Great Potential

Partners for a

Computer Support

Company?



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• Accountants



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• Management

Consultants



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• Attorneys



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• Graphic

Designers



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• Website

Designers



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• Online Marketing

Agencies



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• Software

Developers



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• Very Deeply-

Niched

IT Consultants



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There are

Two Big Reasons

to Partner:



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1. Already Have a

Foot in the Door

with Small

Business Clients



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2. Provide Valuable

Skill-sets that

Complement

Yours



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Differentiate,

Differentiate, and

Then Differentiate

Some More



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If a New Start-up

Like this Doesn’t

Differentiate,

It Will Become a

Commodity Broker



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Differentiation is

Especially

Important when

Marketing Managed

Services



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What’s Been Your

Experience With

Volunteering for

Non-profits



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as Part of Your

Business Growth

Strategy?



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Aside from the

Tremendous

Gratification,

Have You Found

Tangible Benefits?



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How Have You

Balanced this

Volunteering with

Other Competing

Priorities?



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Please Share Your

Thoughts on

Starting up a New

Computer Support

Company



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In the Comments

Area Below



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New Computer Support Company Start-Up and Volunteering for Non-Profits (Slides)