Starting an IT Business

[lilrara11804]

good vid. I've been a graphic designer/draftsman for 10 years and am good with computers in general (always the guy family, friends and my employers call to fix something. Thinking of getting a degree online for IT and getting into Web Development and Design. Would love to own my own small biz one day, but have had a hard time getting clients in the past. Maybe adding IT to my list of skills could help....

[jjam3774]

I learned the hard way.... stay in your lane... stick with what you know...

[Westwoodedu]

Great advice! Especially for students who are graduating and deciding what to do next.  Thanks for this.

[valuesrespect1]

very good ideas..i work as a computer technician too...

[duchovony]

Nice constructive advice very useful for newbies who want to get into this feild!

[w27y]

Did you edit with Pinnacle? The music sounds familiar....

[jeremyjameskerby]

i like using my friends! =P

[hajrice]

Very good man. Please keep it up :)

[caellison1]

Very good down to earth advice Techanvil.

Currently I work for a large Computer recycling company based in Sydney, but in my free time as a hobby help fix computers for people and get paid for it. I don't feel comfortable setting up a business (nor feel it would economically viable for me), but it somehow sharpens my skills and gives a name for me out in the community.

[TCFan25]

You're a faggot caellison1

[andrew8833]

@caellison1 That is something that never occurred to me, however what I do for my paid job is an all around web developer.

In a sense not a web designer (the design side goes through our marketing agency who have all our company graphics etc), but I do the programming websites side.

[Laoch111]

hey TechAnvil, your tutorials are great.

very informative and useful.

bye.

[Jakejigz]

what is the major of an IT?? what king of job will i get someday if i take that kind of course? then if im good in picture and video editing, should i take that course?? what if im not good in programing?? should i take the IT course??

tNx!!!!!

[incansables]

Great, thanx

[darkkittycry]

Your information is great for starting almost any type of business not just IT. I like the tip on how to get the startup paperwork done at a community college. Good tips.

[devaneizanardi]

Hello Brian, thanks for the interesting and high quality videos. I am Zanardi from Brazil, I'm starting a small business in IT, training and suport. I have 20 years working with computers (since the Apple II and MSX), I spend 10 years or more with Microsoft bad products, now I'm Linux entusiast. Good luck and good fortune to you! Greetings from Brazil!

[TechAnvil]

Thanks, and good luck on the business!

[keytoothed]

Wisdom.

[darijo203]

Nice book you got there behind. lol

[Whiteice27]

haha i see a cisco book behind you...

[TechAnvil]

Yes, one of six I have. :)

[Whiteice27]

wow quick reply lol you must be like me... sleep all day play all night? or you just woke up...

[paareth]

I'm going into business for myself in the next week, mostly orientated to online services. Thanks for posting these thoughts, they were helpful and a welcome read.

[user06241973]

good job..very imformative.

[damirko]

First, Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Second, I think you brought up some great advice. The thing people need to realize like you said you have to start somewhere. Too many people want to start at the top with no foundation it was built upon. Hence, the falling tower syndrome. I think you hit it once again on the mark. Thank you again for posting a great video.

Keep up the great work.

[jaywhy069]

Hillarious. Love the subtle sense of humor.

Gotta' love begining a video about starting a business by saying give away free services!

Comedy genious. `Coupon for a free class!`

$500 a website! Wow!!!! I could pull in like, $12,000 a year!!!!

[komoru]

I don't think those things were meant to be funny.

Paypal and other companies got started by giving away their service for free. Look at Youtube. When you're starting out, you have to do things for the experience & to get your name known. If you're good the money will follow.

For a student who does website development in their spare time, $500 is not bad, plus you get the experience, and you can use it on your resume. Everyone has to start out somewhere.

[TechAnvil]

Well Jay, sorry to disappoint you but it wasn't meant to be humor. Prehaps I didn't make it clear that in order to do well, you have to be good. The easiest way to get started is to develop a reputation doing volunteer work. This series of shows is written for the interested motivated beginner. <cont>

[TechAnvil]

And as Komoru put it, everyone has to start somewhere. As for the $500 web site, there are a lot of them out there. These are basic storefront presence websites for small businesses. They don't sell off them, so they don't require a mastery of Java Script. These are the sites a beginner should try to produce.

[TechAnvil]

If you follow my comment about 10 hours to produce one, working full time you could make 100K a year <with a 2 week vacation>. Small Jobs like this are often passed up by an experenced web developer, because they pose no challenge.