I recently heard an interesting piece of business advice that really stuck with me. It stuck with me because it was something I always did, but I have just never heard it said like that. That advice is “Learn to fail fast”. Let me explain:

It doesn’t matter whether you work on 30 computers per day or just 1, a work bench of some something that almost every computer technician needs. In this article, we’ll take a look at the work benches of some of our forum members. Its a great way to get some …

I was reading about a young computer technician on the Technibble forums who had encountered some issues during his first paid computer repair job. This computer technician was asked to do some virus removal work, he quoted $50 USD and the client accepted. Later that night, the computer technician arrives …

The amount of money you will need depends on whether you are going to jump into the deep end and make your new business your only source of income, or you are going to ease into it and work elsewhere while you build up your client base.

Your logo and business card are a huge part of your business. It is the image that represents you and often people will even choose a technician over another based on their logo or business card. Our techie “I can figure it out” mind wants to create our own business …

A few months ago I ran a software giveaway in exchange for some survey answers. There were two questions that came up often amongst the technicians and one of them was: “Where do you draw the line between suggesting rebuilding a PC or suggesting that they go buy a new …

Guest Post by Lisa Hendrickson, owner of Call That Girl, 15 years experience of supporting client computer issues. For some people, working in the corporate world as IT support, gives them enough foundation to start up a business. Others who are the friend/neighborhood tech feel they have what it takes …

Doing computer repair work on a part time basis is a great way to ease into the business. It can take many months to get your client-base up to a level where your income is similar to that of your full time job. It takes time to learn how to …

Just about every day I hand out little tidbits of business advice. It might be on the Technibble forums, a podcast or even in person. Here are some of my core pieces of advice for this industry in small, easy to chew, bite-sized chunks.

When you are first starting your business, one of the last things you will probably be thinking about is how you are going to exit your business. However, this something that needs to be considered early on in your businesses life. Do you plan to sell the business and retire …