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 …

Guest Post by Justin. Justin is a small business owner and computer technician with Protocol16, supporting small and mid-sized businesses as well as consumers in the metro area of Portland, Oregon. Many technicians that are just starting out would love to accept credit cards, but the idea of accepting them …

Since I have started my computer business I have learned a lot. I have learned not only lessons that apply to the computer business, but lessons that also apply to any industry or even just life in general. One of the lessons I would like to share with you is …

In this article, I would like to share with you a series of business and life lessons that I have learned over the years that I believe have helped me become successful in this business.

If you have been following Technibble for any length of time, you will already know that I recommend that all new computer businesses should raise their prices to something more sustainable. Once you have been in business for a year or two you may want to raise your prices again …

When you go onsite to do computer repair work, actually fixing the computer is only half of the job because also need to manage the client. In this article I have listed a few types of clients I occasionally come across and how you can manage them.

The other night just before I went to bed, I walked around the house as I always do making sure all the doors and windows are locked and my appliances are switched off. However, something slightly different happened this time because I noticed there were some cleaning cloths on one …

As a self employed computer technician, you shouldn’t be afraid of turning down certain computer technician work. I have turned down a handful of jobs in my time as a technician but one particular time I remember was when I was called out to a courier company that has a …

Whenever a clients phones me, I always try to determine whether the job should be done onsite or in my workshop. There are a few factors I will consider such as how long it will take, whether it needs to be done onsite and how much I trust that client.

I would like to share with you something that I believe has massively helped me grow my business over the years. What I have been doing is pushing myself to be more social and talk about something that isn’t just the work at hand.