Re: Idea for a new business enterprise

Hi Baiss,


On May 5, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Baiss Eric Magnusson wrote:

> Using <iChat> I see an opportunity to create a global business  
> enterprise doing WebObjects technical support. Apple hasn't been  
> able to do it because of the cost overhead to them and us.
>
> I come by this need from being involved in solitary WebObjects  
> development in the very cosy, but small, confines of my home office  
> for the last 5 years.
>
> Hopefully most of us know the incredible abstract descriptive power  
> of the WO/Internet environment and have all these projects that  
> could revolutionize the flow of synergistic information.
>
> I know I do, but I get bogged down in the implementation, stuck for  
> too long in (*****).
>
I'm usually too busy fixing problems for people to get ideas that  
could revolutionize the flow of synergistic information.  :-P


> Would it be possible to set up a business while gearing the cost  
> per incident to a minimum while ramping up. I see something like  
> $20 for an iChat which can last up to 30 minutes. I would be  
> willing to be a contributor to such a system. Somebody probably has  
> a model already set up for payment for individual transactions.
>
> Is this totally off-base?
>
Maybe.  I see a few problems.  One is that it works out to a rather  
low hourly rate.  For us, this would be a money losing opportunity.   
The second is that there may not be enough willing parties, so  
handling concurrent problems could be an issue.  Related to this is  
the problem of handling calls from the other time zones or  
internationally.  Ignoring issues like that, it sounds like my dream  
job.


Chuck

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