[Asterisk-biz] Buying hardware from China...

[Greg Broiles]

What if, instead of trying to do a little bit of everything, you got
really good at doing a single thing, and worked with other people who
were also good at their respective competencies?

If you are trying to be in all three of the hardware, minutes, and
consultancy/services markets, you make it a less attractive
proposition for other people to work with you, since you are competing
with them (no matter what they're doing). On the other hand, if you -
for example - decided to be a hardware distributor/reseller, you might
be able to team up with VARs/consultants who need a source for
hardware, and make cross-marketing deals with companies who sell
minutes/DIDs.

It's also a lot of work for you and your staff to become competent to
sell and support three different sorts of things to the different
kinds of customers.

I realize that's not really the question that you asked, but it's what
jumps out at me from your message.

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Greg Broiles, JD, EA
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