[Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance

[Chris]

    Ok, so the banker part is out of it.  My idea of a "Strategic Alliance"
is I pay you a finders fee, commission, or you mark up what I charge you.
Then I use my company name as a consultant.    Otherwise this person or
company should just be put on your payroll.

    That would be like a gifted programmer going to Microsoft and telling
them Microsoft can do all the leg work (and I will pay them in advance) but
they have to use my company name instead of Microsoft.

    An Alliance is two business working together.    You might have better
luck to have a "no compete" agreement that says that the partner can't go to
your clients outside of you.   I've done that kind of work before and it
worked very well.    I changed the partner a discounted rate for the service
and hardware and they charged their customer.

Regards,

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Lawrence" <VOIP at ITcom.Net>
To: "'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'"
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:06 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance


> Just to clarify a point:
>
> What I am looking for is one company I can go to for all the technical
work
> and hardware for complex Asterisk installations. They will present
> themselves to my clients as my company, to me that is a "Strategic
> Alliance".
>
> I am not looking for a banker. I'll pay for a package of support hours in
> advance and will pay for all hardware when ordered, either by bank
transfer,
> credit card, paypal or whatever is required.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gary Lawrence
> ITcom.Net
> 866.4ITcom1
> 866.448.2661
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:19 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance
>
> Paul wrote:
>
> > Again, they would deal with him to get income. Anybody with
> > intelligence would want money up front or outstanding credit report
> > before proceeding.
> >
> I should mention that an outstanding credit report is one that means I
> my bank will immediately loan me at least 50% of whatever you owe me at
> a good interest rate. It also means that I could easily sell unpaid
> invoices without discounting them too much.
>
> Some people posting here should just say "I am looking for an engineer
> that also wants to be a banker"
>
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