[Asterisk-biz] Investment opportunity for a growth company

[Robert Augustyn]

Mike,
It could be interested but have you done any financial analysis of this
business model? How will you compete with others in the same market? Why do
you think you ( we :) ) would be better position then others?
If you consider all/some of these or none at all I still would love to talk
to you.
I will be out of town for a week but I will be contacting you when I get
back.

Thanks.
robert

  

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Welter
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:58 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Investment opportunity for a growth company

Robert Augustyn wrote:
> All,
> I cannot say if Seshu is a good person or a bad one but why do we go 
> out of our way to slam on him?
> To be honest I was very close to write very similar post. 
> I would not call myself a VC but I would consider myself a businessman 
> who thinks that there is a great potential in this industry.
> Currently I do not have a lot of time to do it all so yes I would 
> invest in an existing business or a great idea.
> I have experience in IT at all levels and as a businessman.
> If anybody is interested in building a business together I would love 
> to talk to you but you will have to be prepared to share your balance 
> sheet, Income statement other financials of your company otherwise 
> nobody( who knows anything about valuation of a business ) will invest
with you.
> 
> Please contact me directly as I will not like to get into another 
> similar discussion.
> 
The reason this started was because Seshu came across as a vulture
capatalist rather than a serious investor.  The tone of your post, as
compared with Seshu's, is much more positive.

So here is my private response to Seshu, right before I read your post:

 >Yes, this thread is dead.  It's just too bad your final post wasn't  >your
first post... none of this would have happened.
 >
 >So how risk averse are you?  I have some T-1 circuits I would like to
>order (for VoIP/PSTN bridges), but the best price comes with a three  >year
commitment--say $600/month for 36 months for one PRI circuit. 
 >Would you be willing to take some of that risk?  What would I have to
>give up?
 >
 >Michael Welter
 >303-674-2575

I'll eventually have VoIP/PSTN bridges in Denver, Salt Lake,
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Omaha/Lincoln, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, and Kansas
City.  I'll need two PRI circuits at each location.  From these systems I'll
sell iPBX services to businesses, and I'll also offer wholesale termination
to other VoIP providers.  There will also be hosting fees and Internet
connection charges at each location.  I'll be installing the Denver system
in about two weeks with the launch in March.

I'll also have a capital outlay of about $5,000 at each location.

Do you see a fit here?

Cheers,
Mike

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