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Emerging Opportunities
Financial crisis, Economic Recovery pagackage, green industries all represent disruption or industry evolution which can lead to business opportunities. I'm wondering how people are thinking about this and what kinds of business oportunities they see coming out of all of this.
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Permalink Reply by Dale Beermann on -
I think that one of the things that we're going to see is a turn to entrepreneurship as one of the few viable options for those currently unemployed. This is magnified by the fact that you have large numbers of newly unemployed workers coming from industries such as the automobile industry and the paper industry here in Wisconsin. Where do several thousand people go for work in a small community? I think that in many cases they'll have to create their own work. To this end, we need ways to address the entrepreneurial needs of these demographics in addition to those that already exist.
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Metzger on -
Right on Dale.
I've created my own work by starting my Orange Computer business. I couldn't find a decent paying job, so I decided to create my own.
There are many opportunities in this down economy. I'm providing computer services for less than Best Buy can (I have much lower overhead costs). People seek me out to save that money. I can sell a used computer that does the same thing a new one can for half the cost. People seek out those bargains.
There's opportunity for those that look for it.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Wynn on
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I actually teach inner city kids financial literacy and most of them need computers! All of a sudden, I'm wondering if we might be able to obtain some quantities of used computers for our kids! (Note: we don't have money for that right now, but we could consider raising the money. Can you provide an estimate of what a decent used on might cost?).
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Metzger on
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Many of my customers are people with low incomes. I sell refurbished Dell computers. With a monitor, they range from between $200 and $600.
I sell them with Ubuntu Linux, http://www.ubuntu.com/ , an operating system that is an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Ubuntu Linux is free, so it lowers the cost of a computer by about $100. It also doesn't get viruses.
Since I'm in La Crosse, buying from me probably wouldn't be cost effective. There are plenty of sources in Madison (I'm assuming that's where you are located). I can advise when you get closer to purchasing.
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Permalink Reply by Pha Lee on -
UW-Whitewater used to have SURPLUS computers that are still very good between the price of $70 and $100 each. I'm not sure if they still do that, but I can check if you like.
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Permalink Reply by Pha Lee on
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I talked to alot of people and they don't have any specific contact info, but here is the number that might be able to assist you further. You may call FP&M at 262-472-1320. Good Luck.
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Permalink Reply by Will Robus on -
UW-Madison has a surplus store also, its called SWAP.
http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/swap/inventory.html#computer
They have very reasonable machines, the drawback is they don't have any software on them. But you could look into free operating systems and open source programs, such as Ubuntu and OpenOffice.
The good thing is though, that if you are a non-profit, you get to shop on Thursday (before the general public on Friday).
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Permalink Reply by Choton Basu on -
Does this help at all: http://www.mint.com/
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