Start Your Own Computer Business: Building a Successful PC Repair and Service Business by Supporting Customers and Managing Money

by Morris Rosenthal, Reva Rubenstein (Illustrator)

UPDATED EDITION From buying and selling PC hardware to product development and selling services, "Start Your Own Computer The Unembellished Guide" offers a realistic picture of making it on your own. Bestselling author, Morris Rosenthal, has 15 years of experience in the computer business, building and repairing thousands of PCs and helping hundreds of customers. The book mixes practical advice and cautions with real-world anecdotes of successes and failures. Dollars and cents play a prominent role in the book, as Rosenthal stresses that the real challenge of succeeding in the computer business is the business part of the equation. Managing employees, inventory and scarce financial resources are covered, along with how to remain sane and when to quit. The book is illustrated with a series of original cartoons on the computer business subject.

Genres: Business

161 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Brent McGregor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Running a small computer business is next to impossible. Marketing, billing, merchandising, customer service, you name it, the competition is bigger and badder. There is a niche, but it is a very cramped one.
Your only hope is to put down the technical manuals and read something like this.

[Rhett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dated but pragmatic for someone ready to transtion to a role as a MSP.

[Andreas Michaelides · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title says it all, a wonderful book that shows you step by step what to do to have a successful computer pc repair business, it really helped me a lot when I stared my own computer shop ten year ago and for the next 6 years that I had the business was always a guide for me.
Highly recommended.