My failed poor executions

[Late Bloomer]

When is the last time you ever heard someone who's not a computer enthusiast, complain that their computer was slow? For me it was years ago. Today every machine has a gigahertz processor and a gigabyte of ram, with a fast hard drive or an SSD. Nobody worries any more about how to put their family budget spreadsheet into memory so it will calculate faster.

Performance does still make a difference for specialties like high end graphics and gaming, film production, supercomputers, manufacturing engineering.

I didn't mean try to block access from the U.S.
I just meant that I think it will be easier for a European guy to get customers throughout Europe first.

I'm glad you mentioned the gig sites. There are some very good threads here on how to use Upwork and Fiverr. I made a false start with them, then I decided I didn't want to pursue them now for some personal reasons. That's why I forgot to suggest them to you. Your situation is different than mine. The gig sites might be great for you! That might be your fastest path to your $1k per week part time! Check out those threads to learn more. In fact for you I'd go there first. It might be easier for you to only have to do a predefined task, rather than build up a whole web design business or whatever. Learn about and give a try to all these things. Lex and some other forum members show exactly how they succeeded with Upwork and Fiverr.

 

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[LittleWolfie]

When is the last time you ever heard someone who's not a computer enthusiast, complain that their computer was slow?

Yesterday, there is a reason mining rigs are often overclocked, and not all crypto miners are computer enthusiasts, a lot just want to make a quick buck.

I'm looking at it and reading the threads on it here, and also learning copy while exploring other avenues.

 

[Late Bloomer]

I edited my post while you were replying. I'm enthusiastic about your possibilities with the gig sites.

I'd suggest you focus first with something like 80% of your available time for work. See if you can make a little bit of money doing some small tasks and projects. Ideally charge for results rather than by the hour.

Use a few hours a week to learn about Fox-style web site sales. Make a few small portfolio sites as a volunteer for local charities, then stop doing any free web work.

Use a few hours a week to build a blog about the high-end 5-star computer recipes that intrigue you.

By blog I mean to include any kind of online presence that could make your posts show up on search engines. I don't care if you choose a Facebook page or Twitter feed or Youtube channel, rather than your own Wordpress installation.

It could even be a forum thread here, "let's talk about high end GPU's" or whatever. Andy Black uses this site to become known as the Adsense guy, by giving a lot of valuable info to the community. In the same way, maybe you could use this site to become known as the deluxe hardware guy.

I would let everything else go for now. Realistically you're in no position right now to try to define a new computer architecture, or to make some incredible new type of code. You'd be more pragmatic to put that study time into sales, marketing, basic management tasks like accounting and taxes, and MVP based entrepreneurship.

Better to be a master marketer of something routine, than a starving genius inventor. Look at how much money McDonald's makes, with dollar-menu hamburgers that haven't got any better in 50 years. Right now, it's more important for you to make a profit turning the crank to sell something.

That's the plan I would use, if I was in your shoes.

 

[LittleWolfie]

I would let everything else go for now. Realistically you're in no position right now to try to define a new computer architecture, or to make some incredible new type of code.

Well, it's not new architecture or incredible code, but I am in the position to make it, because I did. My PC runs the whole OS in RAM, now. I ran a shitty ICO using the wizards and free tools available. That's not hard. It's on the level of the guy who posted here about putting skins and open source software on laptops flogged to high school students.

What's hard is sales and turning a profit.

Perhaps, I'm better concentrating on something else (freelancing via upwork or one of the social reviews mentioned elsewhere on here first to make money, and give

I will use my PC for that anyway,I can always blog about how nice it is, and give the software away for free.

 

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[Late Bloomer]

By running your personal computer's OS all in RAM, you solved a minor problem that few people these days see as a problem, and even fewer are willing to pay for. Not much of a business model there.

Yes, go after what people are already spending money on. That's the nice thing about the gig sites. Clients post there because they have money, and they want to spend it by paying someone to do something for them. Doesn't matter right now if it's impressive or unique, as long as it puts some money in your pocket on a weekly basis. Jobs, Edison, Disney, Ford all had day jobs for a while... you can survive it too, and come out of the experience as inventive as you want to be!

 

[sparechange]

where do you live....

 

[Late Bloomer]

where do you live....

This is what I imagine...


or maybe this is his village...

 

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[LittleWolfie]

Wow this got long, and there is a lot to unpack. @Late Bloomer when I got this question, I realised a problem and an issue I'm having. From what I've been reading the first paragraph is the best.

where do you live....

While, I'm willing to relocate or commute for the right opportunity or make it so that I can be available in person once a week or once a month depending on the location/value add. If needed I could get a loan for a month or so to enable relocation though, I have to really belive that it will add enough value to me to make the commitment.

I realised I have a psychological issue over this question, because people who online are interested in me, what I am doing one minute, and lose interest when they find out where I live. They don't believe I can add value form here or via commuting I guess. This is a multiple occurrence across various walks of life, so I don't think it is just me. I will be intrigued to see how knowing the answer to that question helps you value add, and how it changes your response.

I hope it won't lead to the usual silence, but to engaging and value-added feedback. It's Holbeach Hurn

I looked up the density of Vancouver, since that was mentioned as a viable place for flipping while I could reach an area of similar density in 3 to 4 hours (depending on connections) that's a viable option with a 9-5 and My trusty folding bike, since it only works out to 16 hours a day then. (However by the third day, a hotel room would be cheaper) If a weekly transit pass was as cheap as 100 candian dollars, I'd buy it. However flipping in the evening or weekends would be harder to make viable due to the extra cost of overnight stays due to the transit schedule.

Delivery of items sold online is one thing,(assuming the delivery cost is high enough,and the item small enough) but going there for the chance of income? To meet time wasters who don't have the funds? (The nice thing with bitcoin, is I can quickly verify people who have funds, for timewasters since I have a terrible bullshit detector)

I'd very quickly be spending a lot of money and time, where as if I'm approaching people online, the costs are negilibe, and I save large amounts for accelerating what is working. Of course the flip side of that is everyone has the same chance, and I get lost in the noise.

(I'm fortunate in that I'm not as isolated as some in the backwoods might be, if I could drive or order a taxi) plus I can quickly move once an income stream that does not depend on my location is established (hence my interest in slow lane remote work jobs) interviews are much cheaper, work can begin and I can relocate, then flip, network, consult with target markets etc.

My issue with the gig sites, was (especially upwork) that I just got constant work for equity offers, would spend a lot of time doing a proposal up, answering questions, second rounds etc then it turns out they can't afford to pay me, and are only offering equity becuase "startup" the third time was enough to put me off. Not to mention lots of clients who wanted "to meet in person" fine, I quoted for the cost of meeting them including travel and they just ghosted, at least I didn't waste time and money travelling for a no show. I'd have skyped with them for free.

Fiverr might make sense, if I can think of a value add gig that won't take too long to deliver as the base.
I'm following up some of the other sites mentioned on the forum too.

No, I can't take a lawnmower on the bus, I asked.

The second picture is probably the amount of people here, and some times it really does feel like being there.

 

[LittleWolfie]

I think I also get impatient, when I can't see a result and add to that the fact I probably have a block where I can't see what is a really good need or niche to see, I am not motivated to keep plugging away on the things that I think will produce money eventually.

 

[AllanB]

where do you live....

The question is so simple.
Your answer is so... incomprehensible (for me).

It is not surprising that you have never sold anything.
You have a communication problem in my opinion.

Have you been diagnosed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?

 

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[LittleWolfie]

The question is so simple.
Your answer is so... incomprehensible (for me).

It is not surprising that you have never sold anything.
You have a communication problem in my opinion.

Have you been diagnosed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Holbeach Hurn.

There was a lot of response there to the other poster too, and thoughts you possibly didn't want, I could have made that clearer.

Your right I have been diagnosed with a communication problem, I have not been diagnosed with ADHD

 

[LittleWolfie]

@AllanB

Why do you want to know where I live?

 

[sparechange]

lol i give up, good night

 

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[Late Bloomer]

I took a guess in the other thread before I read this one. I see I wasn't all that far off!

Why would there be any personal shame about where you come from?

Doing a quick web search, I see that you're in a county of a million people. But the population is sprawled over an enormous agricultural area with unusually poor transit. Looks like four hours each way to a major city like London or Manchester, whether you drive or take transit.

Without relocating, a relevant day job seems unlikely. If you could relocate to some place with a reasonable commute to a million businesses, you might well be able to get a code or tech oriented day job, or some clients you could help in person.

It also looks like getting a driver's license and car might give you a LOT more freedom where you live now.

Anyway, you are fluent in English as a native speaker, smart, moderately ambitious, and good with computers. That's certainly enough to be able to offer some technology based business services.

What does any of the limitations of where you're from, have to do with the quality of the outcomes YOU can provide to clients? You don't have to sell anyone that Holbeach is the next Silicon Valley. You only a few people a month to believe that there is one guy, who happens to be from Lincolnshire, who can do something worth a few hundred dollars/pounds/euro... something which you can deliver online. I'd heard of Lincolnshire, but I'd never heard of Holbeach until today. Absolutely no emotional reaction, no assumptions at all about you based on knowing where you live.

Anyway you aren't the first to have had to overcome prejudice based on your hometown:
"And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see." - John 1:46

I agree with the other forum members who are baffled at why you'd want to hide where you're from.

The colorful village is a screen shot from the very weird 1960's BBC spy/science fiction series "The Prisoner." The actual location is Portmeirion, Wales.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Why do you want to know where I live?

Because it's a totally normal, natural, spontaneous show of human interest in mutual understanding and connection. It's not a test with a right answer that you're about to flunk by telling the truth.

 

[Late Bloomer]

My issue with the gig sites, was (especially upwork) that I just got constant work for equity offers, would spend a lot of time doing a proposal up, answering questions, second rounds etc then it turns out they can't afford to pay me, and are only offering equity becuase "startup" the third time was enough to put me off. Not to mention lots of clients who wanted "to meet in person" fine, I quoted for the cost of meeting them including travel and they just ghosted, at least I didn't waste time and money travelling for a no show. I'd have skyped with them for free.

That's because of ineffective marketing and sales on your part. Lex's thread will help you there. You need to include in your profile / how to work with me section:
* At this time I'm only available for already funded businesses. I'm not looking to offer a no-money-down equity split in a startup concept. If you can get funded, come back then and I'll make you a reasonably priced fee for service offer.
* I can offer great deals because I live in a remote agricultural area, with expenses far less than in London. This means that we'll work through the Internet and phone calls. I'm happy to offer a Skype call if you'd like a direct conversation, but I'm not available for a four hour each way trip halfway across the country on speculation.

You could probably find friendlier ways to make these points. If you say these things up front, then you can instantly dismiss people who want a free in person meeting about free work on their unfunded premise.

 

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[LittleWolfie]

lol i give up, good night

I knew it, you just helped me make some money though, so thanks and good night.

 

[LittleWolfie]

That's because of ineffective marketing and sales on your part. Lex's thread will help you there. You need to include in your profile / how to work with me section:
* At this time I'm only available for already funded businesses. I'm not looking to offer a no-money-down equity split in a startup concept. If you can get funded, come back then and I'll make you a reasonably priced fee for service offer.


You could probably find friendlier ways to make these points. If you say these things up front, then you can instantly dismiss people who want a free in person meeting about free work on their unfunded premise.

I had the first point in there, and they all kept coming, and nothing else. I could have included the other one somehow.

I need to read that thread, because well I need to learn sales.

 

[LittleWolfie]

I came across an interesting idea on here., The basics of it was you just link up people on craigslist looking for odd jobs, and people looking for labour. Since you don;t have to be there, anywhere in particular and only need internet and VOIP number, it appealed to me.


However when I investigated I planned to follow the process (find site with looking for work and looking for workers post, post a spoof of each to gauge responses, then set up VOIP number in ideal target market and start calling up and connecting.

However their were almost no looking for workers ads.

I don't think there is an exact equivalent, the closet one requires you to get a postcard with a code on it to verify your address. So it wouldn't be cost effective. However I at least did something and started to think about what kind of existing alternative sites, I might be able to use.

I was worried that I was doing too much analysis so it was good to see a simple, cheap verification process, hopefully I can learn to apply that elsewhere.

I also decided to give a short term of INSIDERS a go. Perhaps I can find a better Idea Needing Execution there. I am convinced that the best ideas, for me are not my own. I'm also looking to find stories of those in a similar position as me who had success, to see if that triggers any fastlane ideas.

 

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[sparechange]

just pick an industry you are interested in, anything.

try to make $1 there.

 

[LittleWolfie]

just pick an industry you are interested in, anything.

try to make $1 there.

That's what I've been trying to do. Maybe it's because I'm broadly intrested,maybe because I've no idea how to network and generate sales online.

 

[LittleWolfie]

I missed this reply.

. If you could relocate to some place with a reasonable commute to a million businesses, you might well be able to get a code or tech oriented day job, or some clients you could help in person.

Absolutely I would love this, if we define reasonable commute as 1 to 2 hours a day, then literally all I need is rent money. 10.20(about $14) or 8.75 (about $11) hourly at 40 hours a week depending on if I go south or north. Being a lodger Mon to Fri returning home each weekend is viable then for a few weeks while I look for something better.

Looks like four hours each way to a major city like London or Manchester, whether you drive or take transit.
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Actually if you drive to the train station at Peterborough, you could reach Paris in four hours,the train service there is excellent,although going South of the Thames is rather tricky.

It also looks like getting a driver's license and car might give you a LOT more freedom where you live now.

I agree and that's why I spent a chunk of change on learning to drive (lessons are not free through the schools here) the instructor wouldn't put me in for tests, and I ran out of money for more lessons. (It didn't help, that I had no practise partner and so had to pay a lot more for practise) I was told on this fourm this was an excuse though, personally I think failing the test to get the legally required license is a pretty good reason for not driving.

In retrospect, I perhaps should have spent the money on living in London for a bit to try and get work, where I can take a tram or the tube. I don't think I even need the car(there's rental company near the station that delivers them to you anyway.) Having the license, just increases the chances in job applications (they don't believe you can get to them, well I'd relocate) and buy the time I could afford a car, I could afford to move somewhere where I don't need a car anyway.

Anyway, you are fluent in English as a native speaker, smart, moderately ambitious, and good with computers. That's certainly enough to be able to offer some technology

Great that's a goal then.

What does any of the limitations of where you're from, have to do with the quality of the outcomes YOU can provide to clients?.

It's not about where I'm from, it's about where I'm based or where I am. On the plus side if I move to London or Berlin, I'm still from the same place, all these problems would disappear, because they have decent transit.

It is about the limitations on transit allowing me to visit and reach clients. If it can be done 100% remotely then there is no problem at all. If it involves being at the client's site at specific times then it becomes hard to add enough value to the client to justify the cost I'd need to spend to travel to see them.

You only (need)a few people a month to believe that there is one guy, who happens to be from Lincolnshire, who can do something worth a few hundred dollars/pounds/euro... something which you can deliver online

I agree, but I'm having a hard time convincing people of this. I don't have a good answer to "why would I hire you, when I can hire someone cheaper in India or Mexico?" What can I offer? How can I reach clients?

I agree with the other forum members who are baffled at why you'd want to hide where you're from.
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Again it's not where I'm from, it is where I am. I get a lot better response to the same copy in the same places looking for remote work/contracting with a London VOIP number than with a local one. Again if I moved to London, I wouldn't have this problem. No one asks where are you from? (That's way more meaningful to me than where you currently live anyway)

There is a brisk trade in Virtual offices and virtual phone numbers, because there is am economic advantage to appearing to be somewhere other than where you are. This is a major model of how outsourcers extract profit. This is kind of why tech support could be a good gig. Easy to have a US number, can be done remotely, time difference and cost of living could allow me to target an unpopular shift. Highly scalable too(plenty of people, here with excellent English, who would love that kind of work at low pay) if I could get clients by outsourcing.

The colorful village is a screen shot from the very weird 1960's BBC spy/science fiction series "The Prisoner."

Yes, it was rerun more recently, I meant I sometimes feel like I'm a prisoner here. It is so difficult to just go anywhere, and when you do more of the same.

Be seeing you.

Because it's a totally normal, natural, spontaneous show of human interest in mutual understanding and connection.

Is it weird that I don't ask people where they are from?

Because quite frankly, that doesn't really add any value or any kind of human connection to me. Oh I know you live in Vancouver, whoop de do.

If instead you had said Sydney, or Johannesburg or Ghana.

That's not going to change my understanding or connection with you based on that answer whatsoever.

Obviously if I was looking to meet up, it would be different.

If I want to hire people of fiverr I don't care where they are (most of them lie anyway because they get more gigs that way)

Is it weird that I've never once ever encountered anybody offline asking me where I'm from?

Is it more of a business action faker thing? Or is it more like where "how are you?" Is American for hello and not actually asking how are you?

What's the appropriate response? If I'm halfway between two villages, can I give alternating names or if I lie and give them the name of the next village, how does that effect the deeper emotional connection?

In fact when you stop to ask me directions, that is a point when it kind of makes sense to ask me if I'm local. No instead I was blithely assumed to be local and asked for directions (how should I know, I'm hundreds of miles from home?

 

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[sparechange]

#landfill

 

[LittleWolfie]

#landfill

I'm sorry to hear that. This thread has really added value to me and perhaps to others. @Late Bloomer would you be okay to switch this to a conversation and see if we can add value to each other there? That way we don't have to worry about the thread being trashed.

 

[Late Bloomer]

I'm sorry to hear that. This thread has really added value to me and perhaps to others. @Late Bloomer would you be okay to switch this to a conversation and see if we can add value to each other there? That way we don't have to worry about the thread being trashed.

That was just one person's opinion that they'd rather not see this discussion in the main part of the forum. One person's opinion usually isn't enough to shove a post into the "shameful" (as though anyone cared) landfill section. Only the moderation team can decide to do that. They're not required to give a warning, but they probably will if they agree that your thread is too far off topic. If your thread does get moved, just make a new one and send me a note. Might be better to put it in the psychology section rather than have an Execution tag, while you're still trying to figure out your plan.

You're someone who is eager to do something online, but you don't have a clear plan yet. Once you have a plan, you're ready to take action. Your concern is that you want a reasonably solid plan you understand, rather than just thrashing around because some people feel impatient. "Just do it already" is not helpful advice to someone who really doesn't understand just what they're supposed to do.

Most of the reason you don't have a plan, is that you need to learn more about some different possibilities, then compare them to your criteria of what seems feasible. Some of the reason seems to be a psychological hangup about your location. I don't see any of that as too offensive to make the conversation of any use to other people. But if you do need to start a new thread, sure I could continue the conversation with you on a new post.

 

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[Late Bloomer]

Actually if you drive to the train station at Peterborough, you could reach Paris in four hours,the train service there is excellent,although going South of the Thames is rather tricky.

Yeah, I took Eurostar from London to Paris a few years ago. I remember that it was really tedious to go along the old, tight-curve track to get out of England. Once in France the line was smooth and fast. Do you know French? After Brexit you'd need a visa application to work and live in France, right?

I was told on this fourm this was an excuse though, personally I think failing the test to get the legally required license is a pretty good reason for not driving.

I agree with you.

In retrospect, I perhaps should have spent the money on living in London for a bit to try and get work, where I can take a tram or the tube. I don't think I even need the car(there's rental company near the station that delivers them to you anyway.)

If there's any way to make that affordable, without having to live in an unsafe dump, I would recommend it for sure. Walking and transit are fine for London. Driving there is a huge hassle and might not get you anywhere faster. The ability to be in an exciting place with so many people, so many businesses, so many networking opportunities, would open so many new doors for you. More competition, but exponentially more possibilities too.

Great that's a goal then.

Cool!

If it can be done 100% remotely then there is no problem at all.

Well that's what I'm suggesting, is that you find a business model where you can be anywhere. Make enough money so that you can then be somewhere!

I agree, but I'm having a hard time convincing people of this. I don't have a good answer to "why would I hire you, when I can hire someone cheaper in India or Mexico?" What can I offer? How can I reach clients?

You're a native English speaker who's fluent. You're in a convenient time zone. And as soon as you figure out your plan, you will have something to sell other than "I can work really dirt cheap."

People in London may actually ask where you're from, but usually as a polite way to make conversation and get to know you a little better, not to pigeonhole and prejudge you. Other than people who only hire by pedigree, and you can't impress them anyway so who cares what they think as they look down their nose at you.

I think your idea of offshore but still first world tech support for US or Canadian company might be a good one. Remember the US is four time zones wide, so there's an eight hour difference from Greenwich to California. I've often thought that a group of tech geeks, with people from Australia, Japan, Singapore, India, Israel, Europe/UK, and US/Canada, should team up to provide worldwide 24 hour support services.

Is it weird that I don't ask people where they are from?

We just want information, information.

Because quite frankly, that doesn't really add any value or any kind of human connection to me. Oh I know you live in Vancouver, whoop de do.

I guess you might just have to take it by faith: many people do want to know, for logistics reasons, where their business associates are actually located. And many people do want to know, just out of curiosity and a sincere interest in what life is like for other people, where people live. It comes across as evasive, having some reason to hide, if you're not forthcoming with a simple, direct answer.

Or is it more like where "how are you?" Is American for hello and not actually asking how are you?

Yeah, the answer to "how are you" is "fine, thanks, and you?" regardless of how you actually are. Which is no different to many cultures, like the answer to "How do you do?" is "How do you do?"

What's the appropriate response?

If the person asking is outside the UK, how about, "I'm in a small village in Lincolnshire, England. Are you familiar with it?"
If the person is inside the UK, how about, "I'm in a small village in Lincolnshire. Are you familiar with it?"
How about also adding, "I'm thinking of moving to London in the next couple of years, it seems that it's got more high tech stuff going on."

No instead I was blithely assumed to be local and asked for directions (how should I know, I'm hundreds of miles from home?

Well I tried to ask a cow, but Bessie only mooed and rang her bell at me. I figured I'd try asking a person next time.

 

[LittleWolfie]

Yeah, I took Eurostar from London to Paris a few years ago. I remember that it was really tedious to go along the old, tight-curve track to get out of England. Once in France the line was smooth and fast. Do you know French? After Brexit you'd need a visa application to work and live in France, right?

Non et non. though it gives a good idea of the speed. It might be better for me going across the sea to Netherlands. I could always learn Dutch/German/French.

That was just one person's opinion that they'd rather not see this discussion in the main part of the forum. One person's opinion usually isn't enough to shove a post into the "shameful" (as though anyone cared) landfill section. Only the moderation team can decide to do that. They're not required to give a warning, but they probably will if they agree If your thread does get moved, just make a new one and send me a note. Might be better to put it in the psychology section rather than have an Execution tag, while you're still trying to figure out your plan.

You're someone who is eager to do something online, but you don't have a clear plan yet. Once you have a plan, you're ready to take action. Your concern is that you want a reasonably solid plan you understand, rather than just thrashing around

Well the last thread, I felt was adding value for me, got thrown in there. I tagged it execution, because these were all my failures. I'd gone out, or advertised online to try and get customers, whatsapped or IM'd and done surveys to see if I was meeting their need. They didn't succeed, and after speaking to customers, I decided they were not viable for me at that stage. However it is still doing something, I kinda expected more positive responses for taking action,even if it didn't lead to money coming in. I am looking for a reasonably solid plan that's true.

If there's any way to make that affordable, without having to live in an unsafe dump, I would recommend it for sure. Walking and transit are fine for London.

The only way to do it is to have an income from job,contracting or online company, so it's not really viable right now. Birmingham Is slightly cheaper and over a million still with good transit, or I can go somewhere close by. If I'm working remotely, I can always base myself nearer,and take the train to London on days off/evening. Peterborough has quicker service to kings cross, than areas South of the Thames!


I think your idea of offshore but still first world tech support for US or Canadian company might be a good one. Remember the US is four time zones wide, so there's an eight hour difference from Greenwich to California. I've often thought that a group of tech geeks, with people from Australia, Japan, Singapore, India, Israel, Europe/UK, and US/Canada, should team up to provide worldwide 24 hour support services.

Okay, I got lazy now, I figured on Alaskan night shift working well for me, maybe swing shift at me and further in. I had not thought of Canada, that's another target market. Possibly a better market than US. Labour,colour and so on are not seen as spelling mistakes, I think costs that are comparable to US. I think Australia, might be a bit much? I'd have thought they'd likely find day hours support locally too, so wasn't thinking about 24/7.

Hmm, I wonder if there are many Vancouver based companies that would want 24/7 tech support, that I could reach online. I figure on 6 people as a bare minimum for 24/7, in case one is sick or unavailable.

Ask a German how are you, and you had best make sure you have 40 minutes to listen to all the complaints and whines and how his brothers car has broke down sonnow he has to take the aunt to get the union surgery and now because of that he's not going to be able to go to the event that was planned 2 weeks in advance (Because he is German) and that's a €40 non refundable ticket and nobody will want to go and buy the ticket off him because it's only one week, and all of Germany plans everything 2 weeks in advance.....

You did ask. This is the nice thing with Germans. Market resarch is so easy. Turn up,ask how are you, repeat. Now you've lots of data.

If a Londoner asks me where I'm from, I can tell them about being born in Camberwell(too bad for me the family moved away, when I was still a baby) driving would never have been a problem then. They normally and where do you live or where are you based though rather than where you are from. I'm not ashamed of having able of cockney heritage there, but I'm not living there. I like the idea of adding on I'm looking to move afterwards.

 

[Late Bloomer]

where you are from

In American English, that means, where do you currently reside. Unless you're in a place with more tourists than locals. The historical question would be, where do you come originally? or, where did you grow up?

I'll respond to the rest tomorrow or the next day, got a big conference call with the client tomorrow.

 

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[LittleWolfie]

In American English, that means, where do you currently reside.

Luckily most Londoners don't speak American.

Good luck with the conference call. I have got a few timezones I can exploit to keep the local hours the same, though it depends on where the clients I am servicing are and what time they want.

Trying to figure out what extra value I can offer a Canadian company over a local or someone in a lower cost of living country like India.

I love the idea because it's both slowlane (money for work,pays the bills) and fastlane (cut of the work your finding for other people) while still being location independent, and allowing a four day week. Giving me time to work on the business/other niches. Though I'm not sure how to reach the target market. It's going to be hard without boots on the ground so to speak.

Nor what particular value I/company can add.

Based on Vancouver I have;

Night shifts work well, swing shifts are tolerable as I'm a morning person.

Set up as four long days (Maybe four on and four off) with others, to serve all timezones

Annualised averaging is available here, so overtime payments can be reduced for peak periods. I'm not sure about the rest of Canada but I understand it's not available in bc.

I can take CAD payments via IBAN. Potential to set up acceptance for Canadian credit cards,PayPal etc. Maybe invoice in CAD ? (Little more expensive on my end, but maybe of value to clients?

Can set up Canadian Number with voip forwarding.

 

[Late Bloomer]

I don't know if someone has already tried something like this and talked about it in the forum. Might be worth your while to try some different search terms. Maybe there's already a thread about "time zone arbitrage."