From the category archives:

VITO

No Free Lunch, RIAA

by Rob on December 22, 2008

Although I left the ISP world about six months ago, I’ve kept a casual eye on the industry. Especially interesting to me has been the continued threat of the RIAA against file sharers in the USA. When working for Transact in Bermuda, I had the dubious honour of receiving “this user has been nasty, go [...]

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How not to get an Interview

by Rob on March 28, 2008

We`re currently interviewing for salespeople at Virtual IT. What a joy. So many people think they can sell, and perhaps they can. But selling yourself if the first step. Here`s the exact text of an exchange I had with one candidate. Needless to say, they didn`t get the interview. My first mail to her: Good [...]

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VITO Update for January 9th 2008

by Rob on January 9, 2008

I’m going to try to keep this blog updated with my progress in building VITO. As the lead technician, most tasks related to the startup fall to me. Anyone reading the VITO category of this blog will learn just what it takes to get a fully functioning, ultra-leveraged MSP off the ground in no time [...]

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Goals for the new year

by Rob on January 9, 2008

Far be it for me to come up with a new years’ post on new years day. Thought I’d wait a while, since this is a blog-without-readers. Without any readers, there’s nobody to complain if I don’t do the obligatory. I’m semi-sure someday somebody will find this blog and find it entertaining, but in the [...]

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