To whom it may concern:
Starting from zero and nowhere plus an old computer,
I've spent the last few Months since September 2011 in
St. Gallen, building a small but steady ISP operation
supporting close to 30 active customers as of right now.
At my business' core, a remarkable web of ideas.
Entirely founded on a rather ingenious
prepaid-everything-everywhere philosophy, aiming for no
less than total evasion from last-mile stranglehold and
reseller slavery in particular and other, potentially
unhealthy dependencies in general while reaching far
beyond "just" telecommunications, into financial
services and more. Much of this glorious plan has been
condensed down from my brains into a paper, covering 86
pages A4 already. Some people would literally kill to
get their hands on those pages, they just don't know
yet... But gladly, there's no need to send a hitman!
I'll let you read the entire thing if you sign me an NDA
or hire me on the spot.
I've evaluated the basics, considered the law, estimated
the cost, implemented a network, set up a pilot,
demonstrated the principle functioning in a live
environment, devised products for the market and -in
virtually no time- started attracting customers, making
money since March 2012. Everything was looking just fine
and very promising and I've been busy preparing the next
steps: getting admission as an "FDA", just before hiring
a handful of motivated people to get things moving swift
on a larger scale. We were about to start rumbling the
neighbourhood, if not the entire city and more!
As it turns out, I've relied on the wrong people to do
business with and back this up - Now, everything appears
to be going down the drain, anytime soon.
Because....my operation is yet about 10 times too small
in terms of customers to survive by itself (aka pay for
the running costs and allowing myself a humble salary
for shelter, food and living a rather simple life), I've
been trying to find fresh capital to support expansion
as planned. Alas, in vain so far. So little time, way
too little time - And that little time's about to run
out.
So...uh... I could use a little HELP over here.
An Angel investor, perhaps? A "friendly takeover" by
another ISP?
An offer for a decent job? While I bring my customers,
my brains and -likely- my plans with me?
All your questions, suggestions and considerations are
very-most welcome off-list.
I'm open to your ideas. This is a chance. I just don't
want to succumb and give in!
Serenely
Chris Burri
Informatiker EFZ
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