I'm thinking of starting a little tech support/repair company locally, I was wondering if anyone had any advice? I'd like to go into web hosting aswell, which is why I need to make some money first and was thinking of doing something like a tech support company.

What type of tech support? Computer software? Do you know much about servers? maybe you could help me with that. What would I have to do to start my own phone company ( VOIP ) Voice over the internet.

I've been using windows for about 7 years and I can do most of everything needed. I think it'd be a great company to do around here, most people are still on dialup even. lol As for hosting, I know how to use WHM/cPanel very well and I have a good understanding of linux.

Some of the things on tech support as in:
Troubleshooting,
Wireless Networks,
OS Reloads,
Etc.

id suggest you look into is alittle more

justcause you no basic windows doesnt mean youll no every error and problem that can arise, as for webhosting

cpanel/whm wont solve everything

If your looking to support web hosts, you will need more than knowledge in cPanel/WHM you must an experienced admin in Linux, know your way around shell, apache is a must as well.

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That's true, maybe not troubleshooting. And as for hosting, I've read about every tutorial out there and I'm looking into just getting a reseller for awhile. I'm probablly going to pick up a book on linux as soon as I can, and I know my way around apache pretty well. I'm a PHP scripter along with HTML, etc.

i learnt by using my good friend google and a very small VPS

i bought a $30 VPS with cpanel/whm and dived straight in blind, when an error came up i simply searched google

from that point a picked up a few books so i could understand betetr on whats going on behind the scenes

now youve done all that id get some first hand experience with a VPS like NewOrder said

A tech support/repair company is a good idea, specially with home owners and home business. Most private individuals does not bother to have an in-depth knowledge of their operating systems and hardwares. You can start from there, build connections, and work your way up to larger contracts.

A humble tech support or computer repair business is often overlooked as a homebusiness. If we consider it for a moment, the average computer using joe does not really know anything about his machine. He just opens it and types away, no maintenance. So this type of business is promising.

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