Anything from starting a business to working in a corporate environment.
Business
FOLLOW-UP: Is there an alternative to Google Voice?
Episode 888
Mark from
Mark has discovered a company that will incorporate your Google Voice with Google chat and your landline phone. It’s called ObiTalk. The landline phone plugs into the ObiTalk, which goes directly into the router. This connects that phone to Google Voice using your Google Voice number.
Is there any business opportunities in computer repair anymore?
Episode 884
Leo says that more and more devices, such as the new Macbook Pro with Retina display, are becoming unfixable. They only could be repaired by the manufacturer. Leo does think we need more support though, someone to assist in setup and configuration of computers, devices, and networks. The best business is really in business IT support, not so much consumer support. Randy will have to be really good at this, and will have to know his stuff.
If I add my personal email account to my company iPhone, can they see those emails?
Episode 881
The law says they can look into his personal email if it's on their phone. From a technical point of view, in order to see everything that's on his iPhone, they would need software to monitor it which Leo doesn't believe exists. They would have to ask for his iPhone, which they could do, and look at it that way, but Leo doesn't think they could spy on it remotely. They can do this on the desktop though, and even if he's using company Wi-Fi on his phone, they could.
Where can I find programmers to hire?
Episode 880
There's a few options for finding programmers:
- eLance
- StackOverflow
This is a more professional, less community oriented site that offers freelance programmers for hire.
This is a site that programmers particularly like, and it's more of a community. There is a jobs board here to find programmers to hire, too.
Would starting my own CRM software company be a good idea?
Episode 878
Dan from
Dan is a financial guy and he’s looking to start his own enterprise CRM software company. Leo says that creating software to compete with the already established Salesforce and Microsoft software would be difficult. But helping and training companies to use them is an interesting and useful niche to exploit.
(CRM is "Customer Relationship Management").
FOLLOW UP: Contacting Sprint CEO got results!
Episode 875
Kira from
Kira called into the show asking advice about how to handle poor customer service from Sprint after having issues with her phone. Leo told her to contact Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO, complaining about the situation and it worked! She contacted them on Monday and they responded already the same week on Friday.
Should I be concerned about the change in Google's Terms of Service?
Episode 873
Louis from
No, Leo doesn't feel this is something to be concerned about. Google recently updated their Terms of Service when they introduced Google Drive. This quickly became controversial because the way the Terms of Service were written was disconcerting. This is the part that concerned Louis (and many others) the most:
How does the Apple App Store pricing work if I develop an app?
Episode 874
Martin from
Martin would set the price for his app. Then Apple would get 30% of the sales revenue, and he would get 70%. If the app is free, then Martin wouldn't get anything because as Leo said, 70% of nothing is still nothing. It does mean, however, that Apple also gets nothing despite the services they are providing such as bandwidth and promotion of the app. Both Martin and Apple have a vested interest in a rich app environment and free apps are part of that.
