[TriLUG] need an employee --- scratch that -- need a business partner

[Greg Brown]

Ok, people, my desperation level is reaching new highs regarding wireless.
There is NO WAY I'm going to be able to do the work I have on my plate by
myself.  Here is what I have coming up:

1. medium town in NC.  They want FULL MUNICIPAL wi-fi coverage.  This is
going to be a big one, and I'm not sure I even want to tackle it.  I know I
don't want any part of it on my own.

2. one 320 unit condo unit on the crystal coast (salter path, nc area).  The
competition is going to charge these people $13 per unit, PER MONTH.  Folks,
that is $4160 a month, over $49,000.00 per year!  Half of that, even with
eating the hardware costs up front, is $2130 per month.  Once you are a
place like this YOU ARE IN.  You can't tell me that a new company (me and
whoever) making over $25,000.00 per year on one contract, our first one, is
a bad thing.   Granted I might come in even a little lower, just because I
know where the competition is doesn't mean I'm going to gouge them.
Besides, I know the owner of this property owns other properities as well.

3. 45 condo unit on the outer banks (speculative, but quite possible)

4. TWELVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN GREENVILLE (speculative, this is in the
very early states)

What I'm saying people is this could be a great money-maker as a side
business until it grows to the point that it could be full-time.

Who am I looking for?

Must know and love all things open-source (even if you just like open
source, it's okay, but be prepared to get to know OpenWRT very, very well).
Must know wi-fi *REALLY* well, including amplification and issues associated
with amplification
Capture and release portals would be a good thing to know
payment systems would be fantastic..
ordering of provisioned circuits: T1s, T3s, high-speed Internet over fiber,
etc.
networking (of course)
knowing a good bit about construction doens't hurt either, a lot of antennas
get mounted externally through walls

The bad news is a lot of the work, site surveys, etc, will be done one
weekends, at least for now.  How far can this be taken?  I don't know.  It
may end up just being a good money-marker on the side for both of us.  Maybe
it will become a profitable company.  It might totally suck and we both end
up hating it and walk away.  I don't know.  What I do know is I'm over my
head.  I'm either going to find someone who shares the passion for this as I
do or I'm going to walk away from a lot of money and jobs.  And I don't want
to do that.

Reply to me off-list of you are interested.

Greg