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RetroJames:


--- Quote from: Peale on November 16, 2004, 10:44:23 am ---I get the same reaction a lot.  I'd likely get 10x the business I do now if I had a better presence.

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Edit: We get the same reaction a lot.  We would  likely get 10x the business We do now if We had a better presence.

Cripes! Peale is going IPO!

GGKoul:


--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on November 16, 2004, 01:29:06 pm ---The company I work for, is so small, we have no receptionist, so when you call, the operator line rings on all our phones and if I pick up the operator line and the person has a video editing type question I'll say, "Let me transfer you to our video department."

There is only one guy in our 'video' department.

Just like I am the 'programming' department.

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The company I'm doing contract work for only has 3 full time employees, with me, that makes 4.  When we answer the phone, we do the same thing.  I'm the Professional Services department.  

paigeoliver:

The three man company I used to work for consisted of me (the employee), my buddy (who is 25), and his uncle (34).

My buddy always talked in we's and such, making things sound much bigger than they were. While the real brains behind the operation (Uncle Mike) made no such pretentions, and he was the one getting us all the work.

danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: Peale on November 16, 2004, 10:44:23 am ---I get the same reaction a lot.  I'd likely get 10x the business I do now if I had a better presence.

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correction:

WE get the same reaction a lot.  WE'D likely get 10x the business WE do now if WE had a better presence

 ;D

1UP:


--- Quote from: patrickl on November 16, 2004, 08:25:17 am ---I noticed the change to "we" with 1UP's conpany. I guess with a company even if you are a one man operation you still deal with several other companies (so there will indeed be more people involved even if not all from the named company)

I always say "we" when referring to my company too, but then there are two people working with "us"  :P

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Well, I guess my wife and I count as "we".  ;)  In a community property state, when you file a corp, I believe the wife automatically owns half...  Then there are all the vendors (and their vendors etc) that I deal with, so its not like I'm doing everything myself.  Someone else is making the cabs and all the parts, then I assemble them.  Also, a corporation is in itself a separate legal entity, almost like its own person.  If you want out, you have to "kill" it by having it legally dissolved.  So I guess "we" could be me and the corporation.

My question lately has been, why go legit at all?  I'm here busily working away to redesign the graphics on my cabs to be more generic but still "arcade authentic", so I don't get sued into oblivion by Namco...then I look at all the companies on the "Holiday Giveaway" page, and half of them are either selling products with copyrighted characters printed on them, or using copyrighted characters on their sites.  Why should I even bother playing by the rules?   >:(

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