I think that God is sending me more signals this past week. I was approached by a company to do some document scanning and digitizing. They want their office to be “paperless” and need electronic versions of their forms and the like. I also have been listening to the news about the Robert Blake trial. It seems that the lawyer’s apartment was burglarized and his computer was stolen. Well as the reporters started talking, I find out that the trial has taken so long due to the fact that there are literally tens of thousands of documents to be referenced and checked for the trial. All the docs needed to be scanned and put in a database to be “readily accessible” during the trial. Also, one of the main reasons that Blake fired his first attorney was because of cost. The original lawyer wanted to use a document scanning company that he’d done business with in the past but was a fairly costly company to use and Blake managed to find an alternative company on his own to do the scanning and indexing. Hmm… All this happened this past week! Candi and I sat down with the document that this company wanted scanned and digitized and estimated that it may cost them $14,000 for the work if we do it! I don’t know what they’ll say or decide but if we get the contract it could be a good place to start from. I already have a document feeder for my scanner and the required software to do the OCR operations.
So it’s looking like I may be creating a company that simply offers a “hodge podge” of services, as a friend recently described. If I haven’t done it in the past, I’m sure I can figure it out! I’m not interested in working on their computers or networks, but just about any other technical operations that need doing I can probably do.
So here’s a list of services that we’re thinking of doing so far:
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-AutoCAD drafting
-AutoCAD training
-Computer training (office productivity improvements)
-Mass document scanning and digitizing
-Office data backup solutions
-Notary Public
-Real Estate appraisal
-Custom map making
-3D animations for engineering concepts
-Website creation and management
-Digital photography and editing
Possible additions to look into in the future:
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-Computerized bookkeeping/accounting support
-Virtual Private Networking setup