A friend and I just started our own small business. At first all we thought was we needed a couple of laptops to track orders and schedules and answer some emails, because that's what everyone does, right? And then we met a potential client who asked about our IT support in the very unlikely case two ladies like us would run into some computer problems and wouldn't be able to process their order. That got us thinking. Did we really need someone for IT? We sure couldn't handle the cost of a full-time IT staff - hello, it's just us two and our little shop, right?
So I did what everyone these days does, go on Google and check if we could find a service we could call when something broke down, like either of our laptops or for when we needed more secure storage, since some of our customers pay with their banking information and we can't afford to compromise that. I found M.I.T. in Toronto, and I was surprised that they had these IT support services for our simple needs for as low as 10$ a month. Can you believe that? We sure couldn't at first!
We called them after a while and everyone was so friendly and supportive. They understood all the needs of our little store because they're quite the small business (compared to all these big players) themselves. They set us up with on-call support, information storage and even warranty checks for the laptops my partner and I use. Everything's so affordable, it's almost funny seeing an IT expense of about 10$ when we balance our books every month! read more