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I found this article to be of interest.. Top 10 tech. mistakes for a small business. Some of you might think it is of some use.

Do you have a high-tech headache? Feel as if you’re the only one driven out of your mind by technology problems? Technology field consultants—with thousands of hours of experience with small businesses—can attest: You are not alone. Here are the top five misstepss that small businesses make when it comes to technology.

1. Installation: The Home Depot Syndrome
These days, more and more people want to “Do It Yourself.” You can go to the local Home Depot and get a kit to install anything from sinks to lighting. Technology is plagued by small businesses convinced you can also “Do I.T. Yourself.”

This syndrome is often found in people who have a technology-savvy brother-in-law, niece, or son who claims he or she can install a network, configure desktop machines, or build a website. In circumstance after circumstance, these “Do I.T. Yourself” projects result in calls to consultants who have to spend more time undoing and redoing a job than if the expert had been called in the first place.

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