Posts Tagged ‘About Us’

Celebreating Our First Year

Friday, June 25th, 2010
Erk's Werks 1st Anniversary

Happy Birthday Erk's Werks

Although Erk’s Werks Custom Software was technically founded in 2008, I only started working on my own June 26, 2009. This year went very well compared to all the “new business horror stories” I was warned about. I know that this is mostly because of the help and encouragement I’ve received from my family, friends and wife (even though most of my family still think I create sudoku puzzles for a living)!

This year I’ve been extremely lucky to have found clients who are great to deal with!

So here are a few of the lessons learned this year

  • GST isn’t as complicated as it sounds
  • Invoicing is the funnest administrative task
  • Paying bills is the least fun administrative task
  • Getting the job done right impresses the client and saves time and effort
  • Creating a detailed schedule is important to avoid projects dragging out for too long

Inspirational quote for the year

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Peter F. Drucker

To all that have worked with Erk’s Werks, I hope you’ve had good experiences and will refer me to anyone looking for Custom Software. If you have feedback, I’d appreciate it if you could either email me directly or add a comment to this post.

If you are interested in custom software, please contact me and you’ll be glad you did!

Thanks for the great year!

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My first month as “The Boss”

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
day planner

day planner

Well I just finished my first month of working full time as Erk’s Werks Custom Software and I believe it was a positive one.

Here are a few items I’ve learned in the passed month:

  • As a custom software provider you don’t need to charge PST.
  • Cold calls are far tougher than expected.
  • A quote takes far longer than the 15 minutes expected.

A few good references to starting your own company (mostly useful for businesses within Manitoba/Canada:

A few of the most helpful bits of advise I’ve received:

  • Just go with the flow and you’ll figure it out along the way.
  • Ask questions.
  • Ask anyone and everyone for references.

Feel free to ask questions on this post and I’ll do my best to help you out.

Who We Are

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Eric Boisjoli

Eric Boisjoli

I, Eric Boisjoli, have started this company and have been working on the side for the last year. I have finally decided, with the support of my loving wife, to go full time and leave the comfort of my full time job behind.

Erk’s Werks Custom Software is a company dedicated to creating applications that simplify day to day life for everybody.

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