Patrick Ludger Bourassa
Fall River, MA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
DBA S. H. Computers
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Location:
Fall River
Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2010
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Sole Proprietorship
Description:
I have been building computers (paid & unpaid) for almost 20 years. Back in 2010 I started Doing Business As S. H. Computers. Currently I buy other companies products like Intel, ASUS, AsRock, Corsair, ETC. Build custom computers and sell them. The only big obstacle right now is Dell, Gateway, HP, & Acer under pricing Us at $400.00 USD or $500.00 USD. Their is a catch to all this A: Their $400.00 USD & $500.00 USD Computers are old outdated technology, lower quality parts, & they only offer 1 year of warranty without paying extra. B: Our Low Cost Computers (were originally selling for $699.00 USD) Now We have had to raise Our price to accommodate some some key new technology to keep with Our business model of not using old out dated technology to now We are selling at $800.00 USD. Both at the $699.00 USD price point and the now $800.00 USD price point We are currently make less then $50.00 USD profit. However if the consumer were to purchase a comparable computer from Dell, Gateway, HP, & Acer they would spend $300.00 USD to $400.00 USD more. We need to prove to the consumer that those $400.00 USD & $500.00 USD Computers are not worth buying, Ours for $800.00 USD or if need be a little more to raise profits (and still sell for less then the comparable computer from Our Competitors) is worth the more money especially when even if they paid for everything they got with Ours and that includes Our standard (no extra cost) 3 year warranty instead of their 1 year standard warranty. Even if We went up to $1,000.00 USD price point they would still pay $100.00 USD or $200.00 USD more for their Computers.
I would like to find a separate Investor for the sole purpose of subsidizing Our cost of Our Low Cost models so that We could at least go back to Our $699.00 USD price point if not down to their $400.00 & $500.00 USD Computers but still turn a profit & still be everything We say Ours are and that would mean that at the $699.00 USD price point We would save the consumer over Dell, Gateway, HP, & Acer $401.00 USD or $501.00 USD on the same computer at those competitors. Or that if We could subsidize Our cost to make a decent profit and still have a price point of $400.00 USD or $500.00 USD that would be even better, cause We would save the consumer $700.00 USD to $800.00 USD compared to a comparable computer from Dell, Gateway, Hp, & Acer.
Plus We are attempting to design Our Own Operating System which with the right amount of funds We believe could be ready to be brought to market by the first quarter of 2016, or the first quarter of 2017 at the very latest. Plus with either of those launch time frames that within 10 years We should be a hundreds of millions of dollars a year business and in 20 years We should be a hundreds of billions of dollars a year company. With also designing & building (right here in the USA) Our Own Hardware. Hardware to include but not be limited to Thin Notebooks, Regular Notebooks, Mini Desktops, All In One's, Tower Desktops, iPad's/Tablets, iPhone's/Smartphones, iPod's/MP3 Players, Our Own equivalent to the Apple TV/Fire TV, & Industry Standard Resolution 4K UHD Monitors/TV's.