Operator Notes
Things I'm building, testing, buying, breaking, fixing, and figuring out while running the businesses.
I've Been Buying and Selling Tech Since 2008. I'm Going to Start Opening Up the Playbook.
Most of what I picked up since 2008 stayed inside the businesses. I am going to start sharing more of it, beginning with reseller lots built out of inventory we already have.
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- Lessons
I Left My First Company. Then I Bought SellMac Back.
I sold my stake in the company I helped build. TechGator later closed. About two years after I left, I bought one of its domains back for around five thousand dollars. What that stretch taught me about the difference between a good deal and a business that lasts.
- Operations
A Profitable Flip Is Not a Business
One good resale decision proves almost nothing. What changes when the same decision repeats across hundreds or thousands of units, why inventory is cash sitting on a shelf, and what starts to matter more than margin.
- SellMac
How We Decide What a Used Mac Is Worth
A used Mac doesn't have one price. Here's how we actually think about a machine at SellMac before we put a number on it.
- Operations
How to Buy Used MacBooks in Bulk Without Getting Burned
Buying used MacBooks in bulk is a different decision than buying one. What I want to know about a lot before money moves, and why a cheap per unit price is the least useful number on the page.
- Operations
Why I'm Rebuilding the System Behind Our Inventory
Our inventory system still creates too much repeated work. I'm rebuilding parts of it, mostly through smaller changes that remove questions before somebody has to ask them.
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