{"id":36633,"date":"2023-10-20T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/within-reach-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:45:18","slug":"within-reach-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/within-reach-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Within Reach &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/l_withinreachsoftwear_davidp.gif\" alt=\"David Perks\" title=\"David Perks\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Cloud computing is becoming more essential but many small businesses still don\u2019t know where to start. That confusion sparked an idea in David Perks, who founded cloud computing consultancy business Within Reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The business works with SMEs to get the right cloud services for them, finding solutions tailored to their problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there have been challenges. Perks says many businesses are moving their IT from an \u201con-premise\u201d model into the cloud, causing some teething issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he says he\u2019s identified an edge in being able to \u201cspeak with business owners about business solutions\u2026and make these happen with fewer cost obstacles and shorter lead time to benefit than where an in-house solution required a lot of capital procurement, facilities and peripheral activity to support the business outcome\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But ultimately, the biggest challenge has been hiring people. Perks has maintained a thorough hiring process, being \u201cvery selective\u201d about talent. He has even become a 457 visa sponsor to find the best staff from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t compromise on the quality of people you hire,\u201d he warns. \u201cDo whatever it takes to retain and inspire the talent in your team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud computing is becoming more essential but many small businesses still don\u2019t know where to start. That confusion sparked an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}