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John Smart started "playing" with computers in 1983. At the time a Vic20 with 3.5KB was the cutting edge in technology! Since then, John has worked with computer hardware and software, telephony systems, LAN and WAN connectivity. In 1997 John was one of the founding members of InternetDesign.com a web hosting, design and solutions company offering everything from online solutions to database needs, design needs and programming requirements; e-Commerce solutions to message board sites.
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit, John and his business partner and wife, Lori, wanted to help, but throwing what money they had to spare at the time towards the charities helping seemed somewhat insignificant. Through discussing how they could help, they formulated the idea for "host2help", but the team was incomplete, so the idea just sat around, not doing anything.
In looking for a partner, John spoke with InternetDesign.com's 1st e-Commerce customer, Dave Schimandle, (www.slickstix.com) and discussed the plan with him. Dave was intrigued, and asked thousands of questions. After much thought on the matter, Dave joined the team, allowing us to get down to the serious business of building the site. Estimating three months to complete the code, in month #6, John was about finished, much to the relief of all concerned! Now comes the exciting part!
"I am very excited to be involved with host2help.com - in researching the idea, I found that most companies that help charities either offer 1-5% of takings, usually with a cut-off time. We built this business model very carefully, and are elated with the system that will share 2/3rds of income with charities, good causes, sports teams, libraries, - any organization at all, with no upper limits or cut off timeframes - basically no small print.
"My field of interest is the nerdy stuff, the technology behind the scenes - so working with our providers, Datapipe, we are able to offer the best hosting available, at a very affordable price - we make managing accounts very easy, and make managing your online presence very affordable. In searching through every aspect of this plan, we have yet to find any thing negative that could dissuade anyone from taking advantage of the stellar services host2help.com is offering."
John Smart can be contacted by e-Mail at John@host2help.com or through the media relations page.
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