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This article is that was written
about us from the local newspaper here in Wichita.
They found us through a photographer who needed one of our cables.
Thanks, Bo!
Local
business ships cable worldwide
BY
PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR
The
Wichita Eagle
Most
of USBFireWire.com's customers don't know -- or care -- where the
company they are doing business with is located.
"Most
people find us in a search online with an engine like Google or
Yahoo," said Riz Husami, who owns the company with partner Rick
Wessley. "They know what they need; we ship it to them."
Husami and
Wessley have office and warehouse space in downtown Wichita
in the Sutton Place office building.
Every
day, they ship USB and FireWire cables to customers all over the
world.
"We've developed a specialty in custom-built cables. People need a
special adapter, an angled connection, a short cable to hook a phone
to a laptop or whatever,"
Wessley said. "We either find the cable or have it made for
them."
Wessley
and Husami started the company a little more than eight years ago
and have been in business full time for a little more than two
years.
They
were high school classmates at Wichita East High School but became
friends when they were working and attending Wichita State
University in the entrepreneurship program.
"We
both knew we wanted to start a business, but we weren't sure what,"
Husami said.
Then,
one day while "noodling around" on the Internet,
Wessley discovered that the domain name USBFireWire.com was
available.
"I'd
been thinking about something in computer connections because I was
working in a wholesale cable store," he said.
The
partners raised their startup money by buying, repairing and selling
a wrecked motorcycle.
Wessley set up the computer side of the business in his
basement; Husami stored inventory in his apartment.
At
first, they simply marketed computer, camera, video and other
cables. About five years ago, they discovered a niche in custom
cables.
And
Husami was able to quit his day job and go full time doing sales and
marketing for USBFireWire.com. Their mission statement is simple:
"You think it -- we will develop it!"
Growth has been slow but steady. In their first year, they made
about $500. Last year, they sold almost $500,000. Last year,
Wessley quit his job and joined the company full time.
They've written their goals and sales objectives in grease pencil on
the floor-to-ceiling windows in their office.
"There's a lot of potential," Husami said. "We're excited."
Contact
Info:
www.USBFireWire.com
1815 E. Douglas
Wichita,
KS 67211
PHONE: 877-522-3779
Sales:
sales@usbfirewire.com
Tech:
tech@usbfirewire.com
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