Six-Hour Business Entry Session
IT Business Accelerator
Six hours on what running your own IT business actually involves — how it is registered, what you sell, where clients come from, how bigger projects are won, and why the money runs out. Every module ends with something you keep.
One Saturday, six hours, live on Zoom. The joining link is sent after you reserve.
- Format
- Live online via Zoom, instructor-led
- Duration
- 6 hours · 7 modules
- Fee
- ₱999
- Schedule
- Sat, November 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Why This Session Exists
Being good at the work is not the same as having a business
The most capable technician on a site is often the one still charging by the day. Not because the skill is missing — because nobody ever showed them how the business around the skill is built.
So the work stays personal. Pricing is a guess, the next client is whoever referred the last one, proposals are written from scratch each time, and the money that comes in leaves again before anyone looks at it.
Six hours is not enough to fix all of that. It is enough to see the whole shape of it, make the decisions that are hardest to reverse later, and leave with the first version of each piece in your own hands.
Who this is built for
- IT freelancers and contractors taking on their own jobs already
- Engineers and technicians thinking about going independent
- Aspiring IT entrepreneurs who have not registered anything yet
- Owners of very small IT businesses who are running on instinct
No business, accounting, or legal background required. Bring working knowledge of at least one IT service area and an idea you want to build around.
The IT Business Trap
You work harder. Your projects get bigger. Why is there still so little left for you?
More work does not always mean more profit — and sometimes the work has not started at all. Which of these is keeping you stuck?
- 1
The Aspiring Entrepreneur Trap
“I know the work. I do not know where to start.”
You can deliver the technical work and you want your own company, but registration, pricing, and finding the first client are all unknowns — so the decision keeps getting postponed.
- 2
The Freelancer Trap
“I do the work. I keep what is left.”
You accept a fixed price for the scope, but the work takes longer and costs more than expected. After expenses, your hard work leaves you with very little profit.
- 3
The Subcontractor Trap
“I carry the pressure. Someone else controls the deal.”
The general contractor controls your price, scope, and payment terms. You handle manpower, deadlines, and site problems — while waiting to collect what you have already earned.
- 4
The Low-Profit Integrator Trap
“I win more projects. Why am I still struggling?”
You sell complete solutions, but keep competing on the lowest price. Sales grow, yet thin margins, overhead, and delayed collections leave little room to build the business.
Are you building a business that rewards you — or buying yourself a harder job?
The Six Hours
Seven modules, seven things you take home
The session is built so that nothing is purely a lecture. Each module ends with a decision made or a document started, using your own business rather than a case study.
- 01
The Technician Trap
Why skilled IT people stay stuck — the freelancer, subcontractor, and low-profit integrator traps — and what it takes to move past each one.
You leave with
Which of the four traps you are in
Scored against how you price, who controls your clients, and how much of the delivery still runs through you personally.
- 02
Start Right
The registration map at overview level — DTI against SEC, BIR, permits, SSS and Pag-IBIG — plus partner red flags and the equity mistakes that are painful to undo.
You leave with
A business structure decision checklist
DTI or SEC, the registrations each one triggers, and the partner and equity questions to settle before you file anything.
- 03
Sell Solutions, Not Labour
Choosing a lane — cabling, networking, cybersecurity, managed services, training — and packaging services into solutions that carry a bigger ticket than day rates.
You leave with
A one-sentence IT business offer
The lane you serve, the outcome you sell, and who it is for, written as one line you can say on a call, put on a page, and start testing the same week.
- 04
Getting Clients
Three lead channels that work for IT businesses here — referrals, Facebook, and direct B2B outreach — and why relying on word of mouth alone caps you.
You leave with
The channels you can actually market through
Referrals, Facebook, and direct B2B outreach weighed for cost, speed, and the kind of client each one brings.
- 05
Winning Bigger Bids
The anatomy of a winning technical proposal, how technology brands and distributors actually work, and the five mistakes that lose bids.
You leave with
Clarity on how successful IT business owners keep winning
What separates the proposals that get signed from the ones that get filed — how brands and distributors are used, where margin is protected, and the five mistakes that lose bids — plus a one-page proposal skeleton to work from.
- 06
The Cash Flow Trap
Why IT businesses with real revenue still run out of money, and the basics of payment terms and downpayments that prevent it.
You leave with
One payment-terms rule you can apply immediately
A downpayment and milestone rule sized to the work you actually take on, phrased so you can say it to a client without hedging.
- 07
Build Your IT Business Template
A guided build rather than a recap. You assemble the decisions and drafts from the day into a single working template — structure, offer, target accounts, proposal, and payment terms on one page — and leave knowing how to keep filling it in.
You leave with
Your own IT business template, started
One page holding everything above — structure, offer, accounts, proposal, and terms — so the day leaves you a document rather than notes.
6 hours across 7 modules, plus breaks.
An honest scope note
- This is an entry session, not the full build. Six hours gives you the map, the decisions, and a first draft of each piece — not a finished, implemented business.
- The IT Business Intensive is where the implementation happens: the full registration walkthrough, equity and profit-sharing models, the solutions catalogue and distributors database, the complete marketing system, proposal writing, the delivery lifecycle, and negotiation and closing.
- Nothing is required of you on the day. The Accelerator stands on its own, and plenty of people take the map and run with it themselves.
Registration
Reserve your seat
The next run is Saturday, November 14, 2026, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Zoom. Message us on Facebook to reserve a seat and the NextStack team will send the joining link.
Session fee
₱999
Saturday, November 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Zoom. Six hours, live and instructor-led, with seven things you keep.
Questions
Questions people ask before joining
No. Many participants have never registered anything and are still deciding whether to go independent at all. You need working knowledge of at least one IT service area and a business idea to apply the exercises to.
The IT Career Accelerator is about your career — which infrastructure path fits you and what to learn next. The IT Business Accelerator is about running your own company: registration, offers, clients, proposals, and cash flow. Different questions entirely.
See the IT Career AcceleratorEach of the seven modules ends with something you keep and can use the same week, and the session closes by building your own business template rather than with a pitch. The four-day Intensive comes up as the honest answer to "what happens next" for people who want the full implementation — nothing more is asked of you on the day.
No. The Accelerator is designed to stand on its own, and you leave with a business template you can keep working on yourself. The Intensive is there for people who want the full implementation behind each section of it.
See the IT Business IntensiveThe next run is Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, live on Zoom. Message the NextStack Facebook page to reserve a seat and the team will send you the joining link.
Message us on Facebook (opens in a new tab)See what running your own IT business actually involves.
Six hours, seven modules, and seven things you take home. Message us on Facebook to reserve a seat for the next run.