An "absolute hatred of
the (phone) business" has driven Mark Stackpoole and Ryan
Hathaway to create their company, GTS.
"The hardest
thing I did out of college was get quotes and pricing from these phone
companies," Stackpoole says.
GTS deals with primarily with setting up the best deal for telecommunications for
its customers. GTS presents itself as a one-stop shop for pricing quotes and
service setup for voice and data service providers, i.e. phone companies.
After battling with phone companies for a long time,
Stackpoole and Hathaway realized they probably weren’t the only people going
through this, which inspired them to start GTS. "Now we're in the trenches helping our clients with the
companies," Stackpoole says, adding that their customers don't pay a dime for their services.
"The service is 100 percent free of charge,"
Stackpoole says. "We get paid by the service providers. We've found that
free is looked upon well in this economy."
GTS's revenues
have went up 100 percent last year for the six-year-old company with 500
clients and three employees. Stackpoole expects to hire up to five people by the
end of the year.
Source: Mark Stackpoole, CEO of GTS
Writer: Jon Zemke