Out-of-Towners
On the road, in the air, in and out of hotels—with the right gear and the best deals, you'll forget that you even have an office.
You know you're a mobile warrior when . . . your laptop case
weighs more than your suitcase. Hot syncs are more important than
hot showers. You've seen more movies on airplanes than in
theaters. You refer to going back to the hotel as "going
home." Does that sound like you? Congratulations-you're a
fearless-flying, on-the-road, train-hopping, always-connected
entrepreneurial mobile warrior.
A business trip should never turn into a business trap,
especially when there are now more reliable technology options than
ever before. Enhancing your mobile business style is simply a
matter of finding the right combination of hardware and
services.
Bag It
Gregory Brooks, 42, has a laptop bag stocked and ready to go at all
times. The founder of Boca Raton, Florida, Microconsultants travels
extensively to meet with clients and work on software designed to
manage customer relationships. Whenever he sees a presentation on
the horizon, Brooks grabs a laptop and his so-called "road
warrior survival kit."
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A peek inside his computer case reveals a portable surge
protector with a telephone line, various cables and extra CDs and
diskettes. "I never know what I'll be faced with when
I'm on the road," Brooks says. "I use LapLink so I
have a cable in the event I have to transfer data back and forth
from one machine to another."
There are bare necessities entrepreneurs must have while on the
road, but there are also items that just make traveling easier.
Brooks points out one in particular: "Take a pair of portable
headphones. I've found if you play a DVD on a plane, the person
next to you already hates you for watching your own movie. They
don't want to hear it, too."
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