About Us
GAVX sells Polycom, Lifesize, ClearOne, and Cisco Audio and Video Conference Systems. We provide free consulting, technical support and repair service. Save big on demo and pre-owned equipment.
How We Got Started
GAVX began as an IT and HR consulting firm in 1999. We became a Polycom certified reseller in 2001. We take a more global look at an organization. GAVX works with companies and the individuals within to help them to reach their fullest potential. We bring years of experience in Telecommunications, Data Networks, Videoconferencing, Project Management, and HR Consulting to the table when we assist clients with their audio and video communications needs. We leverage our experience and knowledge to create better solutions for our clients. Our goal is to create lasting business relationships built on trust and the delivery of real value.
The products and services we offer
Products & Services
The RealPresence Group 500 takes up very little space yet it powers executive meetings, HR benefit roll-outs, and multi-site education programs. Po...
Optimized for smaller groups, the Polycom RealPresence Group 310 solution is ideal for small meeting rooms, huddle rooms, and personal workspaces. ...
The RealPresence Group 700 is designed for larger meeting rooms, training rooms, classrooms, and other workspaces that require additional flexibili...
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The tax burden on small companies and middle class individuals is high because of companies and individuals who don't pay their share. Large corporations get handouts from government as a payback for donations they make to politicians. The rich can avoid paying their share because the IRS...
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The tax burden on small companies and middle class individuals is high because of companies and individuals who don't pay their share. Large corporations get handouts from government as a payback for donations they make to politicians. The rich can avoid paying their share because the IRS doesn't have the resources to do long, drawn out audits and long, drawn out court cases. Yet, it is these same people and corporations who get the largest benefits from our tax dollars in the way of police protection, roads, and other types of infrastructure. Our tax dollars pay for most drug development, we financed Tesla's launch, and we practically give away oil leases on public lands to multi-national oil companies. We need more IRS workers so that we can collect the taxes that these people and corporations should be paying. Then maybe we can lower taxes on the middle class or invest in a lower cost for higher education so that America can remain a world leader.
Credibility of such a poll is questionable given the author's alignment with Wendy's and background at Gannett. Regardless, this is not the place for politics. This is the place for businesses to collaborate on business opportunities. While social media may be focused on building walls between...
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Credibility of such a poll is questionable given the author's alignment with Wendy's and background at Gannett. Regardless, this is not the place for politics. This is the place for businesses to collaborate on business opportunities. While social media may be focused on building walls between Americans because they make more money that way, this space is designed to do just the opposite. Let's focus on making money together. I really don't care who you vote for.
GAVX sells videoconference systems to businesses. What we sell is a solution to businesses who have decided not to travel or have decided that some employees should work from home. Our customers can continue to conduct meetings and collaborate on business objectives. We sell Polycom and...
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GAVX sells videoconference systems to businesses. What we sell is a solution to businesses who have decided not to travel or have decided that some employees should work from home. Our customers can continue to conduct meetings and collaborate on business objectives. We sell Polycom and Lifesize systems which are commercial business grade solutions with superior sound and video quality. Today a major league baseball team bought (4) Lifesize videoconferencing systems and had us overnight them. They said they would be buying even more soon. However, if the problem is prolonged and does long term damage to businesses it will eventually have a negative impact on our business too.
Bringing my son into the business over 10 years ago was risky on a few levels. Our ability to work together toward common goals over the years, while retaining our friendship, has been our biggest success.
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Bringing my son into the business over 10 years ago was risky on a few levels. Our ability to work together toward common goals over the years, while retaining our friendship, has been our biggest success.
Social Media comes in different forms. Probably some form of it could be helpful to your business. Facebook works well for consumer oriented products and services sales but is basically useless for business to business sales. However, b2b organizations can benefit from LinkedIn where...
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Social Media comes in different forms. Probably some form of it could be helpful to your business. Facebook works well for consumer oriented products and services sales but is basically useless for business to business sales. However, b2b organizations can benefit from LinkedIn where professionals share ideas. eBay is more than a marketplace. You build a reputation there in your feedback profile both in feedback left and feedback received. Unregulated feedback can be dangerous to your business and the same goes in any type of social media. When you open the social media door you have to aspire to greatness with each and every experience. Sometimes a customer abuses their position in a transaction but you just have to suck it up and take the high road every time or suffer the consequences online.
Wish I would have known that my company, GAVX, would be selling video conference equipment and not providing IT consulting services. I would have built the office space different with warehouse space and a shipping department instead of a large conference room and consultant workspaces. I...
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Wish I would have known that my company, GAVX, would be selling video conference equipment and not providing IT consulting services. I would have built the office space different with warehouse space and a shipping department instead of a large conference room and consultant workspaces. I wouldn't have wasted time trying to build a consulting business first.
Fortunately, I spent 5 full days at a training session called the Entrepreneur Boot Camp which was being led by one of Apple's founders. Important take-away from the boot camp was that it doesn't matter what you go into business to do, the business needs to provide the product or service which sells. It no longer matters what your passion is. If you want to stay in business, follow the money. Sell what your customers want to buy.
At the time I started GAVX Inc., a mass of IT professionals had just completed their Y2k projects to prevent a Millennium Bug. There was a glut of IT consultants available and on the market. Although I got some projects initially, many dried up because of the NYC bombing and the wars which began after that. On a whim I built a website to sell Polycom audio and video conference equipment, something I already knew a lot about, and guess what? They sold. Remembering the lesson from the boot camp, I changed the business from consulting to sales of conference speaker phones and video conference equipment. We have never looked back on that decision we made 18 years ago.
Personally, I prefer contemporary Christian music with drums, guitars, and a bass over a choir and/or organist. Churches who rely on hymns from a hundred years ago as their music are loosing membership. Attracting younger worshipers is hard enough. Those with children know that they need to...
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Personally, I prefer contemporary Christian music with drums, guitars, and a bass over a choir and/or organist. Churches who rely on hymns from a hundred years ago as their music are loosing membership. Attracting younger worshipers is hard enough. Those with children know that they need to get them to a church whose music will appeal to them. I am not saying that I don't enjoy singing some of the special old hymns I remember from my youth in the 60's but I prefer guitars, drums and a bass. I am far from alone in this preference.
Its all about what we can do for God. We must do the best we can to present the church to others. We are representatives on Earth for God in all we do. We must always try to do our best to represent God favorably. We must always do our best to maintain and grow God's kingdom.
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We give $500 cash, not a check, to each employee. The bonus is done early enough that they can use it to buy presents. We calculate their taxes on the bonus so that on paper it looks like $700; so that no taxes are owed and the $500 is free and clear.
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We give $500 cash, not a check, to each employee. The bonus is done early enough that they can use it to buy presents. We calculate their taxes on the bonus so that on paper it looks like $700; so that no taxes are owed and the $500 is free and clear.
GAVX sells videoconference equipment to businesses. Since Small Business Saturday is on a Saturday when our business and our potential customers' businesses are closed, it will never be much help to us. Good day for us to go out and see what the local small businesses have to offer us as...
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GAVX sells videoconference equipment to businesses. Since Small Business Saturday is on a Saturday when our business and our potential customers' businesses are closed, it will never be much help to us. Good day for us to go out and see what the local small businesses have to offer us as individuals.
GAVX sells videoconference equipment to businesses, government, and professional organizations. Usually the IT department at the organization does the installation and provisioning with our help. IT departments try to get their projects done before the holiday season or start them in January. ...
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GAVX sells videoconference equipment to businesses, government, and professional organizations. Usually the IT department at the organization does the installation and provisioning with our help. IT departments try to get their projects done before the holiday season or start them in January. That means holidays are a slow-down time for us. This is good though. It allows us to catch-up on our own projects and create marketing plans for the new year. The slower holiday season is also a time for our company to reflect on how important we, as people, are to each other and to spend time with family. We recognize that each of us has a family and what is important in each other's lives.