In January of 2023 I received word that my position was being eliminated, I was getting shitcanned. Fortunately, the division this corporation was shitcanning had subscribers, upwards of 2500 businesses; this led the corporation to keep us around to keep the “lights on” while these people transitioned off. This triggered an opportunity for me to pivot from technology to café owner, to allow my wife to chase her dream. One year later, she has two locations and a third opening next month in downtown Boise, ID.

I also created a technology consulting business at the beginning of this year; I specialize in desktop as a service automation. My customers are Independent Software Vendors (ISV) that would like to sell their products in a managed environment and Managed Service Provider (MSP) which manage cloud environments for multiple businesses. I’ve had some success… But…

I see the writing on the wall, we are headed for dark times as it is ordained by the people with the strings. Search where I suggest that most of this craziness is deliberate, from the fentanyl crises to the genital confusion to the wars and the vaccine. It’s all ordained, I think hard times will happen.

So, I’m considering pivoting once again to market independence in technology. I want to assist businesses that want to get out of the cloud, reduce or eliminate the eavesdropping that big tech does on your data, own their data once again. Since this is a new untapped segment as I don’t know anyone anymore promoting on-premises private clouds solutions besides maybe Hillery Clinton and her e-mail server. This is the portfolio I’m thinking about:

-- Virtualization technology solutions besides cloud provides and VMware/Citrix/Microsoft.
-- Desktop operating system alternatives besides Microsoft Windows and Office.
-- Data storage solutions besides cloud providers and NetApp.
-- Firewall solutions not utilizing expensive Cisco products.
-- Enterprise software solutions for data, e-mail and web not utilizing big tech.
-- Cell phones not using Google Android or Apple IOS.
-- And finally, automation of these platforms.

All the above is accomplished with open-source software, most of it is freely available.

My target market will be business owners who themselves are preppers or at least wish they had the time themselves to prep and want to help protect their business from the pending tyranny.

I’m using this a quasi-market research, the question to the fellow Galt’s Gulch members that have business, is this something on your mind? Have you considered regaining control of your business data?

Jack