Just thinking out loud here. I don’t know too much about starting my own business, but I have a pipe dream about having a side gig building on-site mini servers for clients who want to start their own businesses.
I could speak with the client, find out what type of business they’re developing, then pair them up with FOSS applications and hardware they’d run on their property. I could also update it all remotely. It would be like a plumber/electrician that can show people how to manage the tools I bring to them.
I was thinking of doing this as a really small personal business, meeting with the clients and installing systems for them.
You think there’s a market for something like this? I don’t really have anyone in my circle who knows the business or tech side of this.
Not to be too facetious… but it’s called SMB consulting, homie.
What anyone in that industry will tell you is that it’s extremely sink or swim, and the hard part is finding reliable clients willing to pay you appropriately.
If you really wanna go that route, start by registering an LLC and putting together your shared template you wanna build from. Wouldn’t recommend going all-in until you have a few steady clients on your roster, but you can certainly dip your toes in without much headache to see if it’s something you like.
And there’s always someone doing it cheaper. And wrong. I got some weird and unexpected DMARC reports a while ago. A local guy has I guess one o365 license, with the domains for all his clients, with forwarding rules for all his clients to their free Gmail/ISP email. Rather a privacy issue.
Holy cow.
Yea, someone always willing to jump through hoops to save money but not understanding the cost of the risk.
I was trying to reach an accountant. So, insane.
“Dude, buddy, homie!”
Thanks for the explanation and the sobering advice. I don’t plan on going big, but it’s good to know what I’m going into.