Startups
IT for startups, so technology is one less thing on the founder's plate
Founders are already doing ten jobs. We take IT off the list: set it up right the first time, keep it secure, and grow it as the company grows.
Founders face a long list of unknowns and too few people to share them with. IT should not be one of them.
We help early-stage companies build reliable infrastructure quickly: what the team needs to collaborate, build the product and win customers, with security built in from the start rather than bolted on before an audit.
As the company grows, we grow with it, from the first laptops to a full operation. When you are ready to hire your own IT staff, we help you hire them.
What makes IT hard here
- No expertise, no budget
- Nobody to own IT, and every dollar already spoken for.
- Decisions that stick
- Early choices about email, identity and devices that are painful to undo later.
- Security from day one
- Customers and investors asking about security before you have a security person.
- Growing fast
- Systems that work for five people and break at fifty.
What we do
- Consulting and roadmap
- What to set up now, what can wait, and a plan for what comes next.
- Initial budgeting
- A realistic IT budget, before you commit money you will regret.
- Infrastructure setup
- Virtual or physical: email, identity, devices, file shares and networking, set up properly.
- Hardware and licensing
- Computers, servers and software licenses sourced, so you are not overpaying or under-licensed.
- Support as you grow
- IT support for every user, scaling up to the point where you hire your own IT staff.
- vCIO
- Senior technology guidance for the founder and the board, as long as you need it.
- Vendor management
- Your technology vendors managed, so the founder is not on hold with them.
Software and platforms we support
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Bitdefender GravityZone
Questions we get asked
When should a startup bring in an IT provider?
Earlier than most do. Setting up email, identity and devices properly at five people is quick and cheap. Untangling it at fifty is neither.
Do we need SOC 2 yet?
If you sell to businesses, probably sooner than you think. Building the right habits early makes the eventual audit far easier.
Do you understand startups?
We were one recently. We know what it is like to do everything yourself with too little money, which is why we focus on what you need now rather than everything you might need one day.
Services that matter most here
Someone who can sit in front of your board and answer for the technology.
ServiceSOC 2 complianceYou started SOC 2 and stalled, or a customer just asked for a report and you do not know where to begin.
ServiceCloud & Microsoft 365Migrations that finish, and a tenant that stays tidy afterwards. Email, files, identity, phones.
ServiceThirty minutes, and you will know where you stand.
No obligation, no pitch deck. We will tell you what we would do and what the ceiling would be. If that is not worth it, you have lost half an hour.