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+# Red Castle — Industrial IoT Venture
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+## Overview
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+Red Castle is an edge-first industrial IoT consulting and platform business, built on 13 years of controls engineering experience combined with 4 years of cloud engineering expertise. The target market is small-to-mid manufacturers who need OT/IT integration without enterprise price tags or cloud vendor lock-in.
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+## 3-Phase Bootstrap Approach
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+- **Phase 1 (Months 1–3):** OT/IT Integration Consulting — revenue generation, market validation
+- **Phase 2 (Months 4–9):** Edge Monitoring Platform — recurring revenue, infrastructure buildout
+- **Phase 3 (Months 10–18):** GPU-Powered AI Features — premium tier, predictive maintenance
+
+## Documents
+
+### Strategic
+- `STRATEGY.md` — Overall strategic direction and positioning
+- `recommended-approach.md` — Detailed 3-phase execution plan
+- `business-models.md` — All business model options evaluated
+- `financials.md` — Revenue models, projections, economics
+- `go-to-market.md` — 90-day sprint, customer targeting, pitch
+- `risks-and-constraints.md` — AWS non-compete, risk mitigation
+
+### Market Research
+- `competitive-analysis.md` — Market research and competitive landscape
+- `msp-competitive-landscape.md` — Detailed MSP and remote support competitor analysis
+
+### Technical
+- `technical-stack.md` — Infrastructure overview, tools, deployment architecture
+- `virtual-plc-implementation.md` — Complete technical implementation guide for virtual PLC platform
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+## Quick Reference
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+**Target Market:** Small-to-mid manufacturers ($10–100M revenue)  
+**Initial Capital:** $500–1,000  
+**Target Revenue (Month 3):** $20k–45k  
+**Target Revenue (Month 18):** $35k/month recurring
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+*Last Updated: February 2026*