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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
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- **Phase 2 (Months 4–9):** Edge Monitoring Platform — recurring revenue, infrastructure buildout
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- **Phase 3 (Months 10–18):** GPU-Powered AI Features — premium tier, predictive maintenance
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## Documents
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### Strategic
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- `STRATEGY.md` — Overall strategic direction and positioning
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- `recommended-approach.md` — Detailed 3-phase execution plan
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- `business-models.md` — All business model options evaluated
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- `financials.md` — Revenue models, projections, economics
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- `go-to-market.md` — 90-day sprint, customer targeting, pitch
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- `risks-and-constraints.md` — AWS non-compete, risk mitigation
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### Market Research
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- `competitive-analysis.md` — Market research and competitive landscape
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- `msp-competitive-landscape.md` — Detailed MSP and remote support competitor analysis
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### Technical
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- `technical-stack.md` — Infrastructure overview, tools, deployment architecture
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- `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)
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**Initial Capital:** $500–1,000
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**Target Revenue (Month 3):** $20k–45k
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**Target Revenue (Month 18):** $35k/month recurring
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*Last Updated: February 2026*
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