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sound like there is an opportunity for an entrepreneur to get an inside position on the next Administration in four years. I bet you could put together an IT pl

by dkhenry 14y ago

sound like there is an opportunity for an entrepreneur to get an inside position on the next Administration in four years. I bet you could put together an IT plan that would spin up an infrastructure in less then six months and have two _very_ interested parties who you would be able to sell to.

stcredzero 14y ago
You could probably get funding to create such an infrastructure for other groups that do canvassing, like PIRG, and open source much of it. Then you'd be in a position to sell consulting services.
incision 14y ago
>I bet you could put together an IT plan that would spin up an infrastructure in less then six months and have two _very_ interested parties who you would be able to sell to. I don't know if I'd make that bet. Without the right connections I expect you stand little/no chance of getting an audience to have your plan heard and even if you do there will be backers expecting to be handed such work along with half a dozen bigger names claiming to be able to provide identical service. I'm sure if Nate Silver wants to start a political IT consultancy someone will pay attention to him, but without that kind of demonstrated value - that can only really be demonstrated during an election - I don't see how even the best plan gets any visibility. It's an interesting idea for sure though.
patdennis 14y ago
You'd want to either go through the DNC, NGP/VAN [1], or maybe the Analyst Institute [2]. Those are the groups who both have the right connections and would be willing to take the meeting. [1] http://www.ngpvan.com/ http://www.ngpvan.com/ [2] https://analystinstitute.org/ https://analystinstitute.org/
politician 14y ago
Honestly, the Obama for America technology team is already ahead of you there with proven delivery. Did you see the Atlantic interview with Harper Reed (OFA's CTO)? If not, it's worth a read. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-t... (EDIT: Which not to say it's a bad idea, just that there is a well-connected established competitor.)

by dkhenry 14y ago

stcredzero 14y ago

You could probably get funding to create such an infrastructure for other groups that do canvassing, like PIRG, and open source much of it. Then you'd be in a position to sell consulting services.

incision 14y ago

>I bet you could put together an IT plan that would spin up an infrastructure in less then six months and have two _very_ interested parties who you would be able to sell to. I don't know if I'd make that bet. Without the right connections I expect you stand little/no chance of getting an audience to have your plan heard and even if you do there will be backers expecting to be handed such work along with half a dozen bigger names claiming to be able to provide identical service. I'm sure if Nate Silver wants to start a political IT consultancy someone will pay attention to him, but without that kind of demonstrated value - that can only really be demonstrated during an election - I don't see how even the best plan gets any visibility. It's an interesting idea for sure though.

patdennis 14y ago

You'd want to either go through the DNC, NGP/VAN [1], or maybe the Analyst Institute [2]. Those are the groups who both have the right connections and would be willing to take the meeting. [1] http://www.ngpvan.com/ http://www.ngpvan.com/ [2] https://analystinstitute.org/ https://analystinstitute.org/

politician 14y ago

Honestly, the Obama for America technology team is already ahead of you there with proven delivery. Did you see the Atlantic interview with Harper Reed (OFA's CTO)? If not, it's worth a read. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-t... (EDIT: Which not to say it's a bad idea, just that there is a well-connected established competitor.)