>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 ab

>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.