How to start a company without an IT professional  Have you ever
noticed that IT professionals are grumpy? I think that part of
the reason is because they never get calls like this: "Hey IT
guy, just calling to say that everything is working okay today
and you're a great guy!"  The calls are typically more like
this: "Hey IT guy, why is it that the only messages our spam
filter filters out are our sales leads? Luckily, however, it
does let all the Viagra ads through, which is good because it
gives us something to read while we're not selling anything. Did
they have classes in spam filtering at the college you
supposedly went to?"  Working in IT is somewhat like being a
fireman. You can never respond to the fire fast enough no matter
what you do. If I was starting a company today, I wouldn't even
buy a server. I would do my best to avoid acting as or hiring an
IT professional. Rather, I would do everything with Software-as-
a-Service, or SaaS (which means it is hosted online on someone
else’s server).  I would