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Monk Networks

Side project / 2010

Monk Networks was a hosting side project that made it to a rough business plan, an outsourcing plan, and a very orange logo. It never became a company.

From the archive

  1. Ops Dojo, DelawareThe side project became a Delaware company and immediately had to decide what it actually sold.
  2. Miserable WeekA new Amsterdam data center, school, and a side company all landed in the same seven days.
  3. Monk Got a LogoMonk Networks was still a rough business plan, but now it had a very orange face.
  4. Outsource the Whole ThingThe early Monk Networks pitch was simple: give a startup an operations department without making it build one.
  5. Done and DoneTwo hours after an advisor asked for a one-page business summary, the first Monk Networks pitch was moving.