{"id":2255,"date":"2021-03-24T08:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treehouse-it.com\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2021-03-24T08:28:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:28:24","slug":"why-we-do-what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treehouse-it.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/why-we-do-what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Do What We Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">treehouseIT has been around now for almost 18 years.  We work every day to help small businesses with their technology needs. It&#8217;s always a good idea to take a look back and re-iterate the &#8220;why&#8221; of what you do. Here is why we do what we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Beginning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long time ago, in a galaxy that seems like it was far, far away, but was really just down the road . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I fell into this job. I got a degree in college in a field completely different from what I&#8217;m doing now. My plan (such as it was) was to be a music producer. I started working as an audio engineer, but my heart was never really in it. I had personal experience with computers and technology, and through a couple of twists of the career road I ended up as a &#8220;Manager of Information Services&#8221; for the same company. It was a good job, and I had a lot of opportunity for learning, both about the technology and how to work with people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a small business by any definition. But we started to take advantage of some of the new web technologies that were out there. I was still very green so we partnered with a local tech consulting company. They were going to work with us to build systems that would facilitate communication between the different parts of the business. Easy enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the process, they proposed a network infrastructure project to be the basis for the rest of the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was big. It was expensive. It was redundant and all the good stuff that a consulting company would put into a big project for a big client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we weren&#8217;t a big client. We were a small business. The proposal didn&#8217;t take into account that we didn&#8217;t need 24&#215;7 availability. They didn&#8217;t think about the people and the actual needs. It was just their regular &#8220;solution&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts of it were implemented, but the whole project never got very far. There were a lot of reasons for this, and my inexperience didn&#8217;t help. And I admit that I may be fogging some of the details from 20 years ago. But I clearly remember starting at a piece of paper with a nice network diagram on it and thinking &#8220;who is this for exactly?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pushed Out of the Nest<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not too long after that, I went out on my own to start my own technology consulting company. At first we were called surge technology services. It wasn&#8217;t exactly my choice to head out on my own, but it was ultimately the best thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I started this company, I decided we would be focused on small businesses. First, because I was by myself and there was no way I could support more than a few people. But also because there aren&#8217;t any good choices for small businesses looking for a technology partner. And that&#8217;s where we have worked throughout our history, working with small businesses that don&#8217;t get attention from the bigger companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Everyone Needs a Partner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We work with small businesses because we understand that every business needs a technology partner. We understand that each business is different, and needs solutions tailored to their situation. Small businesses don&#8217;t have money to burn on things that don&#8217;t provide immediate value. And what works today may not work in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We help people. That&#8217;s what it comes down to. 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