Why We’re Consolidating on Google Workspace​

After spending the last year wrestling with Microsoft 365, we’ve decided to make a clean break and standardize our operations back on Google Workspace. The experience with Microsoft’s suite wasn’t just frustrating — it was actively slowing us down.

Microsoft 365: Built for Enterprise, Not for the Rest of Us​

At its core, Microsoft 365 feels like a suite built for large enterprises — and increasingly only for large enterprises. As a midmarket business, we found ourselves constantly running into limitations that weren’t due to lack of features, but due to complexity, brittleness, and weird user experiences.

Basic tasks often became tangled in layers of permissions, sync issues, or strange UI behavior. It felt like we were spending more time trying to make the tools work than actually using them. Worse, with Microsoft shifting 30% of its engineering focus toward AI, the quality of core features seems to have taken a hit. Things just don’t work as well as they used to — or as reliably.

While certain things like Excel are amazing, trying to make it work within the OneDrive ecosystem was a nightmare with endless amounts of lost syncs.

Why We're Going Back to Google Workspace​

Google Workspace isn’t perfect, but it is consistent, lightweight, and designed with modern workflows in mind. Its web-first architecture means apps are tightly integrated and behave predictably. It just works — which is what we want from tools that are supposed to help us move fast and collaborate seamlessly.

Beyond that, our long-term bet is on Gemini, Google’s AI offering. We believe that Google’s approach to AI — integrated deeply into everyday productivity tools — will yield better results for how we work. The synergy between Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and AI is already showing promise.

Final Thoughts​

This isn’t just a tooling decision — it’s a strategic shift. We want our team to spend time building and thinking, not troubleshooting and clicking through endless dialog boxes. We believe Google Workspace, with its simplicity and forward-thinking AI integration, is better aligned with the needs of agile, modern teams.

So yes — we’re consolidating on Google Workspace. And we’re not looking back.

I always wanted to be an old school merchant! The idea of traveling the world and buying and selling goods has always been fun. Whether I would be good at it is another question. However, I realize that a lot of trading is just a phone call, text messages, and emails anyways. Technology is not the main limitation as technology is essentially free.

Today, I’m excited to announce the first release of Yerra.In — a WhatsApp-first trading business to buy and sell goods between the United States and India. This launch is symbolic, marking the beginning of an identity and mission.

I believe the U.S. and India need each other now more than ever. By bringing expertise from one side to benefit the other, we can unlock new opportunities for both markets. I think even with the current geopolitical tensions, the U.S. and India can work together to create a better future for both countries.

My long-term goal is to serve the Indian community in the U.S., creating value through deep cultural and commercial connection. I am just getting started and am in the process of launching the first set of trade opportunities: pharmaceuticals.

One of the difficulties of starting up an IT business is that bootstrapping the initial requirements tends to be slow. opsZero has built distribution, vendor partnerships, certifications, datasets, cosell opportunities and has access to government contract vehicles. We are providing these to other companies as a service. As a first version we are providing lead lists of job listings from over 143 job boards and forums tailored to the needs of IT services companies.

With these capabilities IT companies can quickly get started and use existing resources that AWS already has. Building an IT services company requires a set of resources to be successful including a network of distribution channel partnerships, vendor partnerships, vendor certifications, sales datasets, and co-sell opportunities. These take time to develop! opsZero has developed these relationships and resources over its decade in business. Today we are launching MakeProspect to help other IT companies and startups take advantage of these resources to grow much faster.

As a first step, we are rolling out something we think IT companies will find useful: tailored lead lists of job listings. Job Listings provide insights into what companies are hiring for and allow IT companies to pitch themselves as alternates. We are pulling from over 143 job boards and forums of tech jobs. These lists are tailored to each customer using AI to assist in the curation.

Join Deepfacts.io, UnboundIT, and View.io on our journey.

https://makeprospect.com