Acquiring a Managed Service Provider Business. Part II: Valuation, Negotiation and Deal Structure
Business
Acquiring a Managed Service Provider Business. Part II: Valuation, Negotiation and Deal Structure

Part II covers valuation, deal structuring and negotiation strategy for acquiring an MSP business.

Acquiring a Managed Service Provider Business. Part I: Reasons, Targets and Due Diligence
Business
Acquiring a Managed Service Provider Business. Part I: Reasons, Targets and Due Diligence

Part I covers the reasons for acquiring an MSP, how to select the targets, and what to consider during due diligence process.

Why Do Managed Service Provider Businesses Fail?
Business
Why Do Managed Service Provider Businesses Fail?

Common reasons for MSP business failure based collected through the years from conversations with thousands of MSP business owners

New Revenue Streams for Managed Service Providers
Business Idea
New Revenue Streams for Managed Service Providers

Ideas on additional services for MSPs to collect more revenue from the existing customers.

Smart Goal Setting for Managed Service Providers
Business
Smart Goal Setting for Managed Service Providers

Setting the goals around improving the work that the team is doing focuses the team and provides them guidance in terms they understand.

Pricing and Costs for Managed Service Providers: Defining Per User and Per Device Rates
Business
Pricing and Costs for Managed Service Providers: Defining Per User and Per Device Rates

The most common question from MSPs is how to define and adjust their prices. There is a trap to follow the competition.

Positioning the Value of Managed Services to Prospects and Customers
Business Idea
Positioning the Value of Managed Services to Prospects and Customers

Understanding of the business of your customers and prospects, you can build your portfolio of services and products and pitch it most effectively.

A Collection of Useful Articles for Managed Service Providers
Business Marketing
A Collection of Useful Articles for Managed Service Providers

In this post, I am sharing some of the articles I wrote for Forbes that could be useful to my blog readers.

Importance of Good Ol’ Backups for MSPs
Technology
Importance of Good Ol’ Backups for MSPs

MSPs often see backup only as a way to recover the system in case of a failure, data loss or cyber attack. Backups are much more than that.

Converting A Business from Break-Fix to Managed Service Provider
Business
Converting A Business from Break-Fix to Managed Service Provider

A story from an MSP about their journey of converting their break-fix shop into a managed service provider.