Who are you and what is your job? Nicholas Ashford, Partner Fordhouse – I work with MSP owners who are thinking of exiting their business within the next 5 years. What is your business and what do you do within the MSP space? We acquire MSPs and I help educate MSP owners about the …
MSP Investor Interview – Nicholas Ashford ( Fordhouse) Read More »
Whether you are planning an exit or its not yet something you have considered, as an MSP owner or manager you should always be looking at ways to improve the business, processes and add value where you can. At MSP.blog we advise MSP owners to ‘start, with the end in mind’ – Whether that’s a …
An earn-out (EO) is a common mechanism during the sale of an MSP business. It is to protect the buyer during the acquisition and to keep the current sellers motivated throughout the process. When selling an MSP, a figure or valuation calculation is agreed, and this ultimately is the ‘sale price’ for the MSP – …
What is an ‘Earn Out’ (EO) and what to watch out for? Read More »
When assessing your business, a key area that forms the foundation of a solid MSP is it’s ‘Tech Stack’. With so much technology out there and a huge array of vendors it can be common for MSP’s to have messy, overcomplicated tech stacks that is made up of technology that does not function succinctly together. …
You don’t need to be a financial expert or FD to take your MSP through the M&A process (we recommend you work with a good one though!) but the M&A space is known for having more 3 letter acronyms than us IT guys. The below are some of the most common phrases and words used …
Top Buzzwords & phrases you need to know within M&A Read More »
