MSP Growth | Value Creation | M&A
x70 Best MSP (Managed Service Provider) Blogs and Websites
Feedspot is the Internet’s Largest Human Curated Database of Bloggers and Podcasts. It is a great place to find your favourite blogs, videos, content and influencers. The best MSP blogs from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. MSP.blog are proud to be ranked in their top
x4 Great resources to learn more about M&A & business exits
If you want to maximize the fruits of your labor, learn EVERYTHING you need to know to help you understand, prepare, and secure a successful exit – well in advance of listing your business for sale checkout The Exitprenuers Playbook Want to checkout the latest M&A deals happening in the MSP space? ChannelE2E: Technology & M&A News
MSP Vendor Interview – SuperOps.ai
Who are you and what is your job? I am the Co-founder and CEO of SuperOps.ai. SuperOps.ai is a unified PSA-RMM platform for modern MSPs. Our goal is to make the lives and work of MSPs simpler, predictable and better, and support their growth with our intuitive and easy-to-use unified platform. What is your business
MSP Exit Interview – Ian Richardson (Doberman Technologies)
What was your MSP Business and when did you start it? Doberman Technologies LLC, Founded 2005, Full time in Business 2010. Grew up in a Healthcare Household (Dad was MD, Mom was a NICU Nurse), Got started in Business IT helping my Father install one of the first EMRs in the state of MI. Can
MSP Exit Interview – Richard Tubb (Tubblog)
What was your MSP and when did you start it? With a background in corporate IT, I moved into running my own IT Support business in 2001. I was your typical one-man-band IT guy, crawling under desks and plugging in cables. Then, in 2004 I read about something called Managed Services. I realised I wanted
MSP Investor Interview – David Papp (MSP Corp)
Who are you and what is your job? Chief Technology Officer – Involved in a variety of activities as part of the head office team for MSP Corp helping oversee the operations & technical aspects of all our subsidiaries throughout Canada, involved in M&A due diligence activities, integration & merger projects, marketing & branding, and
MSP Investor Interview – Nicholas Ashford ( Fordhouse)
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 Exit Interview – Steven Freidkin (Ntiva Inc)
Who are you and what is your job? Steven, I am the CEO and founder of Ntiva, a business that officially started in 2004 but had its origins as far back as middle school. I work with leaders, managers, and employees across the company to deliver technology solutions to commercial clients all with the guiding
How can I add value to my MSP business?
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
What is an ‘Earn Out’ (EO) and what to watch out for?
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 –
Add value to your MSP through your Tech-Stack
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.
Top Buzzwords & phrases you need to know within M&A
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