Growing Up With 15 Siblings, I Had To Work Hard To Get Noticed Being the youngest of SIXTEEN kids (I’m the tiny one), I was raised to believe that you get a good education, work at a company for 30 years and then retire. Ever watched the movie Rudy? My dad was Rudy’s dad, believing in working hard but taking …
Who Opens A SECOND Business One Week After Launching An MSP? This Guy… Just one week after finalizing the paperwork for my new MSP, I got a call from a friend about starting a BIOS company with him. “Sure, I can run TWO brand-new businesses simultaneously. Why not?!” (Insert eyeroll here) I figured my MSP company would be my “quick …
Our $5 Million Unsinkable IT Business Hit A Massive Iceberg My business partner and I started our first IT services business in 1999. Yet, rather than focus on LANs and servers like most MSPs, our business model focused more on connectivity services, including VoIP, cloud and cyber security. From day one, we locked onto the monthly recurring revenue model and …
Without Marketing, There’s Zero Leads And Zero Hope For Growth Living in the small coastal town of Hartlepool in North East England, I believe I bring a unique perspective of running an MSP from “across the pond.” My IT journey began when I left high school at the age of 16. Classroom education was never really for me, so I …
Knocked Down Again And Again – But Never Knocked Out! Standing onstage as a Better Your Best finalist at this year’s Fight Club–themed Boot Camp was most appropriate for me because I have been knocked down more times than I can count. When I came to the US from the Dominican Republic with my mother, we lacked a lot and …
Entangled In The Dark Web Of Doubt For 6 Straight Years The dark web is not a thing or a place. It lives among us, learning, adapting, embedding itself into the very fabric of our digital footprint, now synonymous with daily life. As CEOs, we’ve come to know the dark web of running a business. It preys upon your every …
Servicing 981 Break-Fix Clients At 375 Pounds, I Was Ready To Drop Customers And Weight! “Wow! He’s the Better Your Best winner…he just won an Aston Martin sports car. He must have it ALL figured out!” Truth is, I’m no different than most of you. Believe me, I had to LEARN how to achieve this level of success. Less than …
Not All Marketing Agencies Deliver The RESULTS You Are Chasing Twenty-one years ago, Rishi Patel started Keeran Networks in the city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. As the owner and a natural-born salesperson, he’s always been a strong closer. Problem was, as his responsibilities grew as the CEO, there was no lead generation system, leads were not always followed up …
50% Growth For 2 Straight Years Seemed TOO Easy. For the first few years, RoundTable Technology had the great fortune of growing organically through word of mouth, referrals and a couple of small acquisitions. I took my seat at the RoundTable in 2016 to help with sales and business development. At first, my job was a breeze since new contracts …
Working 12-Hour Days, 6 Days A Week, Without Growing My MRR, I Was Officially STUCK Like my grandfather – my hero – I’ve always had an affinity for helping people. In addition, I love technology. At age 18, I combined those two passions in a unique and profitable way. I went to RadioShack and bought a few Optimus speakers, some …
