Category Archives: IT Business

Ok, I’ll admit that I chose the title to see if I can give my buddy Scott a heart attack. Don’t worry, this message is not about SPAM and it’s not funny. The Leave I’ve been somewhat disconnected from the … Continue reading →

Karl has made quite a bit of noise with his $249 / 5 user package and how he’s making money hand over fist. As usual, the devil is in the details but you can sign up for his Cloud Podcast … Continue reading →

Knowledge is crack, just try it and you’ll be hooked. And you’ll find out how clueless you were beforehand, or how clueless everyone around you is. That’s what’s so wonderful about technology, Internet, etc – it’s possible (given time, effort … Continue reading →

It took over a week to catch up with the comments regarding the “Death of a Services Salesman” blog series. I’m glad so many of you enjoyed it, I got more comments on this and more ad money than ever … Continue reading →

Over the last four posts I looked at the major factors contributing to the death of the IT solution providers in the SMB sector. To quickly review, we’ve seen a lot of people hang up the hat because: They were … Continue reading →

In late 2009 through early 2010 we’re seeing an unprecedented death rate of technology businesses involved in SMB (VARs, MSPs, technology experts), traditionally reseller-friendly companies going direct and the rapidly changing set of rates (from netbooks to computer service to … Continue reading →

In late 2009 through early 2010 we’re seeing an unprecedented death rate of technology businesses involved in SMB (VARs, MSPs, technology experts), traditionally reseller-friendly companies going direct and the rapidly changing set of rates (from netbooks to computer service to … Continue reading →

In late 2009 through early 2010 we’re seeing an unprecedented death rate of technology businesses involved in SMB (VARs, MSPs, technology experts), traditionally reseller-friendly companies going direct and the rapidly changing set of rates (from netbooks to computer service to … Continue reading →

In late 2009 through early 2010 we’re seeing an unprecedented death rate of technology businesses involved in SMB (VARs, MSPs, technology experts), traditionally reseller-friendly companies going direct and the rapidly changing set of rates (from netbooks to computer service to … Continue reading →

short version: If you put it in writing, you can read how stupid you ideas are. long version: I spent a couple days at the HTG Summit in Dallas last week and I thought I’d reflect on a real life … Continue reading →