Starting a managed services provider today: what would I do?

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@chrisknotts9983
@chrisknotts9983 4 жыл бұрын
Right on. This was basically my approach when I entered the healthcare space in 2013 (also in the DC area). Fast forward to 2020 and our focus (and market advantage) is on the line of business apps in healthcare (EMRs and practice management systems). Good advice. For my sake, I hope few follow it. ;-)
@luisqp66
@luisqp66 10 ай бұрын
Hello. You developvrhis apps ? Are they saas?
@CyberHealthPodcast
@CyberHealthPodcast 5 ай бұрын
👋 What’s the name of your company? Looking for more info about healthcare in IT
@EricChamberlain
@EricChamberlain Жыл бұрын
This is very helpful. Even in 2024. I'm building my own product (At Your Service) and realize it falls incredibly short of current MSPs. But what my service provides is better organization, team communication, and ensuring high service availability. However, securing _data_ is king. I love that you consider devices as mere inputs to that data. The service that allows them to create / modify / secure data is the play. I'll see how I can integrate that into my platform. Again, thank you.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful. I'm working on my 2024 version, although I suspect it will lean in heavily on my recent video about distribution. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp_MeIqNrLiIgsU Your approach sounds spot on, and I suspect you'll find good uptake with customers who value your services. That's a great place to be, as they really value the advisory services.
@SessouStudios
@SessouStudios Жыл бұрын
Just want to let you know how spectacular you were at communicating in an efficient and understandable way. When watching this video, it was really clear to me that you put thought and intentionality behind your advice, which means a lot to me in trusting your judgement. Looking forward to watching more of your content!
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
That is very kind of you to say, and I am glad you found the video helpful!
@notsure7874
@notsure7874 5 ай бұрын
Now - for your integration software, Zapier: What exactly are you using this for that it's such a show stopper? What is it feeding data to / receiving data from? I would lean toward Zapier, because its a great platform but instead of just saying "showstopper" maybe WHY is it a showstopper and what parts exactly do you need Zapier to work with?
@marlonpdavids
@marlonpdavids Жыл бұрын
Amazing future MSP walkthrough. Any new startup need to digest this it’s gold.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
So glad you find it useful.
@Podcasts2000
@Podcasts2000 4 ай бұрын
One of the few videos with substance
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, kind of you to say!
@ShadCollins
@ShadCollins 3 жыл бұрын
Unless I totally misunderstand, this isn't about having an MSP. This is about creating a company that provides vertical SaaS solutions for an industry vertical and provide turnkey management if you can get an organization to transition all of its solutions to your bundled stack.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 3 жыл бұрын
That's a smart take. That all said, why isn't what I outline managed services... too? Deliver turnkey technology management to a business on a contractual basis. Sounds a lot like a version of managed services. The goal with the piece is to illustrate starting with the industry and with the business value versus the core infrastructure. I offer that it's an "AND"... they both end up being a version of managed services. This one is without a legacy to carry with it. I want IT services companies to focus more on this as a competitive threat OR the way their business should go rather than focusing on if it's managed services or not. If one loses business to this kind of new upstart, it will not matter what we called it. You didn't misunderstand it at all.. in fact, I think you completely got it.
@danawhiteisagenius8654
@danawhiteisagenius8654 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great video that uses a great rl example. Listening to his mindset, how he approaches it and his step by step actionable plan. This is $$$!!!
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@joelamb6925
@joelamb6925 4 жыл бұрын
Great methodology toward building a new MSP today. I am sure most business owners would prefer their techs to be salaried, but making helpdesk techs salaried would conflict with the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) and make you vulnerable to lawsuits and government fines. Assuming you made the techs hourly, you would need SOME sort of timesheet management or at least a clock in and clock out capability. As you scale though you may have to rethink this as it will become challenging to manage resources solely based on "issues resolve." Other than that I love the focus and do believe this is the competition the industry will face in the future. Great video!
@isaacflynn8989
@isaacflynn8989 Жыл бұрын
Great content. Thanks Dave.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@abes365
@abes365 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Can you make an updated one? Do you think anything has changed in the past 3 years?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
It’s a great idea .. I’ll consider! What would you want that new video to answer?
@eointhomas2914
@eointhomas2914 4 күн бұрын
I’ve worked in MSP space for years and I still get confused over Microsoft licensing, I can’t imagine how a customer feels looking at invoices
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 4 күн бұрын
And why I expect those who offer advice to continue to have a lot of value
@chacatiarla
@chacatiarla 3 жыл бұрын
Solid thinking 😎
@rosthanlinux
@rosthanlinux 3 жыл бұрын
I' from Brazil and I just loved your content
@kakakheal5176
@kakakheal5176 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@schylerjones5722
@schylerjones5722 3 жыл бұрын
I really like the idea of managing for ticket closure and customer service vs. timesheets. I understand how we might measure and rate customer satisfaction, and how to measure ticket closure. However, how does one rate ticket closure? Are there industry standard metrics such as how many tickets should be closed by a tech within a given time period, average age, etc.?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 3 жыл бұрын
The only way stats make sense is when the volume is high enough. I would be focusing on managing by exception - set some baselines, then just watch to find out how many violate that. You want most to follow a standard path, and then just iterate. You don’t have to get it right on the first try.
@georgejosifidis
@georgejosifidis 2 жыл бұрын
I've been doing that for that past decade. I've never seen a point to manage timesheets, that's what bosses do not leaders.
@elarapartridge1520
@elarapartridge1520 2 жыл бұрын
Great video very interesting
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@andrewpicazo7220
@andrewpicazo7220 Ай бұрын
I started one by accident, I managed one firm and now I have 10 contracts with no idea what I’m doing. I can scale up but need to hire help lol
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Ай бұрын
Congratulations on the accidental success. Hopefully a good problem to have!
@Connor-iu1xc
@Connor-iu1xc Жыл бұрын
Loved listening this as a dumb basic server tech lmfao but ya gotta start somewhere haha
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
Everyone starts somewhere -- no such thing as a dumb tech! Glad you found value
@protekituk969
@protekituk969 4 жыл бұрын
so as a newish MSP with two staff in the the UK I have about half a dozen very small SMEs that I support on a break fix model. The big question is how do transition to the new model you speak about. What should be my service offering ? How do market these offering(s) to prospective clients ? What marketing tools/campaigns should I be using ?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 4 жыл бұрын
There's a lot here. I'd encourage you to think about what kind of business analysis projects you can bring to your customers based on your experience and current capabilities. If you do not have those capabilities, you will need to build them, and that will involve either training or hiring. You'll analyze what you are capable of doing, and then create your messaging, which you will then convert into those campaigns. This is the basics of building a business plan, and then implementing that. If you need guidance, there are number of communities to engage with as well as individuals you can connect and engage with too.
@damianpfister1
@damianpfister1 2 жыл бұрын
Any thoughts on how you would start a security focused MSP, akin to an MSSP but for the traditional SMB market that MSPs tend to fall into? The idea then is to avoid the regular IT support needs and focus purely on Security, which sounds safer based off your previous video "Don't start an MSP", where you highlight the huge risk in being an outsourced IT partner for any business...when targeted attacks are now mainstream.
@damianpfister1
@damianpfister1 2 жыл бұрын
When I say "safer" I am referring to the focus being on the most risk in this market...security. Sure it doesn't make it easier or reduce risk per se, but having security the focus area, you do reduce the surface area of overall responsibilities. It is still service based and won't be as straight forward as offering a highly locked down Cloud solution, as Security requires actually working to protect all those insecure endpoints with EDR/XDR/SIEM type solutions, Backup/DR, Phising, DNS Filtering, Darkweb monitoring, patch/vulnerability management, 2FA, among others. Or perhaps one could focus on core areas like EDR and merely report on/highlight areas like Patch Management and Backups to offset the risk (to the MSP)?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 2 жыл бұрын
@@damianpfister1 It’s a great question. I’m not sure you can entirely avoid the basic IT support needs of an SMB. Most SMB customers are going to expect everything from a single provider. At best, you can probably partner with a traditional player. The best move would be to deprioritize those traditional IT needs. If everything for the customer is cloud based, you are going to be reducing the level of complexity you deal with at the end point, and then consider something like an outsourced help desk, or one of the offerings from a distributor, to handle the vast majority of that work. The trick is making that far less a need.
@georgejosifidis
@georgejosifidis 2 жыл бұрын
Unification, consolidation, integration.
@tuffff1908
@tuffff1908 2 жыл бұрын
keep it up
@mspleadgeneration
@mspleadgeneration Жыл бұрын
I love this
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
Thanks! That it continues to resonate means a lot.
@amrsuliman2890
@amrsuliman2890 3 жыл бұрын
I'm still a little confused as to what you would Zapier for - Yourself and your MSP team, or the customer? If you can specify a use case that would be wonderful.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 3 жыл бұрын
Bit of both. On the back end, link any cloud systems that don't natively talk to each other via Zapier for my own business, and then beyond that, this is the kind of consulting and services that a customer would pay for. Linking cloud services that don't necessarily talk to each other natively would be a big area of consulting.
@amrsuliman2890
@amrsuliman2890 3 жыл бұрын
@@MSPRadioAhhh, I see now :) Thanks for taking the time!
@curiousjose69
@curiousjose69 2 жыл бұрын
Association Management Software, I'm confused in this when it comes to integrating with Microsoft Azure. How would an AMS integrate with Azure, benefits from that?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 2 жыл бұрын
An association management software is an example of a line of business application -- a particular product focused on running the business. In this example, you'd either find a AMS that was delivered as Software-as-a-Service, and thus not need Azure directly, or you might leverage on that requires installation, and thus might use Azure as the infrastructure below the product. I'm going to favor the SaaS solution every time.
@yukidejesus1956
@yukidejesus1956 2 жыл бұрын
great video. I am at point in my IT career that i can finally start making decision. recently, i was apporached by small startup company that did some MSP *sort of*. This company is asking me to build a plan to be fully MSP in a way. When i first started IT, i was at a non paid intern at a small town in CA where we/I would be deployed to client site to provide any IT helpdesk support. At the office I was to provide small IT support managing Google for business for the companies I was deployed to. any who, 10 years later with much more experience and in different country with better position to make a change and decisions, I am tasked with this on how to start it up from ground up. I am more afraid of getting contacts and learning to get our company names out there right now. Any tips on that? (ive never done sales or like it but if i have to..ill do it).
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 2 жыл бұрын
Build your plan and interate. There are a number of approaches out there -- several consultants have approaches, including my colleague Karl Palachuk who has his "Managed Services in a month" approach. Mine is here in the video, of course.
@rachelg8101
@rachelg8101 9 ай бұрын
what country
@Cinhil
@Cinhil 4 жыл бұрын
so, what's the key to finding that application/service to base your marketing around for your niche?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 4 жыл бұрын
The short answer is research. You'll need to dig into that market and understand the requirements, learn it, and then select.
@CanesApt33z
@CanesApt33z 4 жыл бұрын
@@MSPRadio Why limit it to one vertical application? That feels limiting.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 4 жыл бұрын
@@CanesApt33z I don't disagree, although think one is best served by mastering one before trying another if I assume the typical provider is resource constrained.
@notsure7874
@notsure7874 5 ай бұрын
"I'm going to add in that infrastructure service piece in order to block competitors" What? You're going to block competitors - with Microsoft? The client owns their tenant, and Microsoft is very adamant about this. If you try to hold their tenant hostage when they change providers, MS will end their relationship with you.
@kakakheal5176
@kakakheal5176 2 жыл бұрын
cool
@notsure7874
@notsure7874 5 ай бұрын
"Any remote control tool based on Intune" I'm not sure I follow. Obviously you're not talking about a third party RMM even though some of those include remote control, so that leaves some sort of remote desktop like Splashtop. I am not aware of ANY of these that are based on Intune. They're totally different things. Also when you talk about "some kind of monitoring" because "you arent going to do it anyway" regarding the automations ... I don't get that either, because Intune does that. Intune essentially IS an RMM tool. I'm not saying I disagree, or would do anything different. Matter of fact, I think I'm doing exactly what you're talking about. Unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 5 ай бұрын
I'm going to be live tomorrow here on KZbin, Wednesday July 24 2024, and will speak to your questons during the question portion.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 5 ай бұрын
I promised you answers -- I addressed all three of your questions on the live show, here: kzbin.infoJ66H0tBGwjs?feature=shared&t=2142
@notsure7874
@notsure7874 5 ай бұрын
@@MSPRadio What a great video! Crowdstrike, CDK, a whole lot of crazy train going off the rails lately! In case you're wondering, Not Sure (AKA Joe Bauers) is the main character in the movie Idiocracy.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 5 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it, and hope it helped. And now I get the reference, thanks :)
@martemis
@martemis Жыл бұрын
What about today? Anything different?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
I’m working on an update. Some subtle changes - the principle is the same with some additional strategies, particularly with ways to scale faster. Video to come soon on that.
@martemis
@martemis Жыл бұрын
@@MSPRadio looking forward to it
@tevin11ful
@tevin11ful 6 ай бұрын
@@MSPRadiohi, do you know where I can find the update?
@jknock148
@jknock148 4 жыл бұрын
Omg can I work for you?!!!! 😂😂😂 I’m tired of working for mismanaged MSPs
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 3 жыл бұрын
If I ever come back to an MSP, I'll call! As for now, I try and provide insights to make those MSPs better.
@jarelg1
@jarelg1 11 ай бұрын
i would've paid money just to hear these words
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio 11 ай бұрын
Well, even better, it's available on KZbin!
@mkl126
@mkl126 3 жыл бұрын
what if you get erased by google or microsoft like parler?
@AndreBaptiste-ir5op
@AndreBaptiste-ir5op Жыл бұрын
You must get a lotta flak from "MSPs" huh?
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
Productive feedback, perhaps ;). If someone disagrees, I encourage them to find their own path and then come back and tell me how their business is doing. The goal is insightful guidance (and that can include going another way!)
@AndreBaptiste-ir5op
@AndreBaptiste-ir5op Жыл бұрын
@@MSPRadioI like your style. I've found that most small businesses want technology to support their business objectives, whether that is efficiency, profits, growth, client centered. Start there. Most already have "good enough" IT support/systems. These days business owners are looking for "good enough" IT reliability, yes, but they are asking more about "okay, how can I use technology to move my business forward?" It's all that matters. When they wake up, when they are commuting, when they are with their family...how can I drive my business forward? Can technology help? If so, how do I make that link? Not one wakes up thinking "IT infrastructure" unless it's down, slow, ransomwared, which means business is down.
@MSPRadio
@MSPRadio Жыл бұрын
@@AndreBaptiste-ir5opI would agree. Business outcomes is the best measurement of success, and you are right “How can I use technology to move my business forward?” Is the key question. Deliver here and you’re leading the pack.
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