Vendor Risk and Stack
Vendor Management for MSPs
Who owns each vendor, when it renews, and what breaks if you turn it off. The program a 10 to 20 person MSP can actually run.
Read GuideNO-BS MSP LEADERSHIP, OPERATIONS, AND AI INSIGHTS
Practical resources for MSP owners who want stronger operations, better decisions, clearer leadership, and AI/automation that actually connects to business outcomes.
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Vendor Risk and Stack
Selling Vendor Risk Assessments
Turn the vendor work you already do into a paid client offer, with scope, pricing bands, and the findings clients care about.
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The SaaS Vendor Lifecycle for Small MSPs
Five stages from selection to kill, sized for a shop with no project manager and no procurement team.
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AI Readiness for MSPs
Your team already started without you. Here is the order to fix it in, from discovery through one 60 day pilot.
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The MSP AI Policy
What belongs in a one page AI policy for a small MSP, what to leave out, and how to get it signed.
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Shadow AI and Client Risk
Client data in personal LLM accounts is a disclosure problem you cannot undo. How to find it and shut it down.
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The AI Usage Survey Your MSP Should Send
Two surveys: one for your own team this week, one you sell to clients once your house is in order.
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AI Adoption Inside Your MSP
Nearly every MSP uses AI. One in four runs a business around it. What closing that gap looks like at 15 people.
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AI Adoption in the Channel
97 percent of MSPs use AI. 20 percent have a policy for it. What the channel research means for your shop.
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AI Use Cases for MSPs
Seventeen business functions, roughly fifty use cases, and the three that pay back inside a quarter at your size.
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Build an AI Writing Engine That Sounds Like You
Source material, an instruction set, and a repeatable prompt pattern. A few hours up front to stop publishing mush.
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Channel Event ROI
One problem in, one change out. Run a $4,000 trip like the budget decision it is instead of a swag run.
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Hardware Margin and Tariffs
69 percent of providers eat some or all of a cost increase they did not create. Your agreements are the reason.
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The Claude SDR Operating System for MSPs
A no-BS playbook for building an AI-powered SDR motion that actually books meetings. Business email required.
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RPA vs AI Automation for MSPs
The 2026 decision framework for MSP owners: when to deploy RPA, when to deploy AI, and how to combine them without blowing up margin.
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MSP Automation ROI Framework
The six KPIs, four-step formula, and 90-day review cadence that prove automation paid back in real dollars, not slide-deck math.
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AI Token Costs for MSPs
Why agentic AI bills explode, what the Uber-style horror stories actually teach, and the caps every MSP should put on token spend per client.
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Managed IT Services Pricing Guide
Per-user vs per-device vs value-based pricing, 2026 rate ranges, gross margin benchmarks, and the fixes that have to land before you reset the rate card.
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Packaging Automation as an MSP Service
Pricing models, 2026 benchmarks, and contract language that protect margin in the agentic era. Stop bundling AI into the seat price.
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EU AI Act for MSPs
Deployer duties, human oversight, log retention, risk tiers, and penalties up to 35M EUR or 7% of global turnover, translated for MSP owners.
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The Automation-First MSP Playbook
Productize automation, re-role the team, open new revenue lines, and run the practice like a product without burning the team out.
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MSP Profitability Benchmarks & KPIs
EBITDA tiers, gross margin targets for service vs project work, and the 5 operational KPIs that separate top-quartile MSPs from the industry average.
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HaloPSA vs ConnectWise Manage
A no-BS comparison focused on operational discipline, accountability, and which PSA supports long-term MSP growth.
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The MSP Owner Reality Check
A 5-area maturity self-assessment to identify where the business is stuck, too owner-dependent, or lacking operational discipline.
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Reality Check Assessment (Scored)
Find the 2 to 3 things quietly capping your growth, in 9 minutes. Five questions, scored red/yellow/green, with a direct read on where to focus next.
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What an MSP Operational Maturity Assessment Should Cover
The 10 functional areas a real OMA covers, sequenced by revenue stage: Foundation, Efficiency, Growth.
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When Should an MSP Hire a Fractional COO or CTO?
Eight signals it is time for fractional executive help, how the COO and CTO seats differ inside an MSP, and what fits at $1MM, $2-5MM, and $5MM+.
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AI Use Cases for MSPs That Actually Impact Margin
Practical AI and automation opportunities that connect to service delivery, consistency, client experience, and profitability.
Coming SoonOperations
Why PSA Cleanup Alone Will Not Fix Your MSP
Why a new PSA will not fix pricing, ticket speed, time entry, or accountability. Fix the operating model first, then decide if the tool needs to move.
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MSP Coach vs. Fractional Operator
Why most burned-by-coaching stories are really a hiring mismatch. What an operator brings that a coach cannot, and the one question to ask before signing.
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Peer Groups vs. Fractional Advisor
Peer groups are valuable for community and validation. They cannot diagnose your specific margin leaks, service delivery breakdowns, or missing leadership bench.
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Fractional COO vs. Full-Time COO
What fractional actually means, what a full-time COO actually costs at three to five million in revenue, and the real decision point most owners miss.
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Why I Won't Sell You a Playbook
A direct take on why frameworks fail most MSPs, and what to do instead. Mike's positioning essay.
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Stop the Bleeding: The MSP Stabilization Checklist
You're not failing. Your structure is. Five places to look before you do anything else.
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How to Automate MSP Client Reporting
Your senior people lose the first week of every month to reports. A six-step framework for automating it without buying another platform.
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AI Practice Readiness Assessment
Six scored questions on demand, builder, spend, policy, data, and horizon. No email required. Get a straight read on whether you are ready.
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How to Build an AI Practice Inside Your MSP
The six-step sequence: inventory, policy, data, internal automations, delivery cost, then the offering. You cannot sell what you do not run.
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AI Practice Readiness Checklist
Six checks that tell you whether you are ready to build an AI practice, or what to fix first if you are not.
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AI Policy & Cost Baseline Toolkit (Coming Soon)
The policy structure and the cost baseline worksheet. Not finished yet. Join the waiting list and get it before it goes public.
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How MSPs Can Sell AI Advisory Without Sounding Like Hype Merchants
How MSPs can position AI services around client outcomes, governance, and practical business value.
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