MSP Business School

The Vice President of Service Leadership (a ConnectWise solution), Peter Kujawa knows a thing or two about building a business. Assisted by Service Leadership’s support offerings, Peter led the turnaround of Locknet, including the acquisition by EO Johnson Business Technologies. Now, 11 years later, he’s committed to helping MSPs experience success by using the same tools that aided his company’s growth.

The MSP space is a fast-moving, ever-changing industry. Staying on top of the latest information and technology can be challenging, especially for younger MSPs that aren’t quite ready to commit to something like a peer group. Enter ChannelPro: a free publication with a mission to educate and support the MSP community. Joel Zaidspiner, ChannelPro’s Vice President & Associate Publisher, joins us to share the importance of education, community, and exposure, and how ChannelPro can assist MSPs in their growth and client relationships.

Not too many people make the leap from technical positions to the world of sales and marketing, but for Jimmy Hatzell of Quickpass, his background in IT serves as a major plus when developing content and marketing strategies. In this episode, Jimmy shares his philosophy on marketing, explaining how the right kind of marketing will boost your sales teams’ efforts and create sales at scale.

For this special roundtable of MSP Business School, hosts Brian, Tim, and Robb tackle one of the most difficult challenges MSP owners are facing today: finding, recruiting, and hiring salespeople.

The Executive Vice President and Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Nuspire, Michelle Bank joins us to talk about what has people perplexed in the MSSP space, why end users are confused by the alphabet soup of IT, and what MSPs and MSSPs can do to help their clients better understand cybersecurity

Are you covering your SaaS? That’s the question that Jim Lippie of SaaS Alerts wants to answer for you in this episode of MSP Business School. As more and more SMBs are migrating the majority of their business to the cloud, it’s up to MSPs to ensure their clients remain protected no matter the application.

Willis Cantey of Cantey Tech Consulting joins us to talk about what it’s like to be under the umbrella of a private equity organization, sharing unique strategies they use to grow and find new MSPs coming in, and what the opportunities are for MSPs looking to be targeted.

As the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Datto, Rob Rae is a man who needs no introduction. If you’ve been in the channel for any length of time, chances are you know his name and have most likely seen him at an event or two. We’re delighted to have Rob join us for this episode of MSP Business School to talk about the current climate of the industry and the opportunities he sees for MSPs in the coming year.

The CEO of Binox MSP, Walter Contreras is a technologist, entrepreneur, and marketer whose current focus is helping MSPs grow quickly through lead generation and marketing automation technology. Walter sits down with Brian, Tim, and Robb to discuss the changing landscape of sales and how technology and automation can help MSPs through some of the more difficult parts of the sales process.

Welcome to MSP Business School’s first episode of 2022! We made it through another year, and as we look forward to this new year bringing a bit more normalcy and stability as the pandemic continues to wane, we wanted to share the top three things we believe MSPs should be thinking about in 2022.