Author Archives: Vlad

Service Compromise as a Service

IT Business
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Sometimes as a business owner you have to put your foot down and say: No, I will not do stupid things. But then you realize just how many stupid people are walking around with stupid amounts of cash and the … Continue reading

Internal Monologue On Compromises

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Porsche 911 is not just the longest running production vehicle, it’s also one that thrives in it’s niche as a flexible sports car and a versatile daily driver. In continuous production since 1963, this car continues to improve every year … Continue reading

How many value propositions do you need?

IT Business
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Long story short: one. Is your business a highly skilled technology provider or a flea market with a bunch of random crap? Because, shocker, only one of the two is a high paying / high margin enterprise. On my world … Continue reading

Fixing Stupid

Boss, Misc
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Can you fix stupid? Can anyone, externally, fix stupid? Correctional facility system seems to think so. I don’t. Yesterday one of my friends offered her opinion on this topic and I felt it would be valuable to offer mine… because … Continue reading

WTF is wrong with Vlad

IT Business, IT Culture
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Today I had a remarkably good day, the kind you only dream of as a business owner. I hung out with my kids and my wife in the morning, got in to work at about 9am, had a few meetings … Continue reading

Our Community Initiatives 2014

ExchangeDefender, IT Business, Shockey Monkey
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I’ve made my opinions of the SMB IT events very clear in the past and given some of the humorous proposals we’ve gotten so far I can assure you we’ll continue to chop away at our schedule of 2014 conferences. … Continue reading

Predictions for 2014

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It’s the new year and the opportunity for every blowhard to blindly toss their darts on the wall of IDC and Gartner data and proclaim the next cash cow. And with that in mind, the future is robots and drones … Continue reading

NYE Resolutions

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Making resolutions is not as easy as finding friends that will keep you motivated and pointed in the right direction 365 days of the year. Everyone is entitled to wishful thinking – reaching your goal takes a little more. So … Continue reading

SMB beef with VC

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My head is spinning from all the amazing conversations I’ve had this week and I wanted to offer a bit of an explanation regarding my animosity towards VC involvement in the SMB space. As I hinted previously I am working … Continue reading

To thine own self be true

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It’s not a big surprise to many of my long time readers that I am a huge fan of Shakespeare and British/imperial/colonial history. I owe most of that to the copious (meaning: shitload) amount of reading, theatre, history and other … Continue reading