Author Archives: Vlad

****, I hope I’m right

Posted: 12:55 am
November 12, 2010
IT Business
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There are times in business when you make a decision and just hope for the sake of everyone involved that you’re right. If you own a business, perhaps that roll of the dice came when you started your business. Perhaps … Continue reading →

MSP: What would you do?

Posted: 5:01 pm
November 9, 2010
IT Business
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Last week I spent a lot of my time hanging around the conferences we sponsored in Orlando surrounding the ConnectWise summit. I was not officially a part of any of them which allowed me to have one-on-one meetings with a … Continue reading →

On Medical Leave Till 2011

Posted: 12:34 am
November 7, 2010
Boss, Work Ethic
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Effective November 1st (past Monday) I have been on medical leave from Own Web Now. During my absence a whole slew of people will be taking over my role as well as my Inbox so please be careful what you … Continue reading →

Update on MSP Shark Jumping

Posted: 11:25 am
November 1, 2010
IT Business
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Little while ago after finishing a brutal summer of conferences and launch of Shockey Monkey I posed a question and opinion to my audience on whether or not the MSPs have jumped the shark. One of my awesome partners wrote … Continue reading →

There is no cure for stupidity

Posted: 11:00 am
October 29, 2010
Shockey Monkey
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I’ve been having an argument with my sales monkey over trying to make Shockey Monkey simpler, particularly the accounting side of things. I’ve pretty much sunk all of his attempts to try to further dumb things down because of one … Continue reading →

Councils, Announcements, Meetings

Posted: 1:01 pm
October 27, 2010
OwnWebNow, Shockey Monkey
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It’s going to be a busy quarter for us so I wanted to make some of these announcements personally and provide some background on them all. ConnectWise / HTG / CharTec Conference Next week we are sponsoring the cluster of … Continue reading →

The Big Account

Posted: 11:47 pm
October 25, 2010
IT Business
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This is the third in the series of dumb things I see small businesses say or do. First one was about being proud of ignoring business opportunities: We don’t do that.. Or do we? Then I talked about the poor … Continue reading →

Internal Beatdowns–Who takes the fall?

Posted: 2:19 pm
October 23, 2010
IT Business
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This is the second of three in the series of dumb things I see small businesses say or do. Take a look at We don’t do that.. Or do we? for an overview of easy opportunities small businesses squander through … Continue reading →

We don’t do that… or do we?

Posted: 8:33 am
October 21, 2010
IT Business
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This is the first of three stupid small business decisions I have made or seen others make. Hope you enjoy them. Limitations. We’ve all got them. Unfortunately, some of us rely on those limitations for making excuses about why we … Continue reading →

Greetings from London

Posted: 4:05 am
October 20, 2010
Events, Friends
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It’s been nearly a week since the last post and I wanted to just give everyone an update as I’ve been getting a lot of email and the usual questions about what’s going on. ”When Vlad goes silent, there is … Continue reading →