Take a look at your P&L. Now look at your "Strategic Stack."
You aren't a CEO. You’re a sharecropper.
Every month, you collect rent from your clients. Then, like a good little vassal, you immediately hand the biggest chunks of that gold to the Three Kings:
1. King Microsoft: Who keeps moving the goalposts on licensing, forcing you to play debt collector for their revenue.
2. King Kaseya: Who wants to "consolidate" your workflow until you’re so locked in you couldn't leave if the product stopped working.
3. King Insurance: Who now dictates your security stack more than you do.
The industry calls this "Strategic Convergence." I call it the Great Erasing.
We’ve become the "Last Mile" delivery drivers for Big Tech. We take the risk, we take the 2 AM calls, and we take the blame when the insurance claim is denied.
They take the recurring revenue.
You aren't a partner. You’re a franchisee without the brand recognition.Whoever came up with that name should be held accountable.
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The MSP Contrarian: Unstacking the Business Model
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