The Technology Bradcast

You Can’t Solicit My Employees...Or Can You?

You can't solicit my employees, and if you do, you'll pay.  Or will you?  Hmmm...
Are non-solicitation agreements really enforceable?  If not, then what should you do? 
Let's talk about it.  Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Avoid the Pitfalls of Transition Services

Transition services – every MSPs provides them but very few protect themselves from the pitfalls that plague those services.  What kind of pitfalls are we talking about ? The kind that can land you in court.  I’ll tell you how to avoid those pitfalls right now.  Listen up.
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The 3 Truisms of Compliance as a Service

Your MSP offers compliance as a service, which means you’re giving compliance-related advice to your customers.  But what if your advice is wrong?  Or what if the law changes and your advice becomes obsolete overnight?  Want to avoid the pitfalls of compliance as a service?  Listen up.
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Lost In Translation: How Good Agreements Can Go Bad

You can have the best agreement in the world, but it means nothing if you don’t implement that agreement correctly. Poor (or no) implementation means big and expensive trouble for your MSP. Want to learn how to implement correctly?  Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Avoiding the Biggest Legal Threat to MSPs

We're closing out the year with a discussion of the legal loophole that ambulance chasing law firms might use in the future to sue MSPs like YOU.  This may very well be the most important episode of the Technology Bradcast--ever.  You need to listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Immutable Laws of Working in Co-Managed Environments

If you're scared of the headaches and heartaches of providing your services in a co-managed environment, then you need to follow the "Brad Gross Three Immutable Laws of Providing Services in a Co-Managed Environment."  Yeah, ugly title but damn great advice. Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Buying Out Your Partner: The Art of the Buy/Sell Agreement

If you're going to buy out your partner, then you'll need a buy/sell agreement.  But what is a buy/sell agreement, and what are the “must have" provisions to include in that agreement?  You have questions?  I’ve got answers.  Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Art of the Declination Letter

A customer declines your services so you're going to send a declination letter--but is that enough? Should you send a waiver? Does the customer have to sign your document? How do you protect your company from customers that reject important services?
We're revisiting declination letters--what they are, when you should use them, and what they should say.
Welcome to the next installment of the Technology Bradcast.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Cybersecurity: The 3 Questions That Keep You Up at Night

I know what keeps you up at night.  Your company provides managed IT services and you’re wondering if your company will be liable when—not if, but when-- it experiences a data security breach. You’re also wondering whether your company will be responsible for a breach that happens to an upstream provider but which impacts your customers. Wonder no more. 
The latest Technology Bradcast is here.  Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Your Customer's Directors are Fighting: What Should You Do?

The directors of your customer’s company are fighting with each other, and one of them sends you an email saying, “I want you to give me all of the administrative passwords for the company.”  Do you have to turn that information over?  Should you?  Listen up.
 
Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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