Pete Matheson started Tekkers IT Solutions in 2011 at the tail end of the previous recession. He grew the business to over 16 staff and over £1.2m in revenue. He successfully sold the business in 2020. He is using the lessons he learned from building, scaling, and selling his business to coach other MSPs. He is also a popular YouTuber and mobile & tech reviewer.

In this episode, he talks about the challenges that prevent smaller MSPs from achieving growth.

Matt Solomon is a veteran in the MSP industry. He was the 1st employee at the cybersecurity firm ID Agent. He is the Co-founder of the MSP-focused vendor marketplace, Channel Program. Matt is a sales and marketing expert and, before launching Channel Program, ran a consultancy business where he supported MSPs and others with their go-to-market strategies.

In this episode, Matt dives into the topic of how MSPs need to leverage their network online and offline. He says MSPs need to be where their customers and prospects gather and position themselves as an expert.

Mark Copeman is Director at Wingman Marketing. He is a serial entrepreneur and author of MSP Secrets Revealed and Help Desk Habits. 

He has worked closely with MSPs for many years, especially on making their websites effective. Having faced a severe health crisis at the age of 27, Mark talks about resilience, especially the human aspects of it.

Chris Timm is an MSP expert and runs Sondela Consulting based in the UK. He closely works with MSP businesses across the globe and helps them achieve efficiencies and maximize profitability through the use of PSA and other business tools. He has deep experience in the MSP industry and ran an MSP business for 14 years. 

In this episode, he talks about the need for automating MSP workflow if you want to achieve faster growth, especially when the overall macro economy is slowing down.

Jennifer Bleam, better known as the “Cybersecurity Sherpa”, is the founder of MSP Sales Revolution. She is a mentor to MSPs and has helped grow several multi-million dollar companies and divisions in under 2 years each. In this episode, she talks about how MSPs should sell their cybersecurity package and shares practical and tried and tested methods to make that sale happen.

Cybersecurity is a crucial component of a business's health posture. But they're often underrated during negotiations when it comes to paying for it. In this episode of SuperPod — Recession-proof your MSP, Andrew Eardley talks about why it's important for MSPs to charge more for their cybersecurity services to help MSPs understand their importance.

Dave Sutton is the Managing Director of Wingman Marketing. He started his career working for MSPs and realized that there wasn’t any good marketing agency that was focused on MSPs. He set out to bridge this gap and in 2017 launched Wingman, which acts as the external marketing department for MSPs.

In this episode, Dave talks about how MSPs can market tech to those who don’t want to talk about tech, especially when in a recession many businesses are looking to outsource their IT support.

Joe Burns is the co-founder and CEO of Reformed IT, which offers Managed IT Services and specializes in Cyber Security. Reformed IT is Joe’s second MSP. He co-founded Pyranet UK in 2005, and exited it successfully in 2016 when Townley Group acquired it. Joe remained at Townley as its Group Managing Director until 2019. 

In this episode, Joe shares how the lessons he learned from his experience building Pyranet have influenced his second stint as an MSP entrepreneur. One of the key lessons is the importance of carefully selecting the partners an MSP chooses to work with, and this includes clients. Joe does a deep dive into why and how MSPs can curate their client list, and why that is particularly important in an uncertain economic climate.

How resilient is your MSP business? When the macroeconomic climate becomes inclement, will your MSP weather the storm? Vera Tucci, Co-owner and COO of T-Consulting shares hard-earned lessons on building a resilient MSP in this episode of SuperPod - Recession-proof your MSP.

Customer retention is an uphill battle, especially in times of retention where businesses are cutting corners and saving costs. That's why Richard Tubb talks about the need to be an essential partner in your client's eyes and how you can reach that level.