Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Products, stories, and tips for the MSP and IT Professional)

The inaugural Pax8Beyond 2023 was held on June 11-13, 2023, at the Gaylord Rockies Hotel in Denver, Colorado and was attended by over 1000 IT service providers, vendors, and media worldwide.  The event content was curated specifically for partners, aimed at helping them grow their businesses, increase deep cybersecurity expertise, future-proof innovations, and dynamic efficiencies.

Rob Rae has over 25 years of experience in technology and business. He is currently the CVP of Community and Ecosystems at Pax8. Rae's channel experience has taken him through many of the industry's largest shifts, starting with the transition from reseller to MSP, then to cloud computing, and now to cybersecurity. He is an award-winning speaker at MSP industry events and has been recognized as an industry influencer. 

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The inaugural Pax8Beyond 2023 was held on June 11-13, 2023, at the Gaylord Rockies Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The event was curated specifically for partners, aimed at helping them grow their businesses, increase efficiencies, and reduce risks so their businesses can thrive. 

The theme of the conference was "One Community, Infinite Innovation."

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Best Swag- Crowdstrike:  https://www.crowdstrike.com/

Honorable Mentions

- Checkpoint: https://www.checkpoint.com/

- bvoip: https://www.bvoip.com/

- Apptega: https://www.apptega.com/

- MSPCFO: https://www.mspcfo.com/

- IONOS: https://www.ionos.com/

- AMD: https://www.amd.com/en.html

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Music: Nelly, Florida Georgia Line - Lil Bit (Official Video) - https://youtu.be/CTYXd__nbvo

#Nelly #FloridaGeorgiaLine #LilBit

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Guests: 

• Dawn Sizer, 3rd Element Consulting - https://www.3rdelementconsulting.com/
• Tom Bull, Two River Computer - https://www.tworivercomputer.com/
• Matt Rainey, Arsement & Hayes - http://www.ah-computers.com/

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News: ConnectWise Buyout - Here's what's really going on! - https://tinyurl.com/mr2a7kj9

News: Major Microsoft Outage - https://tinyurl.com/yy458b5p

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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) made famous by The Proclaimers 

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Scalable MSP is a company that helps MSPs unlock efficiency, profitability, and time. They provide tailored 1:1 coaching and implement proven best practices to help MSPs improve their Operational Maturity Level. Their mission is to empower their partners to build value in their businesses and give time back to what’s important to them.

Some problems that can be solved by Scablable MSP include: 

• Not enough time in the day
• Not generating 20% EBITDA
• Employee Retention
• and much more

PitchIT is an annual accelerator program created by ConnectWise in 2018 to incubate growth in startup integration partners dedicated to the MSP space. The company is offering small companies the chance to take part in a 16-week program where participants receive a thorough business assessment, gain coaching from industry experts, earn placement on the ConnectWise marketplace, engage in co-marketing and more.

The finalists are selected to present their solutions on the center stage at IT Nation Connect. The PitchIT 2023 program is officially underway, and 27 companies have been selected to participate in the program. 

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Website: https://www.scalablemsp.co.uk/

Interested but still have questions? Email [email protected].

Join the PitchIT  waitlist for next year: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/pitchit

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FortMesa is a cybersecurity program that provides world-class cybersecurity programs for organizations without a security professional on staff. 

PitchIT is an annual accelerator program created by ConnectWise in 2018 to incubate growth in startup integration partners dedicated to the MSP space. The company is offering small companies the chance to take part in a 16-week program where participants receive a thorough business assessment, gain coaching from industry experts, earn placement on the ConnectWise marketplace, engage in co-marketing and more.

The finalists are selected to present their solutions on the center stage at IT Nation Connect. The PitchIT 2023 program is officially underway, and 27 companies have been selected to participate in the program. 

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Website: https://fortmesa.com/

Interested but still have questions? Email [email protected].

Join the PitchIT  waitlist for next year: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/pitchit

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The next few weeks are going to be a whirlwind. I thought I would sit down and share some thoughts as to why. 

And, show #500 is coming!

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Matthew Mulcahy is the Director of Business Development at ProSource, a technology solution provider outside of Orlando, Florida. He oversees all sales and marketing endeavors at the company. 

=== Links for this episode

Matt's Company, Prosource: https://www.getprosource.com/

Prosource YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEi2FJ8VJ-MgIcKFTr_gnFA

Everybody Writes: https://amzn.to/3C6dBOU

• Matt recommends this book to anyone that needs to write content. The book provides invaluable advice on how to create great content, from using correct grammar to crafting engaging posts, tweets, and emails.

What Not to Do on National Alligator Day: https://tinyurl.com/at46snhu

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The book was created using ChatGPT and was completed in less than a week. The book features a conversation between Franklin Taggart and ChatGPT about artificial intelligence and its impact on society. 

The entire process took less than one week. He didn't set out to write the book, he just wanted ChatGPT to answer his questions. 

Franklin is also the host of "Your Own Best Company," a podcast and community for creative people who love working alone. The podcast features short episodes called "Coffee Breaks" that offer helpful insights for career, business, and marketing solutions that work. The podcast also features longer episodes called "Podshops" that provide practical training and instruction. 

=== Links for this episode

Get Franklin's book here: https://amzn.to/3IFRDG2

• Straight from the Bot's Mouth: A Conversation With ChatGPT About Artificial Intelligence

Franklin's Website: https://www.franklintaggart.com/

Your Own Best Company Podcast: https://www.franklintaggart.com/p/your-own-best-company.html

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BackupAssist is a backup software that provides a variety of features for backing up Windows servers. Chang created the software as a challenge from a friend. Some of the features of BackupAssist software are:

• Fully automated and lockdown friendly
• Supports on-site and cloud backup.
• Allows users to restore anything from a few files to whole servers—virtual or physical.
• Supports backup to rotating/archive media.
• Provides cyber-security features to combat ransomware and hacking.
• Performs automatic, scheduled backups of Windows servers to a variety of backup devices.
• Gives flexible choices over what kind of backup technologies to use, how much data is stored, when backups run, and how long backups are kept.
• Provides full control of data privacy, sovereignty, and recovery experience.
• Scans for any malware prior to building the backup file.

=== Links for this episode

Website: https://www.backupassist.com/

Florida Man Lost Arm to Alligator Behind a Bar: https://tinyurl.com/yc5cau8n

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Ann and I met a panelists for the topic "How to sell cybersecurity to small and medium sized companies."

We also share a love for ripping the edges off the paper used in dot matrix printers. 

=== Links for this episode

Cybersecurity for Main Street: CyberFit in 21 Days: https://amzn.to/438KzcK

Ekaru: https://www.ekaru.com

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