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

=== Notes from the show

IT Glue: IT documentation 

N-Able: My RMM program. Other products include EDR, DNS Filtering, Passportal and more. 

Solutions Granted: I use them for firewall monitoring. They also offer SOC as a service and other services. 

=== Other links for this episode

WizTree: The fastest disk space analyzer that I have found. Faster than TreeSize!

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

=== Notes from the show

• Can you run a business? 
• Know your numbers
• Choose your "hard"

** After the podcast, Dawn mentioned that she should have mentioned Western Governors University. WGU is an online university that focuses on competency-based education that allows you to work at your own pace. You are measured on skills and learning, not time in a classroom.

Dawn Sizer is the C.E.O. at 3rd Element Consulting, a WBENC Certified, Woman Owned Managed IT Service Provider

=== Links for this episode

Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: A great book to  understanding your business numbers.

IT Nation: The must attend cybersecurity conference for MSPs

Man crushed by bulldozer at Florida landfill

Florida Woman Crashes into Florida Trooper

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Shanna Utgard is the Success manger at Defendify. Defendify  is  an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform  that makes managing cybersecurity simple. It streamlines cybersecurity assessments, testing, policies and training in one consolidated and cost effective solution. 

You'll want to hear the answer to my question at the 30:12 mark... "what is the biggest thing lacking among MSPs?"

If you want to hear more about Defendify, check out Episode 381: $2 Million Cyber Security Education.

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Brad's last two podcast episodes caught my attention. So I reached out to him to clarify what fiduciary duty means and why attorneys may be using it to sue us.  

Some quick points: 

• Everyone signs a Master Agreement
• Don't hide your agreement
• You may want to stop calling yourself a "Trusted Advisor"

We also answered a question from the chat asking how to handle a tech that leaves your business and undercuts you to take your clients. 

=== Links for this Episode

Guest: Bradley Gross, Law Office of Bradley Gross PA

Brad's Podcast: The Technology Bradcast

Episode 36. Avoiding the Biggest Legal Threat to MSPs

Episode 37. Lost in Translation: How Good Agreements Can Go Bad

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

We share some recent customer stories that you might find enjoyable. A customer "forgets" to tell Matt that they've moved two of their three offices.

On a personal note - Mom is still doing well. She is on her third week of chemo and dialysis and should get an update on her prognosis next week.

=== Mentioned in this Episode

Worktime Employee Monitoring & Service: https://tinyurl.com/377rrmp5.
This is a fairly simple cloud-based solution that tracks employee time and productivity. It tracks active and idles times for both in-office and remote users.

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

The Podnutz Pro Podcast is now Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast.

===== Mentioned in this podcast
Light Chain Multiple Myeloma: https://tinyurl.com/43n9u9aw
Microsoft updates cause DC boot loop: https://tinyurl.com/jwapp8x3

===== Florida Man
Florida Man charged with human smuggling: https://tinyurl.com/4k955w2b
Florida Man arrested at Waffle House because of bacon: https://tinyurl.com/9rc9mcw3
Florida Man first off bear to save dogs: https://youtu.be/suG6qLZI3HY
Florida Man reunited with dog 7 hours after tornado: https://tinyurl.com/bvvt2wpu

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Website: https://oit.co/partners/

OIT, LLC specializes in telecommunications and distributed networking. OITVOIP has strong channel and white label programs offering best-in-class features, phenomenal responsiveness and a team that stands ready to help you succeed.

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

The Podnutz Pro Podcast is now Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast.

My goal with the podcast is the same... to help everyone run their IT business better, smarter and faster. If you're a System Admin working for small business, the hope is to help you know your network and give the best support as you can.

See below for all the relevant changes for the website and social media links. then be sure to find and follow the show in your favorite pod catcher.

=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guests: Jason & Rachel Miller (Unbound Digital) – Dawn Sizer (3rd Element Consulting) – Chad Kempt (Fast Computers) – Diana Giles (Skyline IT Management) – Mike Pennachi (Network Protocol Specialists) – Lisa Hendrickson (Call That Girl) – Jim Collison (Gallup) – Matt Forman (Local Circuit)

The Negroni Cocktatil: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/negroni/

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=== Connect with Uncle Marv

🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/
🎙 Host: Marvin Bee
🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ
☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast

If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.