Each day, the flood of technology news hits. In an industry that always changes, those who deliver technology services need to focus on the information that matters to them. The Business of Tech podcast focuses on the news you need to know. Covering both the story and why it matters to the way services are created and delivered, channel veteran Dave Sobel brings you up to speed and gives you resources to go deeper. With insights and analysis, this five minute podcast focuses on the knowledge you need to be effective, profitable, and relevant.
The podcast is hosted by Dave Sobel, a leading expert in the delivery of technology services with broad experience in both technology and business. He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired. This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including Kaseya’s Cutting Edge and ConnectWise’s Best New Idea, as well as being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category. After his MSP experience, he worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and Solarwinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities.
He was named a CRN Channel Chief multiple times, to the CRN UK A-List, as a Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winner, to Channel Pro’s 20/20 Visionaries, and has been an MSPmentor 250 member for multiple years Dave has been recognized as one of the top virtualization experts globally as a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization. and author of “Virtualization: Defined. A Primer for the SMB Consultant.” Dave has served on the executive council for Managed Services and Emerging Technologies, the Vendor Advisory Council, as founding Chair for the Mobility Community for CompTIA.
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All Episodes
February 22, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
06:22
Two things to know today Regulation – privacy, right to repair, and gig workers AND New data on the threat report Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mspradio/ Want our stuff? Cool…
February 21, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
09:55
I’ve been thinking a lot about marketing again. I didn’t really want to – but a Patreon asked, and look, that’s the best way to get my attention. Ask a question and I can’t stop thinking about it. Here’s the basic premise. If IT services…
February 20, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
18:52
An interview with Kevin Urrutia, an Entreprenuer with a tech background, selling services. Not IT services, but home services. What can we learn from the parallels in that space?
February 19, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
05:02
Three things to know today The FCC works on maps This week in SolarWinds AND Australian regulations on news
February 18, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
05:33
Three things to know today Data from secret shopping Spotify on work from home AND The story didn’t end with Spotify
February 17, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
05:28
Three things to know today Chromebooks 2020 growth Regulations that pass and fail AND Fifth and sixth generation cybersecurity
February 16, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
05:07
Three things to know today Microsoft partner program – co selling to SMBs French IT providers hacked AND Another labor union
February 15, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
09:04
Inspired by a reddit comment, let’s tackle the question “what should you do if you’re new to the space?” I’ve done two videos that are super popular – “If I were to start an MSP”, and “Don’t Start an MSP”. The first is about the type of…
February 13, 2021
Dave Sobel
Business of Tech
22:46
An interview with Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks. A large percentage of IT pros don’t know what is on their network Alex thinks networks are going to get more simple: Why? Why didn’t IoT drive new adoption as predicted? How do you think about…