The SMB Community Podcast

Hosted ByKarl W. Palachuk

Podcasts for IT consultants and managed service providers in the SMB Community.

Hosts

Karl W. Palachuk has been an IT Consultant since 1995 and is one of the pioneers of the managed services business model. He is the author of twenty books, most of which are also available as audio books.

He is the founder of the Small Biz Thoughts Community and maintains several blogs, including Small Biz Thoughts and Relax Focus Succeed.

Karl has owned several small businesses, including two very successful Managed Service companies in Sacramento, CA. He received his first Microsoft certification in 1995 and his first MCSE in 1999. He was an active, hands-on Systems Engineer until January of 2017.

Amy Babinchak is the owner of three IT related businesses: Harbor Computer Services, Third Tier, and Sell My MSP. She has been working in the small and medium business IT field for more than 20 years. Amy is a technical person with advanced skills in networking design, management, and implementation. She values technology for what it does for people and the success it brings to business.

Amy is also a Microsoft MVP for 14 years. She has received numerous leadership awards and is a valued member of various boards. She is a member of the executive council of the Managed Services community at CompTia.

James Kernan is the author of the 36 Month Millionaire Program, and recently published books, Leadership Essentials for Successful Executives and Business Tips. For the past 12 years, James has served as a Principal Consultant for Kernan Consulting and provides Coaching, Advising and Mentoring programs to entrepreneurs and leaders.

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All Episodes

Strip Away The BS! What You Need To Score Big With Your Marketing

Catch our June 16th episode! Ulistic Founder and CEO Stuart Crawford joins the program to talk about the types of marketing services they offer MSPs as an outsourced option. IT Innovators’ Dave Seibert and resident Oddball Rayanne…

Data Loss Realities & Myths And Wayward Techs

Catch our June 2nd episode! eFolder’s Ted Hulsy joins the show and talks about client misconceptions on data loss risks and about their Cloudfinder solution. One of our resident Oddballs, Manuel Palachuk, also features in our segment to talk about…

Business Solutions for MSPs

We are joined by Bernadette Wilson, Associate Editor of Business Solutions Magazine, in our May 21st episode of . Bernadette talks about the resources and events Business Solutions provides for MSPs, to include information on…

SharePoint & Office365 Consultancy

Our May 5th episode of  featured SharePoint & Office365 Expert Robert Crane talking about his consultancy and resident  Manuel Palachuk talking about head hunting for techs.       Check out the episode ….

Robin Robins: The Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything

Last week we had a report from – . This is the second report on that event – featuring an interview with Robin herself on why this event is different from other events in the community. In this podcast, I interview four folks: Nadia…

SaaSMAX’s Reseller-Friendly Apps

Our April 21st episode of  features SaaSMAX CEO Dina Moskowitz and VP Partner Clinton Gatewood discussing the marketplace they have available of reseller-friendly applications. One of our resident also joins the show to share some “keeping…

Robin’s Big Seminar – Report One

We had a great time in Nashville for – . I love this event because it’s crowded with great partners who are totally dedicated to working ON their business (see my post on this). In this podcast, I interview four folks: Jan Spring from…

ESET Endpoint Security

Our April 7th Odd Tuesdays show features Author and IT Freelance Writer James Gaskin discussing his recent feature in magazine entitled ESET Endpoint Security: Effective and Unobtrusive. And one of our resident , Amy Babinchak from Third Tier, also…

MSP Non-Profit Clients Access Amazing Tech Resources via TechSoup

Our recent episode of features several interviews with experts in the non-profit sector. First up, Karl talks to Dan Webb from TechSoup, an organization that connects technology vendors with non-profit organizations seeking free and…