MSPSN Joins with Comptia for Great Business Simulation

Check out Amy Luby!

Last year, MSPSN produced the an event that was clearly the newest, freshest, and most interesting content of any event that year.

The core super-cool fresh content was a business simulation game in which teams compete for strategic use of resources, hiring, and service delivery in order to gain business and make money. Last year in Chicago this was an all-day event. There were two rooms "playing" and each room held six teams of six.

If asked to play all day the next day, I believe 60 of the 72 people would have said yes with no questions asked.

In addition to being play-filled, the game is designed to teach participants about the practical side of cash flow and balance sheets. At last you'll understand how you can appear to make money every month but constantly be running out of cash.

Anyway, it was a GREAT educational and fun event.

Well, luckily for us . . . It's back.

CompTIA has teamed up with Amy to bring the MSP Business Simulation Experience to four cities between now and the end of the year.

Here's Comptia's Description:

"This hands-on workshop, presented by Amy Luby of MSPSN, is set up in a game format where teams make all the decisions about marketing, sales, operations, R&D and finance for a managed services provider -- and own the results. By going through the exercise, participants will gain valuable business knowledge, as well as learn techniques and strategies to improve their profits."

The Dates are:

Chicago, Oct. 14

New York, Nov. 11

Los Angeles, Nov. 18

Washington D.C., Dec. 9

These are all-day events. Registration and coffee starts at 8:30 AM and the concluding ceremonies go til 5 PM.

The cost for the whole day is super-cheap, especially if you're a Comptia member.

For more info, visit http://www.comptia.org/events/events/regionals.aspx

If you can make one of these events, please do yourself a favor and attend! You won't regret it.

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Here's Comptia's official announcement:

CompTIA is pleased to bring the CompTIA MSP Business Simulation Experience to four cities in 2009. This hands-on workshop, presented by Amy Luby of MSPSN, is set up in a game format where teams make all the decisions about marketing, sales, operations, R&D and finance for a managed services provider -- and own the results. By going through the exercise, participants will gain valuable business knowledge, as well as learn techniques and strategies to improve their profits.

Chicago, Oct. 14
New York, Nov. 11
Los Angeles, Nov. 18
Washington D.C., Dec. 9

Teams of six will experience entrepreneurial business in a competitive market, using a game board to track their progress. Participants learn how business capacity challenges, hiring decisions, pricing strategies and other business decisions are connected and ultimately affect the bottom line. Most importantly, the exercise will immediately benefit your business, giving you actionable ideas on how to grow revenues.

This nearby, low-cost and convenient training is most helpful for resellers who make budgetary decisions for their companies. Because of the intensive nature of the simulation, space is limited to the first 36 registrants. Don't miss out, register today!

You will walk away with:

•A big-picture understanding of your business and how the different areas of the business are interconnected
•A solid understanding of financial statements, the importance of cash flow, the difference between cash flow and profit, fixed and variable costs, and the opportunities and threats of a changing marketplace
•Marketing and sales tools to help you transition away from the single-sale model to the recurring-revenue model
•A complimentary guidebook on finance, designed especially for solution providers

http://www.comptia.org/events/events/regionals.aspx

Amy Luby is the Principal and founder of MSP Services Network (MSPSN). After growing a successful MSP practice for over 7 years in Omaha, Nebraska, and having been one of the first profitable and nationally recognized MSPs, Amy and her business partners launched MSP Services Network in 2007 to help other VARs make the transition to delivering profitable Managed Services. MSPSN has provided the leadership and guidance – along with a proven profitable road map – to help thousands of VARs make the transition into a profitable Managed Services business model.

In June of 2007, Luby was featured in the cover story of Redmond Channel Partner Magazine as being an innovator and leader in the evolution of developing profitable Managed Services solutions and developing a successful managed services business model. In 2008 MSPSN won the CompTIA 2008 Industry Leadership Award, and most recently MSPSN was ranked 31st in the world on MSP Mentor’s Top 100 MSP list for 2009.

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