About the adventure: Small Biz Thoughts Powered by Business of Tech
I’ve known Dave Sobel so long, I can’t remember when I met him. We have shared adventures and pushed the evolution of the IT community for more than two decades across the United states and on three continents. In addition to sharing the stage before “managed services” was called managed services, we have shared a passion for helping IT consultants all over the globe to be as successful as they can be.
Of course, we each went our own way, leaning on our strengths and helping the broader community in different ways. I started the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community and IT Service Provider University. Dave founded MSP Radio and The Business of Tech Podcast – the only MSP-focused podcast that brings news and analysis to our industry every day.
And of course, Dave, Ryan Morris, and I got together
poolside in Las Vegas one day and came up with The Killin’ IT podcast.
The next level of our collaboration begins now. Dave has
acquired the SBT Technology Community and ITSPU. And they really will be
powered by the addition of news and analysis from a truly vendor-neutral and data driven perspective.
When Dave first approached me about this, his vision was that these resources would be “better together” – and I agreed.
Don’t Worry! I’m not going anywhere. I know that many people will assume that’s what’s going on. My Great Little Book Publishing Company will continue to operate, as will my executive coaching and Relax Focus Succeed. As someone told me recently, “Well that ought to be enough to keep you busy.”
So don’t worry: I will be around. You’ll see me in the Small
Biz Thoughts Community and other activities. I’ll be blogging and speaking, and
so forth.
Everyone always asks the “why” question when changes like
this happen. Dave and I are both committed to transparency and honesty, and
that works well here. Two things have been going on in my head for the last
couple of years.
First, I created a job that I love. As many of you know, I
set a goal for myself in 2011 to “write more, speak more, and travel more.” And
I rebuilt my life and my business to fulfill those goals. I worked to make the
philosophy of Relax Focus Succeed a reality for me.
But over time, as with all successful adventures, it got
bigger and more complicated. I found myself doing more “administration” and
less writing, speaking, and traveling.
Second, I want to put energy into some new adventures, but I
don’t want my “body of work” to fade away. I am humbled by the fact that
Managed Services in a Month played, and plays, such a visible role in the
success of so many managed service providers. And all the other stuff I’ve done
(25+ books, 40+ training courses, hundreds of SOPs, and countless supporting
materials) have become a separate entity that I think needs to be preserved.
I know it sounds arrogant, but I don’t think this work
should simply cease to exist when I wander off to build more things. So I went
looking for someone who saw both the value and the potential for the things
we’ve built at Small Biz Thoughts.
Some people might not see any value in these properties,
primarily because they can’t figure out how to make a profit with them. But
Dave was eager to start integrating and building new things with the combined
resources of his growing media company plus the community and training services
of SBT. You haven’t seen the behind-the-scenes activity, of course, so let me
assure you that Dave is very excited about the possibilities for these combined
resources.
I have several books in my head that really want to get out.
I’ll be releasing a new version of Relax Focus Succeed in Q1 2026, and I’m
working on books about customer service, how to be a great service manager, and
others. If I’m lucky, I’ve got about thirty more years of writing to do. So I
want to get started right away.
Please follow me at Relax Focus Succeed and sign up for my
monthly RFS newsletter at https://relaxfocussucceed.com/newsletter.
1. For more information, an open forum discussion, and
answering all your questions, please
Join Dave and me live on the Wednesday Business of Tech Podcast
Wednesday, January 7th
Subscribe to the MSP Radio YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mspradio
And add the Live broadcast to your calendar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3NMBbkfioE
2. Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community members – Don’t forget to join us on January 8th for the January monthly meeting. We normally have this on the first Thursday, but that’s New Years. So we moved it to January 8th. All community members are welcome.
Dave and Karl will both be there to discuss and answer any
questions you have.
No registration required. Just log in to the community and
view the events calendar for the link:
https://www.smallbizthoughts.org/events/
3. Everyone should register for my 17th Annual State of the Nation Address for SMB IT.
January 14th
9:00 AM Pacific / Noon Eastern
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Dsyq3wwSJ-kFqbiWX6h4A
As always: I am committed to making you as successful as possible. So if you need anything, please reach out to me at karl@karlpalachuk.com.
Happy New Year.
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