Listen "The Brutally Honest Truth On How to Grow Your MSP | Matthew Held's Story"
Episode Synopsis
Servosity: rock solid backups done for you ➡️ https://bit.ly/43Gd3hIWhat happens when a visionary tech founder has to throw out his own business model to grow? This episode with Matthew Held, CEO of Manawa Networks, is a brutally honest roadmap through business reinvention, founder separation, and the uphill battle to learn real sales.Matthew shares the journey from a failed Uber-style IT model to building a proactive MSP that thrives on process and people. He opens up about the hard lessons, including parting ways with a longtime business partner, facing a sales function that wasn't producing, and how building structure was the only path to growth.Chapters:0:00 - Intro1:23 - Starting Manawa13:49 - Biggest challenge in the beginning24:55 - What's working now + letting go of a partner41:23 - What's next after losing your partner?1:01:55 - MSP Titan Questions Connect with Damien and Matthew:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dstevenshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewheld/📺 Watch on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@mspmindset
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