{"id":29819,"date":"2019-03-20T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=29819"},"modified":"2020-12-15T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:25:37","slug":"msp-voice-episode-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp-voice-episode-40\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Voice Episode 40 &#8211; &#8220;Everyone Starts Somewhere&#8221; with Tim Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Taylor started in the IT services business 20 years ago working out of the trunk of his car. After a successful IT career, he decided that he wanted to go it alone and since that time he\u2019s built an MSP that employs 14 people. Along the way he realized that there weren\u2019t any good books for starting an IT business, so he wrote one.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Start-Successful-Company-Without-Losing-ebook\/dp\/B071G8KLVV\/ref=sr_1_9?crid=PODVUWRILG66&amp;keywords=tim+taylor&amp;qid=1553027971&amp;rnid=1000&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=tim+taylor%2Caps%2C176&amp;sr=1-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Run a Successful IT Company Without Losing Your Shirt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d is available on Amazon so check it out if you like what you hear from Tim. In this episode, Tim shares a number of great stories about how he built his business and the importance of treating your customers right. We also discuss how the MSP business is very much a family business and that small businesses want to work with other small businesses. Tim also consults for other MSPs looking to grow their business through his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timtaylorconsulting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Taylor Consulting Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest: Tim Taylor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taylorworks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"perfect-pullquote vcard pullquote-align-full pullquote-border-placement-left\"><blockquote><p>All episodes can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/mspvoice.com\/\">MSP Voice website<\/a>, \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLRkCwqyZ6K-ZNtEpJAy1dtTf-y0C1nRSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube (video)<\/a><\/span> as well as popular podcast channels such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/msp-voice\/id1387820734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/msp-voice-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/msp-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anchor<\/a><\/span>. You can also subscribe to new episodes via <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3fcba40\/podcast\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS Feed<\/a><\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<h2>Watch on YouTube<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSP Voice #40: EVERYONE STARTS SOMEWHERE with Tim Taylor\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7lvA8s0mcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Taylor started in the IT services business 20 years ago working out of the trunk of his car. After a successful IT career, he decided that he wanted to go it alone and since that time he\u2019s built an MSP that employs 14 people. 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