{"id":30009,"date":"2019-03-27T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=30009"},"modified":"2020-12-15T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:27:24","slug":"msp-voice-episode-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp-voice-episode-41\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Voice Episode 41 \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s Not Always About Profit\u201d with Scott Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott was working in a school and faced a challenge when the school received 400 laptops\u2026how could he get them all set up? He came up with the idea to pool resources from other schools and the idea behind SBTC was born. Unlike many MSPs, Scott runs SBTC as a non-profit.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That means that he only supports other non-profits (mostly schools) and also gives him a bit of freedom because he\u2019s not our chasing new customers for profit. Scott has grown his team to over 40 employees in the past 10 years and services 2 of the counties that make up the greater Chicago area (Lake and Cook Counties). Scott talks about why he decided to go this route and also about how it\u2019s rewarding for him and his employees to have an impact on their community.<\/p>\n<p>Guest:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scott-bell-6b364a18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Bell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Company:\u00a0St. Benedict Technology Consortium<\/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 Episode #41: IT&#039;S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT PROFIT with Scott Bell\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hkapg_EoVxs?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<h2>Best of Reddit<\/h2>\n<p>News articles this week<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2019\/03\/22\/sacked-it-guy-annihilates-23-of-his-ex-employers-aws-servers\/\"target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Enable 2FA or end up like this company\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief: Guy gets fired but nukes 23 of his company\u2019s AWS servers before he\u2019s out the door!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crn.com\/news\/components-peripherals\/konica-minolta-aims-to-crush-rival-msps-with-new-workplace-hub\"target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Konica Minolta is coming after MSPs with their new Workplace Hub<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief: Be careful out there Konica Minolta has an MFP on steroids and in their own words, they\u2019re coming after the MSP market\u2026<br \/>\n<em>\u201cAre we looking to replace other MSPs? The answer is 100 percent,\u201d Sam Errigo, EVP of Sales &amp; Channel Programs at Konica Minolta told CRN.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelfutures.com\/desktop\/microsoft-releases-azure-based-windows-virtual-desktop-daas-service-technical-preview\"target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Windows Virtual Desktop is now in the technical preview!<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief: The future of desktops is here? Will you be looking to deploy WVD at your customers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott was working in a school and faced a challenge when the school received 400 laptops\u2026how could he get them all set up? He came up with the idea to pool resources from other schools and the idea behind SBTC was born. Unlike many MSPs, Scott runs SBTC as a non-profit.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,884],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp-business-articles"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}