{"id":31199,"date":"2019-06-12T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=31199"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:10:01","slug":"msp-voice-episode-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp-voice-episode-51\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Voice Episode 51 &#8211; \u201cIf You Don\u2019t Ask, You Don\u2019t Get\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corey runs 5K Technical Services out of Plano, TX. 5K specializes in engineering\/architecture firms but also does work with local non-profits. Having spent time working for some big tech companies, Corey decided it was time to branch out on his own and start up 5K. While Corey started his career on the technical side, he eventually chose to focus more on the management (non-technical) as his career progressed. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mix of technical and business management has helped him grow 5K and he also knew early on that he wanted to focus on managed services and businesses instead of break\/fix and consumers. Corey works closely with his technology partners and frequently takes advantage of their joint marketing opportunities. His motto is \u201cIf you don\u2019t ask, you don\u2019t get\u201d which is his way of telling you to ask your partners about possible funds and\/or activities that you can join them on. Corey also has some great advice for those of you who may be just getting started in managed services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/coreykirkendoll\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corey Kirkendoll<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5ktech.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5K Technical Services<\/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 #51: IF YOU DON&#039;T ASK YOU DON&#039;T GET with Corey Kirkendoll\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgUO6J_tKY8?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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News of the week<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channele2e.com\/channel-partners\/msps\/nexustek-managed-it-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NexusTek unveils national MSP<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brief: NexusTek is a national provider who just unveiled 4 plans to target the SMB market<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channele2e.com\/investors\/private-equity\/cybersecurity-insight-partners-vs-thoma-bravo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Insight Partners vs Thoma Bravo<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brief: Is there a growing battle between 2 of the biggest investors in the MSP software space?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mediatemple.net\/blog\/tips\/aws-building-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Why the CIA Trusts AWS Security<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brief: In 2013, the CIA signed a huge 10-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for cloud services. \u201cIf one of the world\u2019s largest foreign intelligence services trusted AWS, then your regional enterprise could probably trust it, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/msp\/comments\/bwyjvy\/connected_to_my_clients_laptop_and_her_sextape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What have you seen when connecting to a customer\u2019s computer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brief: Check out this Reddit post for some funny experiences, mostly involving inappropriate (for business) behavior at customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey runs 5K Technical Services out of Plano, TX. 5K specializes in engineering\/architecture firms but also does work with local non-profits. Having spent time working for some big tech companies, Corey decided it was time to branch out on his own and start up 5K. While Corey started his career on the technical side, he [&hellip;]<\/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-31199","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\/31199","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=31199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58254,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31199\/revisions\/58254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}