{"id":35726,"date":"2019-10-23T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=35726"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:54:12","slug":"msp-voice-episode-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp-voice-episode-66\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Voice Episode 66 &#8211; &#8220;Open Book&#8221; with Eric Rieger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s guest is Eric Rieger from Webit Services out of the Chicago area. In business since 1996, Webit actually started under a different, less fortunate name which Eric explains. Eric had a few different careers before starting Webit which helped him to prepare for running his own business. Besides MSP Webit also helps companies with business intelligence and analytics and has developers on staff.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the book \u201cThe Great Game of Business\u201d by Jack Stack, Eric has adopted Open Book Management at Webit Services. We discuss at length the concepts of Open Book Management and how Webit has implemented it in their business. If you want to learn more, check out the website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatgame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Game of Business.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the other concepts that Eric talks about is the power of purpose. He mentions a presentation by Clark Gey at the annual Gathering of Games conference. After returning from the conference Eric and his team adopted their purpose, \u201ckeeping American business secure and productive\u201d. Eric puts this into more perspective about how what they (and MSPs in general) do to keep the economy running.<\/p>\n<p>Guest: Eric Rieger<\/p>\n<p>Company: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webitservices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webit Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All episodes can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/mspvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Voice website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLRkCwqyZ6K-ZNtEpJAy1dtTf-y0C1nRSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube (video)<\/a> as well as popular podcast channels such as <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/msp-voice\/id1387820734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/msp-voice-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/msp-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anchor<\/a>. You can also subscribe to new episodes via <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3fcba40\/podcast\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS Feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch on YouTube<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSP Voice #66: OPEN BOOK with Eric Rieger\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/czEunGRkZ8g?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>News of the Week<\/h2>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp360-at-it-nation-connect-2019\/\">Remember to come see MSP360 at ITNation Connect in Orlando<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccoe.nist.gov\/projects\/building-blocks\/managed-service-providers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Cybersecurity Initiative: NIST, NCCoE Seek Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brief: If you want to have input on improving cybersecurity for MSPs check out this link. They\u2019re accepting feedback through November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/press-office\/press-releases\/2019\/10\/thoma-bravo-makes-offer-to-acquire-sophos.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thoma Bravo Makes Offer to Acquire Sophos<\/a><br \/>\nBrief: Looks like private equity isn\u2019t done purchasing companies in the MSP and security space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s guest is Eric Rieger from Webit Services out of the Chicago area. In business since 1996, Webit actually started under a different, less fortunate name which Eric explains. Eric had a few different careers before starting Webit which helped him to prepare for running his own business. 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