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Your past performance can be an excellent predictor of your future. With the right analytical tools, you can get a pretty clear picture of a range of potential futures – some good, some bad. Once you understand the range of possibilities, it becomes much easier to choose the actions that lead to the most positive future.

If your business is not evolving, it may mean things are getting too easy for you – watch out, another company is going to sneak past you.

I can’t tell you how energizing it is to work with and around people who are ‘playing to win’ and not ‘playing not to lose’. I used to think that being conservative in…

CoreConnex turns 5 years old today – look Ma, no hands!

Everyone says the 5-year mark is a milestone, but it feels like we’re just getting started.

We have navigated some rough waters over the last 5 years. Most significantly, we went from offering a PSA software solution (ConnexIT) in a direct sales model to a channel sales model offering…

2009 brought a lot of change for me personally and CoreConnex. As is customary for the last day of the year , I am being prompted to think about the past year and reflect (for about 15 seconds) and then look forward to 2010 – what can we do differently? What do we keep doing the same? Are there new opportunities we…

PSA software has been around for almost a decade, but has built a powerful following in just the past few years. PSA systems are here to stay and have  had an important impact on the market by integrating with key software you need to run your IT service company.

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There are a lot of IT service firms charging clients a monthly rate based on the number of machines they are managing for their clients, usually because this is easier to price and explain to the client. Presenting pricing this way may be easier, but ultimately positions the IT service firm as a commodity that can be replaced at a…

As described in The E-Myth – Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About IT by Michael Gerber, all of today’s small business owners are playing three roles.

Entrepreneur - envisions the future, but lacks execution

Manager - organizes everything, but forgets the big picture

Technician – gets work done, but to the detriment of all else…

It happens all the time; the Owner of an IT services firm wonders if the struggle will ever pay off; the challenges seem unending and unsolvable. The business problems are obvious, but the answers are unclear:

• The need for better processes is clear, but software solutions are not a silver bullet
• Managed Services promise higher revenues, but disappointing stories

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An uncertain economy and increasing competition for new business is driving the need for companies to move quickly in order to capitalize on opportunities. As a business owner today it is imperative that you be able to get the right information, at the right time to make adjustments to stay on course to hit your goals. Business Intelligence (BI) previously…

Everyone is told they need to set goals. Whether they are for personal or business reasons, the important thing (aside from having goals) is to have a way to track performance against those goals – measuring performance is the only true way to know if improvement has been made. To be meaningful, goals need to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant…