10/19/11 at 7:43 AM by Tony Lael Do you remember when you started your company? It was hard to know if you were going to make it as a business or not, but you went out and made sales. Revenue came in and everyone was happy. Then, more sales made you think you needed some basic processes people could follow. Pretty soon you had a real business…
8/16/11 at 5:30 PM by Frank Coker 
Azure Platform for Industrial-Strength SaaS!
Corelytics is now certified and operational on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud. We are taking this cloud thing seriously, and are now doing what we have advised other companies to do.
Microsoft recently interviewed us about our app and our move to Azure.
Why did we make this transition? Actually there are a lot…
3/22/11 at 8:35 AM by Tony Lael 
The majority of people I have run into who have started a business over the last ten years have had great instincts about an idea to provide services or sell products. Running a small business is a difficult undertaking, but the companies who are thriving and growing are the ones that understand the truth about their financial performance – they…
4/9/10 at 4:24 PM by Frank Coker 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.
2/4/10 at 12:35 PM by Tony Lael 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…
1/13/10 at 12:33 PM by Tony Lael 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…
12/31/09 at 7:42 PM by Tony Lael 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…
11/16/09 at 10:58 PM by Tony Lael
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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7/6/09 at 6:31 PM by Tony Lael 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…
5/6/09 at 10:49 AM by Tony Lael 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…
