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SMB Nation members might wonder why I’m doing a motivational evergreen piece instead of more Geek Gifts this holiday season. The answer is simple. Man can not live by geeking alone. There is a time and place to look up and look in the mirror.

In my vid below, you will witness is was a dark and stormy winter day in Seattle on Cyber Monday 2018. Perfect for online shopping in your house shoes all cozy. By the numbers, this Cyber Monday report double-digit growth (again) but the law of large numbers is starting to kick in as we’re not talking triple digit

What goes around comes around – at least one or twice a decade. At the recent Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas, Cisco trumpeted that its back in the small and medium business (SMB) sector with its voice solutions.

Long-time SMB Nation managed services provider (MSP) Jason Harrison from Harrison Technology Consulting reflects on over two dozen years in the technology field. We visit a snaopshot from the past: Small Business Server (SBS),

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Want to participate in the small business community as a good business citizen plus be entered into a contest to win a $1,000 pre-paid AMEX card for your holiday shopping pleasure? Then read on! Small Business Saturday is November 24th and is a long-standing worldwide event in the same category as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Did you know that SMB Nation has proudly teamed with Northwest Digital News (NDN) to contribute to a segment called Tech Tuesday. We’re better together as we’re bringing together a variety of audiences including

Paul Bay, Executive Vice President and Group President of the Americas, Ingram Micro, discusses how Ingram Micro is responsive to the small and medium business partner with its SMB Alliance – a subset of its reseller community. It's a home for managed services providers (MSP) as well! 

Years ago when knights were bold, and telecom owned the gold, a wise man (the publishers of Telecom Reseller) shared that you should be disturbed when you attend a professional conference. Fast forward the movie and Kirk Robinson, SVP & Chief Country Executive of the U.S., Ingram Micro intimated

The ratio of fraud across businesses is getting miserable day-by-day, both in the number of cases and the ample of money that is being lost. However, according to researchers, small companies are more prone to frauds, and around 88% of the US companies reported that most of the scams were in the business finances. Why so?

Watch a community grow up is like child rearing. Frustrating at time but ultimately rewarding. The good news is that our SMB Nation managed services providers (MSP) partners are embracing the role of sponsors in the community. I call it the fourth leg of the stool

In this report, I interview Andy Higgins from Dripping Springs, TX. He flew north to Montreal to attend the SherWeb Accelerate 2018 conference and offers insights from the floor. In particular this event was impactful in 

As I sit here overlooking South Lake Union in Seattle – the neighborhood that Paul Allen restored and the home of Amazon HQ1, I wanted to reflect on what Paul Allen has meant to Seattle and myself. I’ve expressed my thoughts on today’s Northwest Digital News (NDN) where I’m a regular contributor for the Tech Tuesday segment. You can watch that