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Blog Series Lessons Learned: Do no harm. Lessons learned from an IT Entrepreneur on how to build an ideal, converting, MSP in 2024 Lessons Learned: Build a strong foundation. Lessons learned from an IT Entrepreneur on how to build an ideal, converting, MSP in 2025 Lessons Learned: Build a strong foundation In 2014, I embarked on a journey that would shape the next eight years of my life. With a vision in mind and a determination to succeed, I founded Grove Technologies, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Maryland,...
Blog Series Lessons Learned: Do no harm. Lessons learned from an IT Entrepreneur on how to build an ideal, converting, MSP in 2024 Lessons Learned: Build a strong foundation. Lessons learned from an IT Entrepreneur on how to build an ideal, converting, MSP in 2025 Lessons Learned: Do no harm. From 2014 until 2022 I built and ran a series of successful IT consultancies, from a one person solopreneurship (Jon Brown Consulting), to a startup (Mac Gurus) to its more mature and accomplished predecessor (Grove Technologies) where I eventually sold...
For those of you who know me well, know that I love technology. Not just Apple products which I inherently love because of my love for creative pursuits but any new technology where I feel connected. A few such products hit the kickstarter / funding phase a while back, Lockitron and Coin. Many hear the words Lockitron and cringe, I know I do, because I paid for the product over four years ago, and have yet to see an actual product ship. Not seeing a product ship seemed inevitable for...
Apple computers recently have exploded in popularity, Apple stock is soaring and Apple computers are now and have been for some time prime real estate for sticky fingers. So what is an Apple user to do, keep your beloved computer locked up? With the threat of loss, or theft of Apple devices being a reality many companies and many solutions have emerged in the marketplace. While looking at the options out there for laptop security and recovery, and reviewing all the options, it seemed wise to take a step back...
It seems no matter how careful Apple is each OS update (especially server updates) reveals its own challenges for the user, that leaves them wishing that they had not left their stable platform for the bug fixes that made that update so desirable. the 10.6.8 server update was no different it claimed to fix such long time bugs as Server Side Rules which has been a thorn in the side of OSX Server Administrators everywhere who use OSX Servers as their primary email server. So many of us including myself,...