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How to Calculate and Recover Your Labor Burden

Welcome back to The Brads Show, and our series of discussions about how to build the principles of maturity into your integration business. In today’s video, Brad Dempsey and Brad Malone discuss the importance of accurately measuring labor burden, and … Read More

The Power of Forecasting for Your Integration Business

Welcome back to our series of discussions about metrics and how to build the principles of maturity into your integration business. We’ve talked in a number of these sessions about mature companies versus younger companies or immature companies. And what … Read More

5 Actions Productive People Take That Most People Don’t

If you want to reach your goals, surround yourself with productive people. It will only be a matter of time before their good habits rub off on you. Two and a half years ago, I made a decision that would … Read More

Solutions360 Joins NSCA As a Sponsor for 2020 P2Pv

Solutions360 leads business transformation discussions throughout NSCA’s 2020 Pivot to Profit Virtual (2020 P2Pv) thought-leadership campaign. Newmarket, ON, July 28, 2020 — Solutions360 is proud to announce its sponsorship of NSCA’s 2020 Pivot to Profit Virtual event (2020 P2Pv), a … Read More

All Sales People Should Create This One Thing for Themselves

This is a guest blog post by Chris Peterson, Principal at Vector Firm Greg Maddux, former Major League Baseball player, four-time Cy Young Award winner, and MLB Hall-of-Famer, was known for his control.  He wasn’t overpowering but was always in … Read More

What A Comprehensive Scope of Work Document Looks Like

Here is an outline of the major components of a comprehensive scope of work document In our recent blog post, Make Your Scope of Work Statements Stand Out, we talk about how good scope of work statements help establish boundaries … Read More

4 Mistakes That Are Hurting Your XaaS Sales Approach

Changing the Way You Sell HaaS and Financing Ultimately, adopting an As-A-Service or subscription model will change your business for the better, but there is more to making the change than building out the offering. Once you are ready to … Read More

5 Tips for Retaining Top Technicians

Solutions360 often talks with integrators about the challenges of finding and retaining top technicians. In 2019, CompTIA research reported the unemployment rate for IT talent at 1.3%, which supports what a time-consuming and expensive task it can be to find … Read More

Better Processes Equals Better Projects

When was the last time your integration business focused on process improvement? Process management is an exercise in efficiency – it is all about doing the correct things while minimizing waste. There are a lot of programs out there that address … Read More

Don’t Be a Cash-Blind Owner Part 3: Cash Burn Rate

This is the final installment in our blog series about cash flow management, and cash-blind owners. What are cash-blind owners, you wonder? Simply put, they are integration firm owners who are completely oblivious to the monthly cash flow activity of … Read More