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Erick and Rich discuss an interesting new network-as-a-service provider, why now’s a good time to recalculate your labor costs (hint: the answer’s not just inflation), and a TikTok challenge that could turn you off on NyQuil and chicken forever.

Join Joel Zaidspiner for conversations with Ruffian Software, Secureframe, and tribu live from the show floor at Datto’s latest partner conference.

Though Matt and Rich don’t know exactly what wobblypop is, they both have a strong hunch they’d enjoy it, thanks to input on the topic from this week’s returning guest host, Scott Beck, of BeckTek. Scott’s a Datto partner, so he has plenty of thoughts to share during an in-depth look at this week’s DattoCon event, what was announced there, and how the channel pros in attendance reacted.

Erick and Rich sum up the action and mood at Datto’s first partner event since being acquired by Kaseya, urge you to charge for assessments instead of give them away, and marvel at the record-setting 1,109 pint Negroni recently poured in Bangkok.

Erick and Rich discuss a forthcoming alerts management solution from Gradient MSP, why every MSP should build an organizational accountability chart, and a 38-year-old man in Japan paid $71 a booking to do nothing in particular.

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Billing customers is exactly like a 3D puzzle involving wooden blocks.

Erick and Rich discuss the strategic significance of ConnectWise getting into payments processing, the importance of factoring truly complete service delivery costs into your rates, and a Florida alligator rudely evicted from what was supposed to be its home.

Features from this month’s issue include: 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards | How, When, and Why to Fire Clients | Peer to Peer: Flying Solo | When Techs Go Rogue

Coming to you from the HP Amplify Executive Forum, or maybe the great beyond given how ghost-like he looks, Rich talks with Matt and returning guest host Mile Bloomfield of Tekie Geek about HP’s new ink subscription service for SMBs, partner program updates, and hardware for hybrid workers.

Erick and Rich take a look at the surprisingly resilient M&A landscape for MSPs, discuss strategies for insulating yourself from supply chain woes, and marvel at the record-setting 69 fast food restaurants recently visited in 24 hours by two chefs in New York.