http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/comment-page-1/#comment-25616 Joe Panettieri Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:24:31 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/#comment-25616 Scott: I agree that roll-ups are a tricky thing. But check our follow-up story with more details <a href="http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/25/sparxent-start-up-begins-managed-service-provider-and-var-acquisitions/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Scott: I agree that roll-ups are a tricky thing. But check our follow-up story with more details here.

]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/comment-page-1/#comment-25612 Scott Smith Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:09:02 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/#comment-25612 Not sure if this is a good sign or not. Managed services roll-ups have been done, with 10s of millions invested, and no signs of being acquired by a larger company. There are scores of them. Not sure if building one into a 100 to 120 million range makes them any more attractive to a bigger company, perhaps for the expanded client base, but the economics have to be there. IBM bought ISS for what amounted to $100,000 for each account. Likely, IBM has already plowed back into each one and fork-lifted in more gear and services to make up for the investment outlay. Not sure if this is a good sign or not. Managed services roll-ups have been done, with 10s of millions invested, and no signs of being acquired by a larger company. There are scores of them. Not sure if building one into a 100 to 120 million range makes them any more attractive to a bigger company, perhaps for the expanded client base, but the economics have to be there. IBM bought ISS for what amounted to $100,000 for each account. Likely, IBM has already plowed back into each one and fork-lifted in more gear and services to make up for the investment outlay.

]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/comment-page-1/#comment-25574 Nick Vossburg Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:43:02 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/21/start-up-company-plans-to-acquire-managed-service-providers-and-vars/#comment-25574 This is a great sign for our industry, if a seasoned team can pull together this kind of capital for an acquisition then we must be doing something right! This is a great sign for our industry, if a seasoned team can pull together this kind of capital for an acquisition then we must be doing something right!

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