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Cisco’s MSP Investments Are Big and Getting Bigger
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Erick and Rich discuss Cisco’s big MSP recruiting drive, why you should have an offboarding process for clients that’s as good as your onboarding process, and whether or not being removed from a vat of chocolate you’re swimming in is really being “rescued”.

Articles referenced in this episode:
Cisco’s MSP Investments Are Big and Getting Bigger
Two rescued from chocolate vat at Mars Inc candy factory
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