12 Things to Know Before Choosing
a New IT Provider so You Don't Lose
Time, Money, or Your Sanity
A no-jargon field guide built from twenty-five years inside the MSP industry. The twelve questions to ask before you sign your next IT contract — written by the operator who has been on both sides of those calls.
David designed this guide the way a seasoned operator would — to be opened the moment you need an answer, scanned in minutes, and put back on the shelf until next time. No tea-and-highlighter required. Three audiences will get the most out of it:
The shortlist of questions to filter out the smooth-talkers from the operators who'll actually have your back. Use it on the first sales call.
Six warning signs that your current MSP is coasting — even when "nothing's wrong." A diagnostic you can run in an afternoon.
How to read the contract without falling asleep. How to plan a clean handoff. How to keep your data, your logins, and your sanity intact.
A complete operator's playbook for choosing — and managing — the right IT partner.
Choosing the wrong provider is the most expensive decision a small business owner makes that nobody warns them about. This book is what David wishes someone had handed him before his first IT contract — and what he hands every owner who asks him for advice today.
The shady tactics MSPs use during sales calls — and the simple questions that disarm every one of them.
The clauses that determine whether you can leave cleanly or get held hostage. Auto-renew traps. Hidden fees. Ownership of your data.
How to switch providers without losing access to your email, your backups, your domain, or your peace of mind.
The behavioral signals that separate an MSP who'll grow with you from one who's just collecting your monthly check.
I've worked alongside David for years. We co-built Intelligent Automation around the conviction that small businesses deserve the same caliber of IT and security operating model the Fortune 500 takes for granted — without the price tag, the hand-waving, or the offshore call center.
This guide is the cleanest distillation of that conviction I've seen put on paper. Read it before you sign anything. Even if you don't end up working with us, you'll be a sharper buyer for the next conversation you walk into.
Download the original, unaltered PDF — David's complete book, exactly as he wrote it. Forty-seven pages. Five bonus tools. Zero sales pitch.