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title: "Episode 20: Does outsourcing make sense for MSPs right now"
description: Rethinking the MSP business model has been a crusade for James Vickery since well before 2020. In this episode, recorded just before everything  turned upside down, he talks about outsourcing as a model for making MSPs more productive, cost effective and sustainable.
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# Episode 20: Does outsourcing make sense for MSPs right now

Author : [![James Vickery](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/a31d4781d5cb37147522b0d750190f95) James Vickery](https://benchmark365.com/blog/author/james-vickery)

Tags : [Podcast](https://benchmark365.com/blog/tag/podcast), [Help Desk Best Practice](https://benchmark365.com/blog/tag/help-desk-best-practice) 

Date : May 25, 2020

MSP entrepreneur and author, James Vickery talks about transforming your mindset and getting your business under control. It’s about scaling up so you can take advantage of the tremendous opportunities out there.

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