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title: "Episode 28: Death by a thousand cuts - why MSPs should choose vendors wisely by Infinite Scale: The Ultimate Growth Podcast for MSPs"
description: There's been a lot of disruption in the MSP Vendor space over the last couple of years. Venture Capitalists are moving in and making acquisitions all over the place. James dives in on what it all means for the smaller MSP.
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# Episode 28: Death by a thousand cuts - why MSPs should choose vendors wisely

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), [MSP Operations](https://benchmark365.com/blog/tag/msp-operations) 

Date : Mar 18, 2021

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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