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    Become your client's most valuable partner.

    Reliability is the price of entry, not the differentiator. The qualities that make an MSP impossible to replace are the disciplines. The book defines them. M2M is where they operate.

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    The MVP difference

    The vendor

    • Capable, responsive, replaceable.
    • Measured by uptime and tickets closed.
    • Value assumed and rarely seen.
    • Renewals turn on price.

    The most valuable partner

    • Measured by the client's business outcomes.
    • Value made visible, on purpose.
    • Invited into the strategic conversation.
    • Renewals turn on trust.
    MSP to MVP by Chris Day — hardback book cover

    MSP to MVP: Building Unbreakable Partnerships

    Published by Forbes Books, Chris Day's MSP to MVP: Building Unbreakable Partnerships in the Customer Success Era lays out the framework everything here is built on. The book gives you the why. The site gives you the tools to run it in your business.

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    Chris DayAuthor · Founder, ScalePad
    Forbes Books

    Twelve Big Ideas

    Every chapter of MSP to MVP becomes an interactive tool: cross the chasm, run your net dollar retention forward, sort your clients into the Four Quadrants. Each one takes ten minutes, ends with a move for this week, and earns a badge.

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    Explore Deeper

    Two connected methodologies. One builds the capability. One runs it every day.

    The Strategic Model

    The Six Disciplines

    Strategy, health, deliverables, process, people, technology: six capabilities that operate together so customer success is a function inside the business, not a title on one person's door.

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    The Operating Model

    The Bow-Tie

    Five lifecycle stages run as one continuous relationship, from first conversation through renewal. The knot is a milestone, not the finish line.

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    Free AI Toolbox

    Micro-tools for the day-to-day work of customer success. Profile a client before you walk in. Build a discovery conversation from two URLs. Score a client's health for the next QBR. Each one takes minutes and replaces an hour of busy work. Less time preparing, more time delivering impact.

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    The M2M Movement

    The research behind MSP2MVP is sourced from the community, built with the community, and published for the community. Operators across the channel contribute the insights, test the methods in real client environments, and shape what comes next. The aim is not one MSP getting ahead. It is the whole industry moving forward, together.

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