Business Speak

Before yesterday’s MSP business coach became an overnight MSP M&A expert, there was Revenue Rocket. Best known to me as an early prominent supporter of Redmond Channel Partner (RCP) magazine, it’s a firm that was here yesterday, today and tomorrow in our space – 

First – here’s his front facing story (and it’s a good one).

Passionate about technology since childhood, I've transformed that lifelong interest into a thriving venture as the owner and leader of an Atlanta-based Managed Service Provider (MSP). At our company, we're dedicated to handling our clients' intricate IT needs, allowing them to concentrate on their core business operations.

One of the defining moments in my journey was the completion of the Harvard Cybersecurity and Incident Response program,

One way to beat the summer heat in Austin, TX is to read in the shade with a big Southern fan running. That’s what I did with this book and I have a couple observations.

It’s a “random” read because the 37 stories of do gooders isn’t in order. So I started and mid-point and read a few random chapters. Then one I got into the groove, I went to the end of the book and made a “backward pass” and I really enjoyed that “randomness” to keep my interest. I completed the book without any loss of context in this excellent and well-edited tome. I really enjoyed the short length of the chapters as I could finish each one in under 30-mins over morning coffee in my comfy chair. That also played right into my ADHD as I don’t have a long attention span.

He’s always been “One To Watch” from the Silicon Valley to red hot Nashville. From Fortinet to Coro. From mail room (I’m kinda kidding but there is truth to humor) to CEO. Sykora is now 18-months in role as the CEO at Coro and we were overdue for a chat but understandably he’s a busy man. This dude has “street cred” having carried the bag as an MSP as the founder of InterSpace Computers. Dets: “Founded, built & sold a Cloud-based technology company specializing in Outsourced IT Provider Specializing in Virtualization and Thin client Applications with +100% YoY growth & $10M annual revenues” That 12+ year run was predictive of where he is today.

CyberFOX is a cybersecurity and identity access management platform designed for IT professionals and managed service providers (MSPs). Had a long overdue catch-up chat with Adam Slutskin, CEO at the recent RoarCon event in Houston. More importantly, As I write this, CyberFOX is hosting it 3q partner event in Tampa (September 9-10, 2026) for about 75-partners. Dets on its event below.

2026 GTIA Updates: Local Chapters, UN Initiative and Texas A&M!

One of us. MJ Shoer, the Chief Community Officer with a 6+ year tenure at GTIA. He was there 1+ years ago when GTIA broke out from CompTIA. “I’m a classic recovering MSP and I sold my business eleven years ago.”

Moving forward, a pillar to the 2026 ChannelCon event (recently in San Diego) was its international community expansion.