Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Products, stories, and tips for the MSP and IT Professional)
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The IT Business Podcast is a show for MSPs (Managed Service Providers) and IT Professionals providing business network support and managed services. Each episode delivers products, stories, and tips that help the MSP and IT Pro run the business better, smarter, and faster, covering everything from pricing and packaging to operations, tools, and service delivery. You’ll hear candid conversations with working MSP owners, system admins, vendors, and industry leaders who share what’s actually working in the field, including hard lessons, success stories, and the occasional “what not to do.” Topics regularly include managed services best practices, cybersecurity and compliance, Microsoft 365 and cloud, automation and documentation, vendor selection and stack building, plus the day-to-day realities of running a modern IT business. Hosted by longtime IT business owner and podcaster Marvin “Uncle Marv” Bee, the show blends real talk, practical advice, and a lighthearted tone so the MSP and IT Pro behind the network can learn, laugh, and get better every week.
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April 29, 2022

400: Side Hustle Entrepreneurship - Akarsh Vinod

400: Side Hustle Entrepreneurship - Akarsh Vinod
Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Products, stories, and tips for the MSP and IT Professional)
400: Side Hustle Entrepreneurship - Akarsh Vinod

Akarsh Vinod started a wireless speaker company with a mission to make listening easy.

Akarsh shares his journey that was inspired in 2017 and has finally resulted in his speakers being produced and ready for shipment this year. A major difference in bringing a consumer hardware item to market is the amount of work that goes into creating the concept, coming up with a prototype, and approaching the big boy manufacturers to help produce it.

Some of Akarsh's tips to getting started include:

  • Learning to de-risk
  • You don't have to commit all-in to scale
  • Learn the language and know the space
  • Earn trust

Want to contact Akarsh? Email him at akarsh@dioconnect.com.

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Akarsh Vinod

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Akarsh is the founder of Dio, a home audio company aiming to reshape the way we listen to our audio at home and use connected devices. Dio recently launched the Dio Node: the world's simplest, most flexible, and most affordable multi-room speaker on the market - finally making it easy to listen to your audio all over the home, hassle-free. Akarsh is happy to share his insights on how he bootstrapped the company, what it takes to build an IoT consumer hardware device, and his lessons starting a company and building a brand.

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