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The MSP Mistake That Breaks Sales, Support, and Trust

September 16, 2026·38 min·5-min readconversationalbusiness
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A $40 million SaaS company, Grumpy Walrus Cloud, built an MSP partner program that looked successful on paper—20 partners signed, deal registrations up—but delivered less than 8% of source pipeline revenue. The real problem wasn’t the partners; it was foundational misalignment in go-to-mark

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Jon Purcell

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