The Everest Tribe
The free community for founders of IT services and SI firms.
A room where nobody has to explain utilisation, why the global consultancies keep winning the bigger programs, or what it feels like when every decision still lands on your desk. Founders only, moderated by Ian, free to join.
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What happens inside
Weekly
The Tuesday thread
One idea a week from the Nine Keys, the same one that goes out in the weekly note, with the founders' own numbers and pushback in the replies.
Monthly
Open session with Ian
A live online session on one Key. Bring a question about rates, utilisation, a hire or a client, and work it through with the room. Recorded for members.
Always on
Ask the room
Post the situation you are in and hear from founders who were there a year ago. Rate card questions, difficult clients, offshore teams, the first leadership hire.
Tools
Scorecard and guides
Your Nine Keys scorecard result, the guides library, IT Mastermind Talks episodes and the Leveraged Factory guide, in one place and discussed by people using them.
Who it is for
- Founders and owners of IT professional services and systems integrator firms, from one person to 200.
- Partners and executive team members of those firms, when the founder is a member.
- Firms that compete with the big SIs on capability and want to compete on positioning too.
Who it is not for
- Managed services providers, SaaS companies and agencies. Different economics, different room.
- Vendors, recruiters and anyone selling to IT services founders. Requests from those roles are declined.
The free community is the open layer of the Everest Tribe. Everest members use the same place for their member areas, the sprint rooms and the Deal Relay board. Nothing in the free layer is a sales pitch for Everest, and nobody is pushed to upgrade.
How access works
01
Tell us who you are
The short form above. Name, firm, role and team size, so Ian can see at a glance that you run or lead an IT services or SI firm.
02
Create your login
You land on the Tribe sign in. Choose Request access, sign in with Microsoft or set an email and password. Use the same work email as the form.
03
Ian approves you
Founders of IT services and SI firms are approved within one working day. You get an email when you are in. Vendors and recruiters are declined, so the room stays useful.
04
Introduce yourself
Post your firm, your size and the one thing you would fix first. That one line gets you more useful replies than anything else you could write.
Questions about access: info@loadinggrowth.com.
Free, founders only, moderated by Ian.
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