MSP 501 Profile: Tekie Geek on Ripping Down the Ladder and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

By | Managed Services News

Dec 15

President Mike Bloomfield talks about growing his company, the allure of entrepreneurship and … the flux capacitor.

Company Name: Tekie Geek
Company MSP 501 Rank: 248
President Geek: Mike Bloomfield
Headquartered: Staten Island, New York

Primary Services:

  • Managed services
  • Business continuity
  • Data backup
  • Cloud solutions
  • Network security
  • Network design
  • Health care IT
  • Law IT
  • Server and workstation support

Twitter: @tekiegeek

The entrepreneurial force has been strong with Mike Bloomfield, founder and president of MSP 501 winner Tekie Geek, ever since he can remember. Bloomfield can trace this spark back to his middle school days, where he started his own street-sweeping business on the mean streets of NYC. 

Fast-forward a few years, and the wonderfully geeky company is flourishing, earning it a spot at No. 248 on the 2020 MSP 501 list.  

We sat down with Bloomfield to chat about how he got his start, how the business has evolved, and how he defines the road to entrepreneurial success.

Tekie Geek's Mike Bloomfield

Tekie Geek’s Mike Bloomfield

One could argue, though, that where they’re going, they don’t need … roads.

Channel Futures: What is one thing you wish vendors would do that they don’t?

Mike Bloomfield: I want to start by saying that there are a handful of vendors in the IT space who are amazing, and I would consider actual partners to my business. Without naming these vendors, I would say that they truly have my business success in their core values. They do not treat you like just a number, which is one thing we find in many vendor relationships.

When a vendor treats you just like a number, locks you into long-term contracts, and makes it nearly impossible to leave even after your contract is up, it can be maddening. For those vendors that understand what most MSPs understand, we do not want clients who do not want us — this is a toxic relationship. Vendors should learn from this and make it easy when things aren’t right to part ways as friends because you never know what tomorrow will bring.

Thank you to those vendors who truly treat us as partners. You are the reason that the channel is what it is! These are the vendors that we love to have a drink with at a conference, bump into on the lobby floor and just talk about life, and answer whenever they call.

CF: If you could go back to one technological point in time, what would it be and why? 

MB: Nov. 5, 1955. This has to be one of the most important dates in history, as it is the day that Doc Brown first envisioned the flux capacitor when he slipped off of his toilet bowl while hanging a picture and hit his head on the sink. That would be quite something to witness, wouldn’t it?

Wait, that isn’t real? Well if it has to be a real period in history, I would love to go and witness …

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