Service Leadership Inc. CEO Paul Dippell has received the calls. HTG Peer Groups CEO Arlin Sorensen has received the calls. I've received the calls. And I bet TruMethods CEO Gary Pica has received the calls.The voice on the other end of the line represents a private equity firm, a large MSP -- or both. He typically asks: "Where can I find a $10 million MSP with 20 percent EBITDA profit margins? Because I'd like to buy that MSP."The disappointing industry answer: For the most part, that type of MSP doesn't exist. Instead, the vast majority of IT service providers within HTG Peer Groups are closer to $3 million to $5 million companies, Sorensen noted last week during the organization's IT Channel Summit out "on the farm" in Iowa.
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