Blog / vendor management

Notes from the field.

Short, practical pieces on the decisions I get asked about most. No news, no trends, no AI takes.

Most growing companies pay for software nobody uses. Here is how I work through a subscription list, what is usually waste, and what to leave alone.

Managed IT proposals price a relationship, not a thing. Here is how I read one: the unit of pricing, the exclusions page, and who owns the tooling.

Most technology contracts renew quietly on worse terms. Here is what to check in the ninety days before, and where you actually have leverage.

A plain look at who really controls your domain, DNS, hosting and cloud accounts, why that matters more than most owners expect, and how to fix it.

Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch.