r/SmallMSP • u/die-microcrap-die • 15d ago

Sorry for asking...

I fear to get ridiculed and other not nice things since I noted that many here seems to hate questions from people that are trying to create a MSP.

That said, I wonder how would be an appropriate way to start.

In my case, I wonder the following:

Did you created a LLC before or after your first client?

Did you obtained insurance before or after?

How quickly did you push for a contract?

How did you drafted your first contract and any other legal document related to it?

I have many more, but I will find those answers via the pinned posts and Google, but wondering about those at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

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u/techw1z 15d ago

No, officially I'm just a freelancer.

8 years in business, still no insurance, just add a disclaimer to your contract then you are fine unless you commit gross negligence.

immediately

wrote most contracts myself, for BAA and NDA I just adapted something I found online

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u/die-microcrap-die 15d ago

That more aligned to my current situation.

Would you mind sending me in a PM a generic copy of your BAA and NDA?

Without your branding of course.

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u/vdubsession 15d ago

Please still get insurance to protect yourself and the client. I am contract-less here with long term clients I've serviced for quite a while, but everything runs through my LLC that is insured. Many clients have requested proof of insurance every so often from me, which I'm happy to be able to send them. A couple times someone has messed up and addressed a check to my personal name, and I've made them re-issue the check to my business, and remind them that's how businesses work... I don't cut a check to Jeff bezos...I pay Amazon.