Continuum CEO: 'Our Partners Are The Most Successful'

Michael George, CEO of Continuum, sat down with CRNtv to discuss the company's $50 million investment in helping grow partner success. With Continuum University in addition to a number of different tools and development platforms, George says Continuum partners are the fastest growing MSPs in the market. The company has also been on a hiring spree, George says. “We’ve invested a lot in our people. There are two main things we focus on - our people and our partners.” And, its evident. The company now boasts 1,450 employees in multiple countries, including the United States, Australia, and throughout Europe. “Over the course of last year we hired about 250 people, and it will be pretty much the same this year. So, lots of growth in that way,” says George. He also highlighted Continuum's focus on the product side, too. Recently, it launched new network monitoring technology, and George says that the company has been consistent about deploying more, and continually better, products to their partners. “We’ve invested over $50 million in helping our partner be successful,” he says. “One thing we really pride ourselves on is the success of our partners…it is absolutely our core.” George says Continuum's MSP partners are building valuable businesses that get high premiums in the industry for any of the acquisitions that occur, whether they get acquired by another MSP, or by a company in the office equipment space or telecom space. “In 2016, our average MSP grew 32 percent, which is way above industry average, [which is in the mid-teens].”