The Force Field

Hosted ByRick Savoia

A show about the IT industry.

The Force Field is a half hour podcast dedicated to the small, independent IT Service Provider.


All Episodes

TFF-71 – How To Limit Liability In Your IT Business

We continue our discussion with an IT professional who will tell us about the risks in operating an IT business and how to minimize them. He will tell us what a tech business can be potentially liable for and offer some tools and tips to help protect o…

TFF-70 – Customers Who Scam

Today we’ll talk with an IT professional who will tell us about some of the ways techs can be scammed by their own customers. He will tell us what to watch out for and discuss ways to protect yourself and your business from getting ripped off.

TFF-69 – How To Quit Your Job and Start a Computer Business Part 2

Today we’ll continue our discussion with an IT consultant who recently wrote a book that takes a different approach to starting a computer business that most other books of its kind don’t consider. We’ll also tell you where you can get this book and ho…

TFF-68 – How To Quit Your Job and Start a Computer Business Part 1

Today we’ll talk with an IT consultant who recently wrote a book that takes a different approach to starting a computer business that most other books of its kind don’t consider. We’ll also tell you where you can get this book and read some of your com…

TFF-67 – Are You a Contractor or a Customer?

Today we’ll ask a very important question to the techs who work on web-based IT service platforms. Are you a contractor, a vendor, a commodity or customer? We’ll define each of these business terms and find out which one best fits the techs who work on…

TFF-66 – Working For The Service Platforms

We talk with an IT service provider who built a successful business working through web based service platforms and find out how he makes it profitable. We’ll also read some of your comments and e-mails from inside The Force Field.

TFF-65 – Should You Start a Computer Business

We celebrate the seventh anniversary of The Force Field Podcast by asking a very important question that is often never considered by techs who want to start their own computer business. We also evaluate the results of a recent poll about Windows 8 and…

Episode 64 – Inside The Force Field

We go inside The Force Field and discover some of the resources available for entrepreneurial technicians. We’ll also learn about some changes coming soon to the show and the site to help you make the most of these resources.

Episode 63 – The NCSP Report Panel Discussion

We talk with three IT service providers and ask them if they think the data in the National Contractor and Service Platform Survey Report is a fair assessment of the state of the IT service industry. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:18 Billboard :48 …

Episode 62 – The National Contractor and Service Platform Report

We will find out what IT field service technicians really think of national contractors and web-based service platforms and how they rate specific companies from best to worst. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:19 Billboard :52 News and Comment segmen…