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Dexter Hardy shared thisThe real Go-To-Market (GTM) question isn’t whether your current strategy works. It’s whether it remains repeatable as the business scales. Your first customers can come from relationships and referrals. The next stage of growth will definitely need something more repeatable. That’s the conversation we’re having at the upcoming "Spark by ntegral" - Founder Roundtable. Where is your current GTM strategy starting to hit its limits? #ntegral #spark #marketplace #accelerategrowth Chaitra Vedullapalli, Vince Menzione, Raamel Mitchell, Chip Rodgers, Nabil Aitoumeziane, Regina N. Johnson, Danny S., Per Werngren, Eva Karnaukh, Monika Mital Gupta, Dee Dee Walsh, Elizabeth Beals (McLaughlin), Daniel Ikem, Jacqueline Shorter-Beauchamp, Joy Schaaffe, Randy Kravitz, Lindsey Craft-Goins, Elliotte Dunlap, Elena Kennedy, Elkanah Carnell Reed, John Menzione, Karen Fassio, Winnie Huynh, Alyssa Williams, MBA, Tiffany S., Women in Cloud, ntegralDexter Hardy shared thisHow far can your current go-to-market strategy take your business? If your growth still depends primarily on founder relationships, referrals, regional networks or direct sales, join us for a live conversation about what it takes to expand your reach. The Spark by Ntegral Founder Roundtable is an open call for B2B SaaS companies, software development companies, MSPs and technology-services firms that want to explore: • How Cloud Marketplaces like Microsoft can help you reach new markets • How to make it easier for customers to find and buy your solutions • What your business needs to build a more repeatable path to growth • How to strengthen your GTM strategy, marketplace readiness and investor case We’ll also share how the eight-week Spark by Ntegral Marketplace Accelerator, beginning September 14, helps companies prepare to enter and grow through the Cloud Marketplace ecosystem. Whether you are actively considering the accelerator or simply rethinking how your company reaches customers, you are invited to join the discussion. Bring your questions. Bring your current business challenges. Let’s explore how far your company can go with a stronger pathway to market. RSVP and join us here live on September 3, 2026 at 9 a.m. PT | 12 p.m. ET. #GoToMarketStrategy #CloudMarketplace #MicrosoftMarketplace #SaaS #TechFounders #BusinessGrowth #SparkByntegral
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Dexter Hardy shared this💡No explanation needed. DevOps should not be hard. #ntegral #cloudsimplifiedDexter Hardy shared thisSetting up infrastructure manually be like fighting tangled earphones. 🎧 Deploying with ntegral on Azure be like popping open the case. Done. Stop untangling. Start deploying. ⚡ Explore our solutions- https://lnkd.in/ehbuYYvX #Azure #CloudInfrastructure #DevOps #Ntegral
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Dexter Hardy reposted thisDexter Hardy reposted thisStill wasting hours setting up Ubuntu environments before your team can actually build anything? Infrastructure setup can feel a lot like moving into a new apartment. Boxes everywhere, furniture half assembled, and the day's gone before you've even started the real work. Ubuntu 26.04 by ntegral gets your environment ready in minutes, not days. DevOps automation, cloud native apps, AI workloads, CI/CD, all without the setup headache. Ntegral builds it. You deploy it. Get Ubuntu 26.04 by Ntegral on Microsoft Marketplace 👇 (link in comments) #Ntegral #Ubuntu #DevOps #CloudComputing #AIInfrastructure #CICD
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Dexter Hardy shared this“Cloud simplified” does not mean cloud made basic... It means cloud made usable. 🎯 The best cloud environments are not the ones with the most services. They are the ones teams can actually manage. That is what business leaders really want from cloud. Complexity may look sophisticated, but simplicity scales better. Chaitra Vedullapalli, Chip Rodgers, Jennifer Zarate, Jen Waltz 🧠, Vince Menzione, Eva Karnaukh, Anne Baker, Elkanah Carnell Reed, Alyssa Williams, MBA, Danny S., Raamel Mitchell, Regina N. Johnson, Regina Manfredi, Roman Avanesyan, Elizabeth Beals (McLaughlin), Ashleigh Vogstad, Nabil Aitoumeziane, Nick Scordino, ntegral, Justin Royal, Leigh Ann Campbell, Eddie Bader #cloudsimplified #ntegral #microsoftmarketplaceDexter Hardy shared this"How hard can it be?" — famous last words before every DIY furniture build. 😅 Complex manuals, mystery screws, and instructions that make you question your life choices. Nobody asked for this. And yet, for a long time, deploying cloud infrastructure felt exactly the same way. At ntegral, we believe powerful technology should just work — right out of the box. Our preconfigured products on Azure Marketplace mean you skip the chaos and go straight to the good part. Plug in. Go live. That's it. 👉 Visit our Azure Marketplace listing in the comments and get started today. #Ntegral #AzureMarketplace #CloudSolutions
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Dexter Hardy shared thisThe Right Room Changes the Timeline ✨ Business growth is not just about hard work. It is also about #timing — and being in the right room when the right conversation happens. In business, timing is often misunderstood. People call it #luck when someone meets the right person at the right moment. 🌟 Most of the time, that “luck” was built long before the moment arrived. It was built by showing up. Contributing before asking. Learning before pitching. Building relationships before needing them. 🎯 The right room does not guarantee success but it can change what you see, who you meet, and how fast you move. Opportunity rewards proximity, but only when proximity is paired with preparation! #ntegral #partnership #bettertogether #ecosystem Vince Menzione, Victoria Tollossa, Elena Kennedy, Chaitra Vedullapalli, Anne Baker, Raamel Mitchell, Regina N. Johnson, Elliotte Dunlap, Shannon Proverbs, Monika Mital Gupta, Jacqueline Shorter-Beauchamp, Justin Royal, Elizabeth Beals (McLaughlin), Elkanah Carnell Reed, Ameer A., Nabil Aitoumeziane, Roman Avanesyan, Eddie Bader, Danny S., ntegral, Nick ScordinoDexter Hardy shared thisFour years ago in Dallas, I met Dexter Hardy. He was early. He was convicted. And he was building something most people in the room had not yet figured out. I knew immediately he was onto something big. Dexter has been with this community ever since. Dallas. The studio. Every UP LIVE we have hosted. Not as a spectator — as a practitioner, doing the work, proving the model, and quietly becoming one of the most compelling marketplace success stories in the Microsoft ecosystem. What ntegral built is not a case study. It is a blueprint. Dexter is now bringing that blueprint to Bellevue — to help other software organizations reach his level. Not theory. The real mechanics. What worked, what did not, and what every ISV needs to know to spark real marketplace revenue. This is what the UP LIVE community was built for. Leaders who did the work coming back to share what they learned — so the next organization does not have to figure it out alone. May 11–13. InterContinental Seattle Bellevue. Because being in the right room changes everything.
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Dexter Hardy shared thisCloud strategy rarely fails in the slide deck. It fails in the handoff. The real differentiator is not just architecture, tooling, or vendor selection. It is whether every team knows: - what they own, - what success looks like, - and how momentum gets protected after kickoff. Key takeaway: #cloud transformation needs #execution #governance as much as #technical #strategy. 🎯 Great point: the best plans do not win. The best-owned plans do. What ownership gap slows cloud execution most often? If this resonates with you definitely let me know! Vince Menzione, Chaitra Vedullapalli, Nabil Aitoumeziane, Alyssa Williams, MBA, Anne Baker, Chip Rodgers, Roman Avanesyan, Eva Karnaukh, Monika Mital Gupta, Elkanah Carnell Reed, Raamel Mitchell, Ameer A., Regina N. JohnsonDexter Hardy shared thisEveryone talks about cloud strategy. Fewer talk about why it actually fails. Leaders invest heavily in: • Strategy • Vendors • Architecture But success usually comes down to something far less glamorous: 👉 Alignment across teams 👉 Sustained momentum 👉 Clear ownership of outcomes Without these, even the best plans lose steam. Not because they’re flawed, but because they’re unowned. Here’s the hard truth: Most cloud initiatives don’t fail due to bad strategy. They fail in execution. The best plans don’t win. The best executed ones do. If execution ownership is becoming a bottleneck in your migration plans, let’s connect. Where does execution break down most in your organization? Let us know in the comments. #Ntegral
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Dexter Hardy shared thisMost companies don’t have an Microsoft Azure problem. 🎯 They have an execution problem hiding inside their #Azure spend. Organizations are investing heavily in #cloud, but too often the value they’ve already paid for goes underused while teams keep building from scratch. That matters now. ✨ Cloud budgets are tighter. #DevOps teams are moving faster. Security and reliability expectations keep rising. The question is no longer: “Are we using Azure?” 📢 It’s: “Are we getting the full business advantage from the Azure investment we’ve already made?” Azure benefit eligible solutions and marketplace-ready deployments can help teams move faster, reduce friction, and get more from committed cloud spend. 🚀 The companies that win won’t just spend more on cloud. They’ll operationalize it faster. If your team has already committed to Azure, now is the time to make sure that commitment is working as hard as you are. Chaitra Vedullapalli, Monika Mital Gupta, Anne Baker, Vince Menzione, Justin Royal, Shannon Proverbs, Hollis Williams, Regina N. Johnson, Alyssa Williams, MBA, Jeramey James, Danielle Estrada, ntegral, Raamel Mitchell, Jacqueline Shorter-Beauchamp, Danny S., Nabil Aitoumeziane, Roman Avanesyan, Regina Manfredi, Oguo Atuanya, Winnie Huynh, Elkanah Carnell Reed #AzureMarketplace #MicrosoftPartner #CloudStrategy #DevOps #Azure #CloudOptimization #NtegralDexter Hardy shared thisOne of the biggest missed opportunities we see: Companies commit to Azure… but don’t fully leverage what they’ve already paid for. Here’s where it gets interesting: 👉 Azure benefit eligible solutions can be applied toward your commit Which means: - You can deploy faster - Reduce additional spend - Use pre-configured environments instead of building from scratch Instead of: ❌ Investing more time and resources You can: ✅ Accelerate delivery using marketplace-ready solutions This is where Azure shifts from: 👉 Infrastructure to 👉 A cost + execution advantage And for DevOps teams, that means: - Less time configuring - More time delivering If you’re looking to get more out of your Azure investment: https://lnkd.in/eFe8CwYF #Ntegral #MicrosoftPartner #AzureMarketplace
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Dexter Hardy shared thisWe talk to teams all the time who are “in the middle” of their cloud transformation. They typically have done the following: 1. Invested in Azure 2. Started migrating workloads 3. Built modernization roadmaps And yet… progress stalls. Why? 🤔 Because modernization isn’t just about moving workloads. It’s about how quickly you can deploy, adapt, and scale once you’re there. What most organizations don’t realize: 👉 They’re sitting on Azure budget that’s not fully utilized 👉 They’re rebuilding environments that already exist 👉 They’re slowing down execution trying to do everything from scratch The companies moving fastest right now aren’t starting from zero. They’re leveraging: - Pre-configured environments - Marketplace-ready solutions - Proven deployment patterns That’s how you reduce friction and actually move. If you’re evaluating your current approach, this is a good place to start: Explore more: https://lnkd.in/ekFkuPVZ #ntegral #conciergecloud #sparkbyntegral #azure #cloud #migration #devops
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Dexter Hardy shared this✨ Gratitude and Journey 22,000 people is a lot of people. It's wild to think that many of you chose to follow along. I started posting to figure things out in public — what works, what doesn’t, what’s actually useful. Some posts flopped. Some resonated way more than I expected. 🎯 But the best part? - The conversations. - The DMs. - The people building alongside me. This platform isn’t about “content.” It’s about people who care about getting better. 🚀 Onward and Upward 🚀 #ntegral #sparkbyntegral #onwardupward #next #grateful #thankyou
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Dexter Hardy reacted on thisMoving beyond research and conversation to measurable action… let’s go❣️Dexter Hardy reacted on thisThe Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC) is proud to recognize Brian R., founder and CEO of Just For Teens, for receiving a $30,000 loan through the Metro Atlanta Small Business Flex Fund. Brian first connected with Morehouse College through our MIEC 2025 Retail Cohort, gaining business education, technical assistance, and connections to resources to help position Just for Teens for its next stage of growth. Founded in 2020, Just for Teens is expanding its retail footprint from approximately 4,000 locations in 2025 to nearly 10,000 locations nationwide by September 2026. The Metro Atlanta Small Business Flex Fund is a collaborative initiative powered by MIEC, Georgia Micro Enterprise Network, Inc., Latin American Chamber of Commerce Georgia, and LISC Atlanta, providing small businesses with flexible capital and technical assistance. Brian’s journey demonstrates the impact of connecting entrepreneurs with the knowledge, capital, and support needed to turn opportunity into growth. We’re proud to support Brian and Just for Teens as they continue to build.
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Dexter Hardy reacted on thisDexter Hardy reacted on thisIt may be August, but we're already planning for #MSIgnite in San Francisco in November! Exciting content, activations, and events underway for our #MSMarketplace community, so I hope you'll join us in person or online. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gMcRBYD7
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Dexter Hardy reacted on thisDexter Hardy reacted on thisGoldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is built on the dedication and partnership of community college staff and faculty nationwide. Joy Schaaffe, Lead Faculty for the #10KSB National Cohort and Miami Dade College, sees it firsthand. Working alongside small business owners as they navigate changing markets, evolving technology, and the daily demands of running a company, her role goes beyond instruction. It is about standing alongside business owners as they strengthen their businesses and their communities. That relationship between faculty and small business owners is at the heart of what the 10KSB experience can offer: rigorous, practical, and deeply invested in the people in the room. Ready to learn alongside faculty who are committed to your growth? Apply to join an upcoming cohort at 10ksbapply.com
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Dexter Hardy reacted on thisDexter Hardy reacted on thisMy wife read the ending of my book out loud to me yesterday. Then the acknowledgments. We both got a little choked up. I hope it hits you the way it hit me, my publisher, and the team in the studio. It’s not a tearjerker. It’s a business book. But it’s a book about principles, at a time when we may not be as focused on them as we should be. This is an exciting time to be alive in the world of AI. Exciting, sometimes frightening, sometimes unsettling. That’s why I wrote it. Principles mean more today than they ever have. There are stats and playbooks and guidance in these pages, but it’s more than a playbook. Come to our Reston event and you won’t just get a signed copy. You’ll celebrate the launch with me, and with a lot of leaders and friends. There is much more to share, and yes, Being in the right room changes everything.
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Dexter Hardy liked thisWe are taking ICONIC leadership global. Join us.Dexter Hardy liked thisICONIC Leadership is going global. On September 23, we’re bringing together leaders, changemakers, partners, and communities from around the world for the ICONIC Leadership Global Book Launch. This is more than the launch of a book. It’s the beginning of a global movement to redefine what leadership looks like in the AI era, where trust becomes an asset, access becomes an action, and success is measured by the opportunities we create for others. Come meet the leaders behind the stories, experience the ideas shaping the ICONIC Leadership movement, and be part of the conversation about what it means to lead with impact in a rapidly changing world. 🌍 ICONIC Leadership Global Book Launch 📅 September 23, 2026 👉 Join us: https://lnkd.in/g4brtGVc The book is launching. The movement is just beginning. Will you be part of it? #ICONICLeadership #WomenInCloud #AILeadership #FutureOfLeadership #Leadership #GlobalLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment
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Dexter Hardy reacted on thisDexter Hardy reacted on thisSometimes work looks like this. ⛳️ One of the things I love most about what we’re building at Turb0.ai is that the goal isn’t just to help people do more work. It’s to give people time back. Automate the repetitive. Simplify the things that don’t need a human touch. Give people more room to think, create, build relationships, solve problems — and occasionally hit some golf balls while the sun goes down. 😉 Technology should give us more space to do the things only humans can do. That’s the kind of future I want to help build. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #AI #Automation #FutureOfWork #Automotive #Turb0AI #Golf
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