Private equity is rolling up managed service providers, but also buying their customers and competitors. This reshapes entire markets, not just individual companies. Companies in these sectors need defensive strategies as PE consolidates the whole landscape around them.
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So you brought up private equity, and I know private equity has been, you know, pretty active in the MSP and managed services space. And it's an interesting sort of dynamic that evolves with private equity. And even in like home services and other industries, they've been actively involved in, you know, sort of rolling up operations. And a lot of people have had some successful exits. But I think there's another strategic element that's worth thinking about. And then someone that has, you know, sort of seen this a few times, that private equity can not only be rolling you up, it could be potentially rolling up some of your customers or some of your competitors, which then changes that landscape a lot. Tell me a little bit about some of the things that you've sort of observed there and some of the sort of watchouts that companies might think about if they are in a space that is being disrupted a little bit by private equity.