Founder Score Utica - Nils Vermeulen
"Joining Your.Cloud meant opening access to a whole candy shop of possibilities, playbooks and new ideas, for both myself and for my company."
Nils is now General Manager at Your.Cloud
Entrepreneurship does not stop after joining. It should become stronger.
Your.Cloud was built for founders who want to keep building, keep leading and keep their company’s identity alive within a larger entrepreneurial ecosystem.
For the right founder, it can mean entering a new phase of entrepreneurship: with more peers around you, more expertise available and more strength behind the company you have built.
We believe the strength of an MSP often comes from the founder’s entrepreneurial drive, the team’s culture and the trust built with customers.
Those qualities are not side effects of the business. They are part of its value.
That is why the Your.Cloud model is designed to protect local entrepreneurship while adding new ways to grow. Companies remain close to their customers, people and markets, while becoming part of a wider European MSP ecosystem.
Real autonomy does not mean isolation or absence of responsibility. It means preserving local entrepreneurship while adding the structure and alignment needed to build something stronger together.
Autonomy means preserving the local strengths, relationships and entrepreneurial spirit that made the company successful in the first place.
Autonomy does not mean operating without accountability, shared direction or the support and collaboration that come with being part of a wider group.
Companies remain entrepreneurial, while gaining peers, expertise and shared capabilities across the group.
That is the strength of the Your.Cloud group: local companies keep their own energy and identity, but they no longer have to solve every challenge alone.
Within the ecosystem, founders and management teams can learn from other MSP companies facing similar questions:
The model combines local entrepreneurship with group strength.
You stay close to your market. You gain access to people who understand the journey.
"Joining Your.Cloud meant opening access to a whole candy shop of possibilities, playbooks and new ideas, for both myself and for my company."
Nils is now General Manager at Your.Cloud
The question is not only whether the company joins a larger platform. The question is whether that platform respects the way the founder thinks about entrepreneurship.
Some founders want a clean exit. Others want to keep building.
Some want full integration. Others want to preserve the company’s identity.
Some want capital. Others want a long-term home for their people, customers and company.
Your.Cloud is built for founders who still feel responsible for what happens next. Founders who want to protect what they have built, while giving the company more strength for the future.
Yes. Your.Cloud is built for founders and management teams who want to keep building. The model is designed to preserve entrepreneurial energy while adding support, peers and expertise around the company.
Autonomy means local leadership, customer closeness, entrepreneurial decision-making and company identity remain important. It does not mean there is no reporting, no shared standards, no collaboration or no strategic alignment.
Your company’s brand, reputation and culture are treated as strategic assets. Where identity creates value for customers, employees and the market, it should be understood, respected and built upon.
No. The Your.Cloud model is decentralised. Companies remain close to their customers, teams and markets while gaining access to the knowledge, expertise and network of a larger MSP ecosystem.
The ecosystem gives founders and leadership teams access to peers, knowledge sharing, strategic sparring and group-level expertise. Companies remain entrepreneurial while benefiting from shared capabilities across the group.
No. Autonomy only works when it is honest. Joining a larger group brings more structure, transparency and strategic alignment. The difference is that this structure should support entrepreneurship, not replace it.
If you want to keep building, keep leading and protect the identity of your company, the Your.Cloud model may be worth exploring.
A confidential conversation can help you understand how autonomy, identity and entrepreneurship could continue after joining Your.Cloud.