Joel Barker, President and CEO of Brave North Technology, shares why he and his business partner chose Evergreen when they sold the company in October 2025. Serving primarily non-profit organizations, they wanted a partner who would let their brand live on rather than absorb and water it down. Evergreen offered the ability to stay independent and preserve their team and client culture, while gaining the benefits of collaboration, shared ideas, and resources a smaller operating company couldn’t access alone. As a smaller MSP, Brave North was typically priced out for the more competitive tech stacks, with Evergreen, that changed. Barker points to concrete early wins, including leveraging enterprise security platforms at competitive pricing and vetting technology tools through other Evergreen operating companies to sharpen their own portfolio. He also notes how Evergreen supported a smooth leadership transition, freeing his partner to move into a pure technology role while the business operations transitioned into Evergreen.
Hear Joel’s full story below.