Mastermind dinners · Webinars · Podcast
The room where IT services leaders sharpen each other.
A vetted community of founders, CEOs and executives running IT services businesses. Monthly mastermind dinners. Private conversations. A podcast with the operators who have actually done it. No tire-kickers, no keynote speakers selling courses.
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Built for operators, not observers
Three rooms. One community.
ITMT shows up in the format you need: sharp tactical learning, deep peer conversation, or the candid stories you only hear off the record.
- Enter the room01Off the record
Mastermind dinners
Small-format dinners with vetted peers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, London and the US. The agenda is whatever is keeping you up at night.
- Enter the room02Tactical
Webinars & Intensives
Monthly online sessions and quarterly two-day war rooms on pricing, hiring, M&A prep and AI rollout. Led by people who have solved it, not people selling courses about it.
- Enter the room03Long form
The podcast
Founders of IT services firms on the wins, the wipeouts and the decisions they would make differently. 200+ episodes and videos, hosted by Ian Markram.
The podcast
Conversations you won't hear anywhere else.
The wins, the wipeouts and the decisions IT services founders would make differently. Every episode has its own page with the audio, the video and the notes.
Your host
Ian Markram has sat in your chair.
Ian Markram built and sold his own IT consultancy to NTT Data, then founded Loading Growth to coach the founders of IT services and systems integrator firms. Six exits guided, $230M in combined exit value, 150+ firms coached, three books. He hosts every ITMT dinner and every episode of the podcast.
That is why the dinners stay honest and the interviews go deeper than the bar-after-the-conference version. Nobody is being sold to. Everyone is comparing notes.
In the room
Dinners across four countries.
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, London, New York and Austin. Same rule everywhere: small table, real operators, nothing leaves the room.
Partners
Backed by the operators' toolkit.
What is IT Mastermind Talks?
IT Mastermind Talks (ITMT) is a closed-room community and podcast for people who run IT services businesses: managed service providers, systems integrators, software consultancies and IT professional services firms. It runs mastermind dinners, webinars and quarterly Intensives, and publishes long-form podcast conversations hosted by Ian Markram of Loading Growth.
Who is IT Mastermind Talks for?
Founders, CEOs, managing directors and senior executives who are actually running an IT services business, typically with 5 to 200 staff. It is built for operators, not observers: no vendors pitching, no keynote speakers selling courses, no tire-kickers.
What happens at a mastermind dinner?
A small, vetted group of IT services leaders meets over dinner. Everything is off the record. Ian Markram hosts and keeps the conversation on the real problems in the room: hiring, pricing, churn, cash, M&A and what comes next. Dinners run in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK.
How do I join a mastermind dinner?
Apply through the site. Every applicant is vetted so the room stays peer-to-peer: you need to run, or be a senior leader in, an IT services business. If you are a fit you will be invited to the next dinner in your city.
Does it cost anything?
The podcast, webinars and community are free. Dinners are invitation-only and covered by ITMT and its partners. Quarterly Intensives are run through Loading Growth's Everest programs, which are paid coaching programs.
Where can I listen to the IT Mastermind Talks podcast?
On Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube (@ITMastermindTalks, 10,000+ subscribers), or on this site where every episode has its own page with the audio, the video and the show notes.
Apply
Run an IT services business? Be considered for ITMT.
Every applicant is vetted so the room stays peer-to-peer. If you are a fit, you will hear from Ian directly about the next dinner in your city.