Gordon Flesch Company

Elevity, a Gordon Flesch Company, Partners with Make-A-Wish to Make One Young Man’s Dream Come True

Madison, WI (July 15, 2020) — Elevity, a Gordon Flesch Company, is proud to have been able to help the Make-a-Wish Foundation fulfill a local teenager’s wish. For nearly 40 years, Make-A-Wish has been granting life-changing wishes for children and families. Thanks to generous
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Gordon Flesch Company Rolls Out Elevity for Managed IT, Cloud and Cybersecurity

Gordon Flesch Company’s (GFC) Managed IT division and recently acquired Information Technology Professionals (ITP) have combined to form Elevity. A division of GFC, Elevity now delivers cloud, cybersecurity and Managed IT support to organizations across the Midwest. Elevity
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XaaS and the Cloud: Moving the Customer Off-Premises a Tough but Necessary Task

As we wrap up our April focus on offering everything-as-a-service, we’ll take a look at the need for customers to embrace the cloud. With subscription-based software and Microsoft’s Office 365 platform already pushing many businesses to embrace cloud solutions to some degree, the
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Make it a Bundle: Dealers Relish Adding to Monthly Recurring Revenue

Let’s be honest about one thing. Regardless of how you slice it, either seat-based, device-based or any other formula that helps devise a monthly invoice for clients, the operative word is “monthly.” Actually, the full (and desired) term is “monthly recurring revenue.” Oh, how
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XaaS and Dealers: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Monthly Subscriptions

It is easy to say that the movement toward bundled services under a flat-rate, monthly subscription model is a factor of the millennial generation taking a bigger role in customer buying decisions. It is true that millennials have now grown in size and demographic representation,
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Are Seat-Based and Device-Based Billing Models the Future for Dealers?

As we delve into our state of the industry subject of selling everything as a service (XaaS) and the elements it entails, we will begin with a look at the question of device- or seat-based billing in an industry that has long relied on meter readings to provide precise billing on
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Gordon Flesch Company Acquires ITP, Creating One of the Midwest’s Largest and Most Capable Managed Service Providers

Gordon Flesch Company (GFC) has agreed to acquire Information Technology Professionals (ITP), a managed service provider based in Madison with locations in the Appleton and Milwaukee area. With this acquisition, the GFConsulting Group will become one of the largest and most
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Flesch and Blood: GFC Difference Maker Patrick Flesch Tasked with Continuing Proud Family Legacy

When Gordon Flesch left his position as a salesman for Royal Typewriters and took the helm of a $3 million dealership that would bear his name, little did he know it was the foundation of a company that would grow to $151 million, making it among the 10 biggest in the nation.
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Gordon Flesch Company Becomes Authorized Ricoh Family Group Dealer Partner

Madison, WI (Oct. 4, 2019) — Gordon Flesch Company (GFC), the Midwest’s largest office equipment dealer, has become an authorized full-line Ricoh Family Group (RFG) dealer partner. Adding Ricoh’s brand to the GFC portfolio builds on decades of success and aligns with GFC’s
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M&A Roundup: Gordon Flesch Company Acquires Advanced Systems; HP Nabs Security Start-Up Bromium

This week’s transactional activity included moves made by a prominent dealer—Gordon Flesch Company (GFC)—which picked up Advanced Systems Inc. (ASI), while manufacturer HP annexed security start-up Bromium. GFC signed an agreement to acquire ASI, an independent office
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The Gordon Flesch Company Mourns the Passing of John Flesch

It is with great sadness that the Gordon Flesch Company (GFC) must announce the passing of John M. Flesch. Mr. Flesch was the son of GFC founder Gordon Flesch and former Vice Chairman of GFC’s Board of Directors. But to his family, friends, and colleagues, he was a
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New Year Beckons, but Same Old Challenges on Horizon for 2019

It seems that 2018 flashed before our eyes in a heartbeat, leaving nothing but a fond memory from a year awash in black ink on the financial ledger. MFP and copier placements may be flat for some, but many companies managed to wring out a respectable margin during the course of
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Patrick and Mark Flesch to Assume Senior Leadership Roles at the Gordon Flesch Company

The Gordon Flesch Company has named Patrick Flesch as president and Mark Flesch as chief operating officer (COO). Having served as sales managers and vice presidents of sales for the Gordon Flesch Company, this promotion will help ensure a third generation of the Flesch family
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Services, Services, Services: Dealer Game Plan for 2018 Entails Going Beyond Hardware

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is always a dead zone from a business perspective. Come Jan. 2, it’s all hands on deck, buoyed by a feeling of renewed purpose and the desire to jump out of the chute running. Pour out the leftover eggnog and toss those goofy 2018 glasses
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Post-sale Service and Support Critical in Delivering Full Value of ECM, Software Solutions

Closing the sale on enterprise content management (ECM), document capture and other software solutions marks only the beginning of a relationship between office equipment technology dealers and their client base. The ability to deliver customer service and support on the back end
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