Twitter is ubiquitous
I follow professional boxing and recently read an article that talked about the global popularity of fighters. I found it interesting that they used the number of Twitter followers to help determine this.
Posted by MarvinLaMadrid, Systems Administrator on 29 July 2011
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Casual Connect Games Conference
I attended Casual Connect, the Casual Games Conference, in Seattle last week. It was an exciting scene that certainly lived up to its name, as I saw plenty of old friends and met a lot of new folks doing some great work in this burgeoning market. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by ElonGasper, Director, Advisory Board on 26 July 2011
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Importance of recurring revenue
If your software business has a traditional licence-service-maintenance revenue model, do keep in mind how potential buyers will view the recurring revenue from maintenance. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JohnMelotte, Regional Director on 25 July 2011
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The importance of relative profitability
Many of us recognize how important relative profitability is for the attractiveness of an acquisition target, i.e. the difference between two companies in the same market, one that returns 22% EBITDA vs. one that achieves 10% EBITDA. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JeffBrown, Vice President on 20 July 2011
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Opening your eyes to Ukraine
I am in the international terminal at Kiev’s airport. Interestingly, despite living in Europe for 25 years, this is my first trip to Ukraine. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by MiroParizek, Managing Director on 15 July 2011
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Deferred Revenue treatment in Software M&A deals
Many software companies have a lot of recurring revenue from the 20 percent (or so) annual maintenance tail that they have from their previous perpetual license sales. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by BruceLazenby, Vice President on 13 July 2011
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Instant "Success"
Announced in April, SuccessFactors has just closed their transaction to acquire Plateau Systems for an aggregate value of $290m. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Senior Analyst on 12 July 2011
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Are you the big dog in your vertical market?
In our sell side software M&A activities, I frequently run across small software companies that are market leaders in their niche. At first look, this seems to be an attractive affirmation of the quality of the technology and business model. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 07 July 2011
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Maybe you are Bill Gates
My colleague Jon Scott recently commented on how CEO’s need to “grow up” with their companies. The same unbounded enthusiasm and Wild West approach that got them “this far”, might not get them to the next level. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by BruceLazenby, Vice President on 06 July 2011
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