First let me say greetings to Corum Blog readers. My name is Lynda Tripp and I am a Vice President with the Corum Group. I've been working in the software industry for about 25 years now with 17 of those years directly in the M&A environment. I joined Corum in 1992 and have worked in a number of different roles during that time, including management. I knowmanagement made my eyes roll back in my head too. My primary responsibilities these days are central to writing and market analysis.
As Corum's lead technical writer, I have worked with over 450 software and Internet companies, positioning them for market exposure for an M&A event. Proper positioning is a critical first step for the M&A process. Yes, I said process. I am also a major contributor to Corum's Quarterly M&A Briefing Report. I track a number of acquisitions in our industry each week, which serves as a basis for trends analysis in valuations, technologies, sector consolidation, etc.
Every week we email and post a list of deal announcements. If you know of deals that are not on the list, I invite you to bring them to my attention or openly discuss them here.