by Robert Solomon | Oct 17, 2011 | Key Success Factors, Pricing, Uncategorised |
In a prior post, I identified the right pricing model as one of the key success factors for “industry in the cloud” (IC) providers. Pricing is critical for all businesses, but it is especially critical (and complicated) for IC providers. Every...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 26, 2011 | Consolidating Competition, Logistics, Media
In an exciting announcement, Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank today agreed to merge, subject to regulatory approval. If you are not an ad agency executive or a major advertiser, you may not have heard of these private companies (each reportedly with $500 million in...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 19, 2011 | Industries
I’ve been following Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) for about a year now, but the company recently caught my eye when their stock price ran up after announcing an acquisition. It’s unusual to see the acquiring company’s stock increase 20%+!...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 14, 2011 | Automobile, Consolidating Competition, Industries, Key Success Factors
About every other week, I come across an example of an Industry in the Cloud (IC) provider that I had not known about at all or whose business I did not fully understand. An example this week is DealerTrack (TRAK). I was turned on to this company by Peter...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 4, 2011 | Uncategorised
According to Wikipedia, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) are “is typically an information technology (IT) services provider, who manages and assumes responsibility for providing a defined set of services to their clients either proactively or as they (not the...
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