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...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorised |
Okay, I admit to being to being a business wonk. I like to study all kinds of businesses, understand patterns, understand profit drivers, learn from strategic successes and failures, and see how this learning can be applied to whatever business I am currently working...
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