by Robert Solomon | Aug 17, 2023 | B2B Software, order to cash
My last post covered payment terms. This one covers the closely related issue of late payments. Approximately 50% of all businesses experience late payments, according to mysterious internet sources. As with payment terms, there is very little hard data on payment...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2023 | AP Automation, B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
B2B payment terms do not receive the attention they deserve. After all, trade credit is the most important form of short-term credit in the US. Estimates for US corporate receivables range from $3 trillion to $4.5 trillion at any given time. Trade credit, in turn,...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 26, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Procure to Pay
I did not post much in 2022. No need to thank me. Great blog posts–and the kind I do– require free time and non-confidential topics. Both were in short supply this year, especially when the IPO and SPAC markets tanked. Hopefully, the markets (and...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 19, 2022 | B2B Software, Logistics, Marketplaces, Payments, Supply Chain Automation
Just when you thought B2B software SPACs were so last year, along comes another one, Freightos, an international shipping platform. If you are interested in SPACs, the freight industry, or marketplaces, I highly recommend the company’s recent SEC Filing. The...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 11, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Payments, Pricing |
I love a story about how a company dominated its industry primarily by changing its business model. (See here and here.) Ticketmaster, which has been in the news lately, has such a story buried in its past. The Prior Business Model: Ticketron ...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 30, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, E-invoicing, order to cash, Procure to Pay |
EQT Private Equity, part of a publicly listed investment firm (EQT AB Group) is taking Billtrust (BTRS) private. Billtrust went public (via SPAC) in early 2021. Wrap your head around those two sentences for a minute and marvel at modern capitalism. Billtrust...
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