The typical exits of the IPO or being bought by a public company are no longer in play. Where do you go from here?
Tech Diligence Crib Sheet
As a part of the Tech Diligence newsletter, I released a set of high-level questions that your team should ask that address two objectives: They are high-level specifically to find squishy answers and drill down on them. Ultimately, it is the combination that will give you, the final decision-maker, a clearer picture of what the level of effort will look …
Tech Diligence Checklist
Since starting the Tech Diligence list, I shared a couple of tools that I’ve used for helping my clients establish a baseline before they start looking at target companies and when they have a company in mind. Now I share the list with you in the hopes that it will help with your scoping efforts. If you find this helpful, …
The Impact of Open Source on an Acquisition
Do you know what the impact open-source will have on the tech you’re just about to inherit? It is my belief, the changing market dynamics, more than anything else, poses the greatest threat to your tech stack post-acquisition.
The one missing thing in the tech due diligence
While 2023 is considered one of the worst years from an M&A perspective in the last decade, this year is looking more optimistic given the interest rate guidance for this quarter and deal activity from the past quarter increasing by 6.5% according to Pitchbook. What this means is an optimistic outlook towards new deals, and one of the key parts …
The Poll Results
While the focus maybe different as well as the plan, the goal is ultimately the same. A couple of weeks ago, I ran a poll on LinkedIn asking the question about what the audience thought made up the majority of M&A activities. Given my audience and personal experience, the winning option of technology makes sense. The thing I want to …
Legacy Systems in the Airlines – Going from SNAFU to FUBAR in 2 Days
“You cannot neglect your infrastructure. Just like the world around you changes, so must it to keep up with your growing business. You ignore this at your peril.” I’m going to take a break from the Saxy Inc. series to provide my $0.02USD on the debacle of the previous week: the meltdown of Southwest Airlines. Especially since I was one …
Contrary to popular belief, you’re already multi-cloud
Last week Protocol hosted a panel discussion called So you want to go Multicloud. Now what?There was one common theme that ran counter to the initial topic, and it startedfrom Priyanka Sharma of CNCF: you don’t decide to go multi-cloud. multi-cloud will find you. That one comment shatters perhaps the biggest held belief: that companies choose to go multi-cloud at …
Upselling and Breaking Up with BigCo
I was talking with my client the other day as they were looking to replace their web gateway from the early 2000s with an enterprise version of an open-source alternative. This client had a long-standing relationship with BigCo, but wasn’t really happy with them. My client’s previous attempt to escape for a smaller vendor with a much better offering and …
Instead of top reasons to take action, how about why you haven’t?
Everyone has their top 5 or 10 list, especially when it comes to app modernization. A quick Google search reveals a large plethora ranging from platform vendors highlighting their specific products to consultancies highlighting their services. There is nothing wrong with it, but I’m willing to bet this is already on the back of your mind as something that should …
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