Industry Voices

The industries of Online Learning and Cryptocurrency are coming into their own. Bitcoin after a short selloff came roaring back and as of now is close to $39,000 and ETH is now above $1,200. Institutions that wouldn’t touch Bitcoin at $5,000 embrace it at $35,000! Online anything is at the …

In the world of small business I believe that the ‘nocode’ movement is likely to be one of the biggest changes over the coming years. Covid has accelerated small business thinking about work being done remotely. The next step is automating many of the repetitive tasks that your teams do. …

A 90% correct solution that has the full support of the team will dramatically outperform the best solution that is only owned by an individual. Tim Gray

I think technology is continuing to make companies easier to manage with fewer people. Being in the mergers and acquisition and IPO space, specific tech isn’t on my radar, but anything that makes a company easier to manage with fewer people will make acquisitions or IPOs much easier to initiate. …

That planning is a back office function. After the sale is made, every operation that defines how much profit you make and how satisfied your customer is, is affected by your supply chain. If you can’t see what your cost to serve will be, and your future inventory and asset …

I think the most common misconception is you have to be big. You don’t need to be a very large company to acquire another or go public. Both become easier with scale, but are possible even for smaller firms. There are ways to use leverage or deferred payments for acquisitions. …

There is a lot of talk in the industry about how Bitcoin and one or two others will dominate and there won’t be many cryptocurrencies besides the top few. I have a different view, and I believe it is born out by what we have seen in the current market. …

The Finance and M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) industry has done a remarkable job of convincing the world, and themselves, that they know what is going to happen in the future. Whether it is Angels and Venture Capital gambling on startups, Wall Street predicting share prices, or Acquisitive companies thinking they …

I wish someone had told me the quickest way to a large company is through acquisition. Heck, even starting from scratch, if you can acquire a company instead of build one you’re leagues ahead on day 1. Then acquire another and another. If you acquired a $1 million company annually, …