A techno-optimist born of European pessimism. I buy and hold B2B Software and Industrial companies for the long term.
Wine Country, SA
Joined February 2010
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legacy software embedded in gov customer for 20 years. “There’s no way that customer is churning unless they want to spend tens of millions over the next five years to build an entirely new solution!”
5 year capital budget papers come out with $90M to build replacement…
Anyone in Austin/ San Antonio interested in software serial acquisitions, VMS, holdco’s or bootstrapped SaaS and fancy a beer? I’ll be there last week of Feb. it’s a long flight from down under, I’ll be thirsty. HMU.
Hiring semi-pro athletes that didn’t make the cut into sales/BD roles has similar positive outcome.
Used to: following routine, keeping score, winning, relentless focus, coachable.
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If you're thinking about buying an SMB, look in the mirror and ask:
"Why the f*ck do I think I can do a better job than the guy / gal who took the biz from 0 to $5mm?"
You probably can't, and there's a good chance you'll do worse.
If you don't have a good answer, move on.
Same.
Getting run over by a car and hit multiple times with a hammer can’t stop a new hydrogel battery from working newscientist.com/article/236…
Latest MDO Acquisition of InTouch Data Strengthens Position as the Premier Hospitality Business Intelligence Provider Globally hospitalitynet.org/news/4114… via @hospitalitynet
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Should I be concerned there’s a roo playing air guitar under the hills hoist?
#onlyinaustralia
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Shane Cheek retweeted
i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen
Well done @IntouchData team!
InTouch BI has been providing Atlantis The Palm with powerful business intelligence for the past year, and we are excited to announce that we'll be continuing our work with Atlantis Dubai at Atlantis The Royal.
Read the full press release here: hubs.li/Q01cXn200
Shane Cheek retweeted
I love that sometimes I’ll write something as a flip joke and the editor will actually leave it in. #goosefacts #birdbook #birdwatching #birds #birding
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Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attaché at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead
Shane Cheek retweeted
We've been working on some big things and can't wait to show you! Be on the lookout for some changes coming very soon...
ALT New things coming soon...