Fear and Greed: Psychology of a Market Cycle
Back in 2000, when I first moved to the picturesque city of Victoria, BC, I met with a realtor to discuss buying a house. My plan was to buy what I could afford now,...
Dec 5, 2024 6 min read
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The Importance of Ethics and Achieving Pareto Efficiency
Twenty-three years ago, one of the worst cases of fraud in the business world occurred—the Enron scandal. After leading investors astray with fraudulent accounting...
Selling Your Business: What Acquirers are Looking For
For many business owners, the thought of selling the culmination of years of dedication and tireless efforts is a daunting yet vital consideration. As they stand at...
The Advantages and Challenges of the Serial Acquirer Business Model
In my previous article, I discussed how my perspective on entrepreneurship changed forever after discovering the serial acquirer business model.While I touched on...
Are serial acquirers a path to outsized returns or a costly fumble?
The serial acquisition model, executed well, can be very profitable for investors, but you need to WEED OUT the rookies!Invest too early and overpriced shares will...
Vanity metrics: what SaaS rollups should and shouldn’t be looking at
In the age of information, it can be difficult to differentiate data that matters from data that doesn’t. SaaS rollups often encounter metrics which may indicate...
Learning from other aggregators’ experiences and mistakes
Constellation Software Inc. has one of the greatest roll-up strategies of our time, and its success in the aggregator space has inspired many serial acquirers to try...