It seems not too long ago, business arrangements between application providers were called partnerships….now they carry distended labels like platforms or ecosystems. Platforms come in various guises. Some, like eBay or AirBnB, don’t create products for direct consumption, but instead provide the connective tissue for various constituents of the platform to connect, taking a cut […]
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scuttlebits [FOUR] Shift4
[scuttlebit] Shift4’s organic growth
Last week, a reader and Shift4 shareholder messaged me, raising questions about the company’s organic [...]
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Booz Allen and the business of defense – part 2
I left Part 1 with the observation that, starting in earnest around a decade ago, [...]
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Booz Allen and the business of defense – part 1
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (Serial Acquirer ROIC, Fiserv Debacle and Management Credibility, [...]
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[scuttlebits] Trex is getting cheap
TREX is down nearly 60% since I first profiled the company last August. You’d think [...]
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[scuttlebit] yet another Shift4 take
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (The Big Tech Capex Debate, Amazon Retail, Align’s [...]
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