Autodesk, Dassault, and PTC were all founded as CAD companies in the ‘80s but have since become much more than that. PTC first integrated PLM and is now branching off into industrial IoT and augmented reality. Dassault (which also moved into PLM and simulation) and Autodesk are no longer just supplying software tools to solve […]
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[FOUR] Shift4
Shift4’s M&A Alchemy
March 17, 2025
It’s been just over two years since I first wrote up Shift4. With founder/CEO Jared [...]
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[TECH] Bio-Techne: part 2
February 25, 2025
Hi everyone, some things:1) Episode 3 of the Never Sell podcast (a monthly investment conversation [...]
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[TECH] Bio-Techne: part 1
February 12, 2025
This is the first part of a two-part post. I wanted to better understand the [...]
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[MRVI] Maravai Lifesciences
January 27, 2025
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AppFolio and the business of property management software
January 6, 2025
(Note: Several weeks ago, MBI and I recorded a podcast conversation about AppFolio. You can [...]
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