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 […]
Tag Archives: PaaS
[AVTR] Avantor
[AVTR] a poor man’s Thermo Fisher
Avantor is like Thermo Fisher in some respects. It distributes lab products and sells bioprocessing [...]
Continue reading →Uncategorized
Survey results + programming notes
Hi everyone – on Monday, I’ll share some thoughts on Avantor in my final post [...]
Continue reading →scuttlebits [FOUR] Shift4
[scuttlebit] Shift4’s organic growth
Last week, a reader and Shift4 shareholder messaged me, raising questions about the company’s organic [...]
2 Comments
Continue reading →[BAH] Booz Allen
Booz Allen and the business of defense – part 2
I left Part 1 with the observation that, starting in earnest around a decade ago, [...]
Continue reading →[BAH] Booz Allen
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, [...]
Continue reading →