by Robert Solomon | Feb 11, 2014 | B2B Software, Healthcare
Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, made headlines last week (of the bad kind) by suggesting that he was going to modify AOL’s 401k plan because AOL’s healthcare costs had been driven through the roof by two “distressed babies” and Obamacare....
by Robert Solomon | Feb 7, 2014 | B2B Software, Media
Two more enterprise SaaS plays plan to go public: Paylocity and The Rubicon Project. Paylocity is not a network or Industry Cloud play, it is a SaaS payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) application targeted squarely at the mid-market–companies with 20 to...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, CPG/Retail, Healthcare, Industry Cloud
GHX, one of the early industry marketplace consortia (2000 anyone?), announced today that it had been acquired by Thoma Bravo a PE Firm. GHX was originally a consortium of suppliers to the healthcare industry–sort of the opposite of a GPO. Over time GHX added...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Construction, Uncategorised
When facilities maintenance software attracts a $100 million investment, you know enterprise software is hot. Don’t get me wrong, facilities management software is a fairly interesting space (nerd alert), but I did not expect this level of love from PE firms!...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 28, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Travel
In my last post, I promised to share some lessons gleaned from SABRE’s 50+ years of history as a B2B transaction platform. Many of these lessons are useful for today’s B2B entrepreneurs. Here are some key points gleaned from Sabre’s history and...
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