by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2023 | AP Automation, B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
B2B payment terms do not receive the attention they deserve. After all, trade credit is the most important form of short-term credit in the US. Estimates for US corporate receivables range from $3 trillion to $4.5 trillion at any given time. Trade credit, in turn,...
by Peter Lugli | Apr 16, 2023 | Payments |
(I’m pleased to welcome back Peter Lugli, as a guest poster on the blog. Peter is a friend, former colleague, and veteran of Prime Revenue, Ariba, Amazon, and Mastercard. He’s also a great writer!) THOSE OF US IN THE PAYMENTS SPACE are a bunch of hopeful...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 19, 2022 | B2B Software, Logistics, Marketplaces, Payments, Supply Chain Automation
Just when you thought B2B software SPACs were so last year, along comes another one, Freightos, an international shipping platform. If you are interested in SPACs, the freight industry, or marketplaces, I highly recommend the company’s recent SEC Filing. The...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 11, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Payments, Pricing |
I love a story about how a company dominated its industry primarily by changing its business model. (See here and here.) Ticketmaster, which has been in the news lately, has such a story buried in its past. The Prior Business Model: Ticketron ...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 8, 2022 | B2B Software, Payments |
Plastiq, an SMB payments provider announced it is going public via SPAC. Because it’s a SPAC, not a traditional IPO, there is a lot to decipher. I’ll do my best. Plastiq began as a consumer business and pivoted to SMB B2B. The company’s...
by Robert Solomon | May 23, 2022 | B2B Software, Marketplaces, Payments, Valuation |
Between December 2019 and mid-2021 a passel of software platforms went public via IPO (and SPAC). Over that time span, I blogged about nine of them. In chronological order they were: Bill.com (BILL) Selectquote (SLTQ) Vroom (VRM) Billtrust (BTRS) AppLovin (APP)...
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