by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2015 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Electronic Payments, Global Trade Management, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Finance, Valuation
It’s been quite a week in the supply chain software market with buyouts, new rounds, and interesting business expansions. In no particular order: Infor buys GT Nexus for $675 million. Application buys a platform. Link Envestnet buys Yodlee for $590 million....
by Robert Solomon | Aug 13, 2015 | B2B Software, Indirect Spend, Procure to Pay
I reviewed my five most popular posts of 2015 to date to see what I could learn, as well as to easily recycle some old content! (Ahh, the dog days of Summer!) I learned a little about blogging and a lot about human nature. The Top Five Posts Here are the top five...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 6, 2015 | B2B Software, Matchmaking, Pricing, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Finance |
The two questions I’m most often asked are: 1. How do you keep your hair looking so lush and luxurious? 2. How much can a B2B Marketplace or Multi-Sided Platform charge for its services? (Some folks call this the platform’s “take rate”.) The...
by Robert Solomon | May 5, 2015 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay |
PayPal’s “mafia” is justifiably famous. PayPal alumni include: Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, Roelof Botha, Max Levchin, Chad Hurley, Jeremy Stoppelman and too many more to mention. Since leaving PayPal, they have founded companies worth...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 7, 2015 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Procure to Pay
I was not planning any more posts on Procure-to-Pay suites, but then Gartner issued their Magic Quadrant on the market. I felt compelled to revisit the topic in one, very simple way: through an investor’s lens. It is rare that so many key players in a...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 30, 2015 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Indirect Spend, Procure to Pay |
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged on the subject of valuations of public and private indirect procurement suites (here). Now, it appears there is a “new” kid on the block: Selectica (SLTC). Selectica announced this morning that it had acquired b-pack for...
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