Anyone reading the temperature on the M&A thermometer will see that IT M&A is hot, with mid- to long-term forecasts remaining so, if not heating up even more. The reasons for this are manifold, but among them are: The IT industry is well along the path...
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Earlier this year, Redmond Channel Partner magazine teamed with Revenue Rocket Consulting Group to create an award for IT services companies with unique business strategies that are resulting in sustained growth. Today we're pleased to announce the three winners of our inaugural award: Axis Group, LLC,...
Skimming the Internet one evening looking for one thing or another, I happened upon a presentation entitled "Principles of Strategic Management," by Richard D. Irwin. What intrigued me was the simplicity of the commandments. Somehow we all get caught up in the latest, newest business-strategy...
It's when your business expands more than one degree of separation from your core offering that things unravel. The No. 1 growth mantra we espouse is specialization. What this means is to own a segment of the market positioned at the intersection of a technical and...
Never in the recorded history of commerce has an industry been so populated with companies planning an exit strategy almost at the same time they open their doors for business as today in the IT industry. It could be that the industry attracts entrepreneur types more...
Introducing the RCP/Rocket Award. Submission period open. I am pleased to announce that Revenue Rocket has teamed up with Redmond Channel Partner magazine to create the RCP/Rocket Award. The submission period is open for entries, so take a minute to learn more about the award and how...
In our previous post, we looked at the dark side of how not to take on an M&A project. With this missive we’re going after the brighter, glass-half-full side of the right way to approach and implement an M&A transaction. The brighter side starts with why...
As we begin a New Year, with business strategies in place, I thought it would be helpful to begin a multi-part discussion on M&A, or that which has often been described as one of the most unnatural acts in business. This missive will touch on...
Time Sensitive! Revenue Rocket is teaming up with Service Leadership, Inc. to extend this invitation for IT companies to participate in Service Leadership's 2012/13 Annual Solution Provider Compensation Survey...