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ESW Capital Operating Manual for 100 Software Acquisitions
- walterbell 3y agoWSJ 2020, https://archive.ph/PAyJd https://archive.ph/PAyJd > Instead of buying and selling companies the way private-equity firms do, ESW operates the software businesses it buys, increasingly through its Aurea Inc. unit. Technology created by the small businesses ESW has bought is often collected in a library of software tools for sales and marketing, collaboration and integration, and other business essentials. ESW sells access to the collected offerings under a subscription model.
- ethbr1 3y agoIt makes sense -- reap the efficiencies of centralizing non-core competencies (e.g. HR, etc). Although it does the EA-style risk of prioritizing return on investment above all else (quality, maintenance, feature additions) from their portfolio. I'd be curious what the investment and release velocity is for their tools.