A techno-optimist born of European pessimism. I buy and hold B2B Software and Industrial companies for the long term.
Joined February 2010
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21 Sep 2017
"Predictions are difficult, especially when they are about the future" - Bohr
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22 Mar 2024
legacy software embedded in gov customer for 20 years. “There’s no way that customer is churning unless they want to spend tens of millions over the next five years to build an entirely new solution!”
5 year capital budget papers come out with $90M to build replacement…
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12 Feb 2024
Anyone in Austin/ San Antonio interested in software serial acquisitions, VMS, holdco’s or bootstrapped SaaS and fancy a beer? I’ll be there last week of Feb. it’s a long flight from down under, I’ll be thirsty. HMU.
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1 Sep 2023
Hiring semi-pro athletes that didn’t make the cut into sales/BD roles has similar positive outcome.
Used to: following routine, keeping score, winning, relentless focus, coachable.
31 Aug 2023
Decent HR policy idea:
Hiring only highschool sports captains into management positions.
Even better if you could somehow verify they weren’t particularly naturally talented at their chosen sports.
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Shane Cheek retweeted
30 May 2023
If you're thinking about buying an SMB, look in the mirror and ask:
"Why the f*ck do I think I can do a better job than the guy / gal who took the biz from 0 to $5mm?"
You probably can't, and there's a good chance you'll do worse.
If you don't have a good answer, move on.
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31 Mar 2023
Same.
31 Mar 2023
Getting run over by a car and hit multiple times with a hammer can’t stop a new hydrogel battery from working newscientist.com/article/236…
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20 Jan 2023
Latest MDO Acquisition of InTouch Data Strengthens Position as the Premier Hospitality Business Intelligence Provider Globally hospitalitynet.org/news/4114… via @hospitalitynet
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Shane Cheek retweeted
11 Jan 2023
Should I be concerned there’s a roo playing air guitar under the hills hoist?
#onlyinaustralia
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Shane Cheek retweeted
7 Jun 2022
i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen
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7 Jun 2022
Well done @IntouchData team!
6 Jun 2022
InTouch BI has been providing Atlantis The Palm with powerful business intelligence for the past year, and we are excited to announce that we'll be continuing our work with Atlantis Dubai at Atlantis The Royal.
Read the full press release here: hubs.li/Q01cXn200
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Shane Cheek retweeted
21 May 2022
BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch has lost the Australian Federal Election
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12 Apr 2022
We’ve been busy.
12 Apr 2022
We're so excited to finally launch our new brand (and a new website to go with it)! We're constantly evolving the InTouch product to offer new, up-to-date solutions to meet the changing landscape of hotel data—and we want our brand to reflect that. Check it out!
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Shane Cheek retweeted
30 Mar 2022
I love that sometimes I’ll write something as a flip joke and the editor will actually leave it in. #goosefacts #birdbook #birdwatching #birds #birding
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Shane Cheek retweeted
23 Mar 2022
Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attaché at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead
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Shane Cheek retweeted
11 Mar 2022
We've been working on some big things and can't wait to show you! Be on the lookout for some changes coming very soon...
ALT New things coming soon...
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