Toustone, an Australian business intelligence (BI) company, approached us earlier this year to help them enter the US market. We like the BI space and were impressed with Toustone. Why? Toustone has proven technology, market, customers, and excellent recurring revenue from 900+ users and growing. In addition, they have a strategic partnership with Yellowfin, a[…]
The GoWall Opportunity Bill Kern, CEO of GoWall (website), approached us to help him optimize his fundraising strategy. We started by looking at his corporate strategy. What we found was an opportunity to increase his total addressable market (TAM) by 10x, transforming his conversation with investors. This is a story of the forest and the trees.[…]
A businessman/inventor — I’ll call him Ray — recently approached me on LinkedIn, out of the blue, with an idea. A great idea. He had serious domain expertise from decades of operating experience and knew his space cold. He even had some IP in the form of patents. But, Ray didn’t have experienced startup entrepreneurs to[…]