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When is the correct time to sell your company? Many entrepreneurs and CEOs struggle with this question. A blueprint unfortunately does not exist. Below are signposts we have observed primarily across Application Software, FinTech, InsurTech, Information Services, IT Services and Technology-Enabled Services. The company participates in a mature end market and continued growth is dependent … Continue reading Is It Time to Sell Your Company?
Year-to-Date results are in through July 31st 2019 and the CEORater Index outperformed both on an Unweighted and Weighted total return basis. The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index posted an Unweighted Total Return of 33.1% year-to-date through July 31st 2019 vs. 29.1% for the benchmark (ticker: RYT). Everquote (tkr: EVER) was the top performer on an unweighted basis … Continue reading CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index Continues to Outperform
Our Conversation with "Subscription Economy" Pioneer and Zuora (tkr: ZUO), Co-Founder & CEO Tien Tzuo This article serves as a follow-up to our earlier article: "Every Company Should Consider Adopting A Subscription Revenue Model" We favor subscription revenue models for a variety of reasons:Providing a better service: Subscription models (aka - "usage-based models" or "consumption-based … Continue reading The Subscription Economy
The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index posted an Unweighted Return of 8.2% for calendar 2018 vs. -2.5% for the benchmark (ticker: RYT). +10.7% outperformance. The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index posted a Weighted Return of 7.8% for calendar 2018 vs. -3.0% for the benchmark (ticker: S5INFT). +10.8% outperformance. To view the individual stocks that comprise … Continue reading CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index Outperformed in 2018
Elon Musk's behavior over the past several months is simply Elon being Elon. It's baked into his personality.
The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index returned 7.3% and 7.4% on a Weighted and Unweighted Stock Price Return basis respectively (click here for detail) during the January 2nd 2018 – October 26th 2018 period. The S&P 500 Information Technology (TKR: S5INFT) returned 6.6% on a Weighted basis over the same period. The Powershares S&P 500® Equal Weight Technology ETF (TKR: RYT) returned 2.2% on an Unweighted … Continue reading CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index Outperforms in a Turbulent Market
The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index outperformed its peer group Year-to-Date through September 18th 2018. The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index returned 32.3% and 28.5% on a Weighted and Unweighted Stock Price Return basis respectively (click here for detail) during the January 2nd 2018 – September 18th 2018 period. The S&P 500 Information Technology (TKR: S5INFT) returned 16.0% on a Weighted basis over … Continue reading CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index Continues to Outperform
Every founder CEO begins as a “creator”. Not every founder CEO graduates from “creator” to “builder”. Creators eventually self-implode (Elon Musk, Tesla and Travis Kalanick, Uber) whereas other founders are able to scale over the long-term. For example, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are builders (We provide a list of Builder CEOs … Continue reading Founder CEOs: Creators vs. Builders
Apple no longer innovates. Look no further than its cash cow iPhone. Prior to the iPhone’s initial launch in January 2007, Motorola, Blackberry and Nokia ruled the mobile phone universe. Today, rather than driving innovation, rather than striving to leapfrog the competition, Apple is content to play a feature/functionality cat and mouse game with Samsung, … Continue reading Apple – From Innovator To Fast FollowerPremium
We created the CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index in 2017 to illustrate our strong belief that founder CEOs are better qualified to lead Technology companies than are “hired” CEOs/ professional managers. The CEORater Index remains undefeated through July 13th 2018. The CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index returned 24.7% and 22.8% on a Weighted and Unweighted Return basis respectively … Continue reading CEORater Technology Founder CEO Index Remains Undefeated
