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Pinterest has a new CEO. Google needs to simplify its Payments strategy. The two are related. On June 4th we wrote (article HERE), that Google's Payments strategy is confusing given the company's three-pronged approach to consumer-facing payment apps - Google Pay, G-Pay and Google Wallet. Much of our surprise was due to the fact that … Continue reading What Does Pinterest’s New CEO Mean for Google?
We are approximately 6 months away from announcing our CEORater 2020 Technology CEOs of The Year. Selecting this small group of winners will be difficult as a number of Technology CEOs have successfully navigated COVID's stormy seas while delivering strong operating results. 2020 will also mark the inaugural class to the CEORater CEO Hall of … Continue reading Looking Forward to Announcing CEORater’s 2020 Technology CEOs of the Year
Great CEOs are great communicators (see our TEK2day article: Successful CEOs Share These Six Attributes). What constitutes "great communication?" Great communication is: Clear and conciseConsistentDefines ExpectationsHonestUnambiguousValues listening on par with delivering the message https://soundcloud.com/ceorater
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
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