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Integrations
Another deal closed last week. It is a big one so it will be interesting to watch the integration process on this one. I drove the acquisiton of a public company, Seque Testing by Borland. Of the...
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MerchantCircle Acquired by Reply!
Yesterday’s news was a major milestone and we are so thankful to everyone who reached out. Anyone who knows a MerchantCircle team member can attest to how totally dedicated this group of colleagues has...
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Getting MerchantCircle Started: It starts with an Idea
The last few days have been really exciting and extremely busy. There have been meetings and interviews and many thoughtful wishes for a bright future. But. As we always do at MerchantCircle, we’re...
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Same Page from Go
Co-founder Wayne Yamamoto joined us in our reminiscing. He tweeted this image from our first pitch presentation. From the very beginning MerchantCircle has been on the same page as Reply!. We had no...
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peHUB » Why Great Entrepreneurs Take Big Risks And Sometimes Get Fired
I never met a great entrepreneur who was afraid of failure. Or who didn’t take over-sized risks to win big. This is why many get fired. I spent the first 10 years of my career at A.T. Kearney, a long...
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peHUB » Ben Smith: Eight Steps To Mastering Small Company Acquisitions
One of the biggest misconceptions in technology is that small acquisitions are less risky and require less attention than large ones. It is not true. When Reply bought my company, MerchantCircle, in...
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Sooner is Better than Better, Getting Shit Done
Getting Shit Done The key to success in business is execution, whether you run a sprawling multinational or a 12-person startup. So measuring how your company stacks up against the best and brightest...
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Victor Belfor, Ben Smith: We’ll Trade 100 Employees For One A-Player | peHUB
Victor Belfor Mark Zuckerberg famously commented that a great engineer is worth a 100 average engineers (something every developer knows deep in her heart). He was talking about A-players, and in our...
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Building a Shopping Solution
I have been involved in ShopCo Holdings just about two months now as the Chief Executive Officer. I figured it is about time I start sharing a bit about it. ShopCo Holdings is a company backed by 12...
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Six Ways to Show Appreciation to Your Employees
In the spirit of National Employee Appreciation Day, I’d like to share this article about some of the ways I show appreciation to employees. Over my years of managing people and teams, I’ve learned...
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