Accelerating Digital Adoption of B2B Software in a “Work From Home” World
Bill Gates once said, “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten”. While I strongly agree with the sentiment,...
View ArticleThe Private Equity Journey – a Potentia perspective (Part 1)
Over this three-part series we aim to provide our insights into the journey of a private equity owned investment from the signing of a control transaction and until the eventual exit to a new owner....
View ArticleGoodbye “Boom and Bust”: How Technology is Making Mining Less Cyclical
I was back in Perth to visit my family for Christmas 2016 and thought I’d take a morning walk. Standing in the hot Western Australian sun, batting away flies, the “For Lease” signs stretched as far as...
View ArticleMerger Integration Planing
Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) are a key driver of strategic execution and value creation for private equity owners. However, growth through M&A is not without risk and therefore careful...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day – Reflections on addressing gender inequalities in...
On International Women’s Day, it was great this morning that at Potentia we were able to welcome Lara Ong to our team. Lara will join Josie Gorter as one of two Investment Managers at Potentia. It is...
View ArticleThe Private Equity Journey – a Potentia perspective (Part 2)
My last blog discussed closing a sale transaction and establishing a strong foundation in the first 100-days of private equity ownership. The next step in the Potentia investment journey is to execute...
View ArticleThe Future of Company-to-Company Workflows
Over the past fifty years, technology within businesses around the world has improved at pace. No longer do we have manual general ledgers, telex machines, typewriters or faxes. Instead, businesses...
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Software That Creates Software Will Materially Impact Business and Society
Software developers have been the superstars of the information age. They have created the B2B software applications that have delivered dramatic productivity improvements to business. They have...
View ArticleFrom Founder Led to Private Equity
Although effective leaders surround themselves with capable individuals, leadership is often said to be a lonely endeavor. Loneliness however is often not the challenge, rather it is the isolation that...
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Benefits of Specialisation in Private Equity
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Bruce Lee The Bruce Lee quote above suggests something that we all intuitively...
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New Product Development … Staying the Course
I’ve been told the darkest hour of the night is the hour before dawn. I’m not sure if this statement is true and the kookaburra’s that live in the trees outside my bedroom would challenge the...
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