Shane Cheek
@cheekshane
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A techno-optimist born of European pessimism. I buy and hold B2B Software companies for the long term.
Wine Country, SA
Joined February 2010
"Predictions are difficult, especially when they are about the future" - Bohr
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legacy software embedded in gov customer for 20 years. “There’s no way that customer is churning unless they want to spend tens of millions over the next five years to build an entirely new solution!” 5 year capital budget papers come out with $90M to build replacement…
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Anyone in Austin/ San Antonio interested in software serial acquisitions, VMS, holdco’s or bootstrapped SaaS and fancy a beer? I’ll be there last week of Feb. it’s a long flight from down under, I’ll be thirsty. HMU.
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Hiring semi-pro athletes that didn’t make the cut into sales/BD roles has similar positive outcome. Used to: following routine, keeping score, winning, relentless focus, coachable.
Decent HR policy idea: Hiring only highschool sports captains into management positions. Even better if you could somehow verify they weren’t particularly naturally talented at their chosen sports.
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If you're thinking about buying an SMB, look in the mirror and ask: "Why the f*ck do I think I can do a better job than the guy / gal who took the biz from 0 to $5mm?" You probably can't, and there's a good chance you'll do worse. If you don't have a good answer, move on.
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Same.
Getting run over by a car and hit multiple times with a hammer can’t stop a new hydrogel battery from working
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Latest MDO Acquisition of InTouch Data Strengthens Position as the Premier Hospitality Business Intelligence Provider Globally https://t.co/MY3Uoe6kYN via @hospitalitynet
hospitalitynet.org
myDigitalOffice (MDO), the world's fastest-growing hotel data platform, has added InTouch Data (InTouch) to its industry-leading suite of data and business intelligence solutions. Acquiring InTouch,...
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Should I be concerned there’s a roo playing air guitar under the hills hoist? #onlyinaustralia
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Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
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Beast Mode: over and over and over and over and over https://t.co/X2fmOxRJK1 via @YouTube
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Run your business like you plan on selling it in 3 years. •Clean books •Positive EBITDA •Non-reliant on you •Standardized service •Diversified client base •Strong management team
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i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen
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Well done @IntouchData team!
InTouch BI has been providing Atlantis The Palm with powerful business intelligence for the past year, and we are excited to announce that we'll be continuing our work with Atlantis Dubai at Atlantis The Royal. Read the full press release here: https://t.co/lVh2CdbISR
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BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch has lost the Australian Federal Election
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We’ve been busy.
We're so excited to finally launch our new brand (and a new website to go with it)! We're constantly evolving the InTouch product to offer new, up-to-date solutions to meet the changing landscape of hotel data—and we want our brand to reflect that. Check it out!
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I love that sometimes I’ll write something as a flip joke and the editor will actually leave it in. #goosefacts #birdbook #birdwatching #birds #birding
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Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attaché at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead
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We've been working on some big things and can't wait to show you! Be on the lookout for some changes coming very soon...
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