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 Reverse the Dot-Com Slump, Part 4: Competitive Intelligence

Fall, 2001

 

Who Will Lead the Charge?

There can be no doubt that the responsibility for finding PhDs with new technologies is the mandate of go-ahead investors. The financier looking for the ultimate IPO exit strategy will insure that software passes both the due diligence of the Exchange and the scrutiny of investors.

For decades share prices have been set in relation to comparable companies. At this near-rebound stage, savvy investors in software demand a thorough explanation for the share price.

It is well worth the effort to be able to explain the share price armed with details such as technology critique, market analysis, definition and size, customers and sales channels. Name your competition. Now you can truly estimate your market share.

An intelligence report provides the details required to substantiate projections. It will let you confidently call your projection a forecast.




























Strategic Defense

The calamitous events of September 11 occurred because the “powers that be" did not expect the unexpected. Intelligence networks were not in place.

With Exchange requirements for due diligence, the IPO window opens when software companies prove that their product performs as described and is not vaporware. Financiers need the IPO exit strategy.

Competitive intelligence verifies your product relative to your rivals: You can hit the moving window of technology.

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ßetaWatch Inc. President and Senior Consultant Temi Grafstein and her team provide audit services for clients in a wide range of technologies including middleware, virtual private network, customer-relationship management, e-commerce, firewall, knowledge management, transaction switch, point of sale, media convergence, online auction, and information warehousing.

ßetaWatch provides the expert second set of eyes and analysis required for strategic investment. Grafstein developed ßetaWatch's digital due diligence™ to accelerate revenue growth.

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