Troy Tangle
Techno EEEKKKK!
Why not buy a business.
It's a bit more of a drug, I suppose. The technology just seems to suck to enter, you stand from time to time, but eventually it puts you and you end up with this gadget COS or thing or faster or cool new software gismo "all told him that you really need. Only to discover that they really helped you or give you a better quality of life. In fact, making it more difficult because now we have to keep feeding the beast to continue with the 'upgrade'.
Well, I think a step further and not only bought the device, which bought the company. And I do not really need! This is not a story of how technology has helped or hurt my business, is a story of the business of technology and how it can get all Tangled Up if you're not careful.
It was early of 2000, I had a great small business franchise advice we had more than a decade, a company that had remained comfortably give us Dining for years. I had a financial interest in a rental business Playground, had an investment property on which They were renovating the side, and it was in the midst of a divorce. Therefore, it seemed the perfect time to go buy a technology company that lost $ 60kA per month! … Indeed, a great idea, great, let's do it!
What Was I Thinkin '!
On the surface, it seemed a good deal. We'll steal the company from the hands of the receiver for a song. And not just for one song, but in a "win out "to start, so I had to put money in it much to do business. Very ready?" Oh, you is not seen nothing yet! Company had developed a very cool content management product, apparently well-staffed, a large sales force, a solid group of customers to earn recurring income PSI, which was attached, and as we have seen, seems solid in a market that was going crazy. Ideal position for us to turn and shoot.
So very enterprising of us.
….. And that's where everything went pear shaped.
On the first day. We are installed in the company and in an hour we got a call from Microsoft requires that we pay the $ 250,000 + in licensing fees for unlicensed software which manages the access provider and business development on the Web. "What do you mean? I asked. "We have safeguards in the contract the license is "… timid voice on the phone the other end,''NUP ARH …. … Sorry … and you are using. So … Boys Pony Up! To their credit, they gave us 12 months to pay allowances. And so they really should, after all, they did not wait for settlement after the call.
One week. I ask the sales team for our first conversation, as I could talk for due diligence (due diligence has been given a few days only), "Children How many times do we appeal to the 4,500 customers we have in our database ?'…. Silence tells me not often, in fact, when pushed, not often "became NEVER.
Excellent! A week in the game and Microsoft wants to sue us and our customers we know.
One month. Another call from your ISP 3 part uplink, you know the guys that are that your ISP online. 'So the boys, going to arrange the payment of age, you know the $ 65,000 he owes us? "But we must see you the acquisition of assets, not the company, which is not our debt, "I replied." Well then, we must stop supply. "Click. Fortunately for us, finished wins judicial action and not have to pay the debt, but we had to fight and change supplier overnight to keep the ISP on the rails.
Month 2. At various times, three of our employees have approached us to ask increased. Not that they deserved, he only knew that he had no idea how to be an ISP or a software company, after all, businessmen. Checkmate.
Year 1. I've never worked so hard in my life! 4 hours in the afternoon I works in my database of Business Consulting and then drag through the city for the Internet business of direct sales team and business development strategy. Fortunately for us, a simple call to 4500 customers in our database back to us in the dark rather quickly. But it was a struggle. Sales in my business Consulting fell 40% as a result of me taking my eyes off the ball. And it was a constant battle to balance and maintain all companies currently in growth and profitability.
So what were the key lessons learned in this process?
1. One thing is to invest in technology and other knowledge to invest in technology.
2. The licensor is the only person you trust when it comes to security in the software. Go to the source!
3. The software is still only the 'widget', money is always in the customer relationship and brand.
4. There is no such thing as a "flight" when buying a business. Not always get what you pay or not pay. It's a difficult thing or the smart way to make a change that creates the opportunity to create value.
5. Do not make a child patient to save another. When sales began to fall into my consulting firm, I spent time there to ensure their safety, after all, before the acquisition of enterprises Technology has been a great little bread winner. We came dangerously close to having all companies in trouble because he was too dispersed.
At the end of the day I am happy to have had a case of enterprise technology. And I'm glad to be out her!
It was a great lesson on how not to buy a business.
About the Author
Troy Hazard is the former Global President of the elite Entrepreneurs’ Organization, http://www.eonetwork.org , and has owned, managed and run ten companies in the last two decades. He is an international speaker and author of ‘The Naked Entrepreneur’.
http://www.troyhazard.com
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