Maybe the best golden shot will be roll up of SME software devlpt with AI as a scale up because i saw a lot of shitty soft in SME in TS, audit and boutique m&a
A lot of small pe player in the 0,5m ebitda in france
Final frontier is below but well no structured, often dependant of a big client, no proprietary product, too dependant of a keyman that act like a father with subordinates
Also mbi +former big corp exec = receipt for disaster
You cant fake in small business so pool of operator much less wide than could be guessed in prime view
Really interesting piece Florian. I guess the trick as an investor is to figure out how you can take advantage of this emerging concept. I agree that SME's are ripe for efficiency improvements, but I sense it will take a very long time before there is a significant change in ownership and therefore attitudes to how things should be done. remember, a small company that generates $10mm has probably been around for quite a while and the owner/operator is pretty happy with the current setup. getting that to change will be tough
As always another thoughtful article. AI does seem to be helpful for rollups but also for smaller companies in general. There should be a bigger productivity boost for them relative larger firms.
Another potential AI outcome in the maintenance, repair world is more “power by the hour” type contracts.
Aviation OEMs have been moving in this direction for the last couple of decades.
To do it right requires lots of data and predictive models. AI should allow this to scale to many more industries.
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Great note
Thank you!
Thanks Florian, this post is gold! Made me start thinking about what the AI influenced future will really look like 🙏
Thanks so much :)
Clear, concise, logical description of AI roadmap. 🙏
Fantastic piece and agreed on your "Current market views"!
Thank you!
Maybe the best golden shot will be roll up of SME software devlpt with AI as a scale up because i saw a lot of shitty soft in SME in TS, audit and boutique m&a
A lot of small pe player in the 0,5m ebitda in france
Final frontier is below but well no structured, often dependant of a big client, no proprietary product, too dependant of a keyman that act like a father with subordinates
Also mbi +former big corp exec = receipt for disaster
You cant fake in small business so pool of operator much less wide than could be guessed in prime view
Really interesting piece Florian. I guess the trick as an investor is to figure out how you can take advantage of this emerging concept. I agree that SME's are ripe for efficiency improvements, but I sense it will take a very long time before there is a significant change in ownership and therefore attitudes to how things should be done. remember, a small company that generates $10mm has probably been around for quite a while and the owner/operator is pretty happy with the current setup. getting that to change will be tough
As always another thoughtful article. AI does seem to be helpful for rollups but also for smaller companies in general. There should be a bigger productivity boost for them relative larger firms.
Another potential AI outcome in the maintenance, repair world is more “power by the hour” type contracts.
Aviation OEMs have been moving in this direction for the last couple of decades.
To do it right requires lots of data and predictive models. AI should allow this to scale to many more industries.
Hello there,
Huge Respect for your work!
New here. No huge reader base Yet.
But the work has waited long to be spoken.
Its truths have roots older than this platform.
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A refreshing take on our business world and capitalism.
A reflection on why today’s capital architectures—PE, VC, Hedge funds, SPAC, Alt funds, Rollups—mostly fail to build and nuture what time can trust.
“Built to Be Left.”
A quiet anatomy of extraction, abandonment, and the collapse of stewardship.
"Principal-Agent Risk is not a flaw in the system.
It is the system’s operating principle”
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Spot on calls ex-post.
The Morgan Stanley stock performance chart presumably offers correlation with revenue and profit for the depicted companies.
The trends depicted for this earlier period seems to mimic some of the observable patterns today, for AI, given my own anecdotal experience.
Excellent Florian, keep up the good job!
By the way Scott L. is looking for you for a mark up to bring to DTP :-)
thank you Florian, have a great day!