M&A and strategyWe don’t care about customer contractsConventional wisdom when assessing a potential acquisition is to highly value long customer contracts aka contracted revenue. The idea...
M&A and strategyWhy deals fall throughAt Fordhouse, we consider dozens of investment opportunities for our partner businesses. While we have very specific criteria for...
M&A and strategyTwo different ways to integrateFederated Integration and Full Integration each have their strengths and weaknesses, but at Fordhouse we believe that Full Integration is...
LeadershipHow do you maintain quality of processes as you grow?As a business grows there is always a risk that service may start to suffer. This is especially true if that growth requires new hires or...
LeadershipSkin in the gameNassim Taleb is a huge influence for a lot of our thinking here at Fordhouse. One of our favourite ideas discussed by Taleb is that of...