What we've learnt along the way

“M&A is a mug’s game, in which some 70% to 90% of acquisitions are abysmal failures” , HBR “83% of corporate mergers and acquisitions...

Nassim 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...

The classic Private Equity (PE) model is fundamentally flawed and Fordhouse represents a new, better approach to direct investment. PE...

Conventional wisdom when assessing a potential acquisition is to highly value long customer contracts aka contracted revenue. The idea...

At Fordhouse, we consider dozens of investment opportunities for our partner businesses. While we have very specific criteria for...