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Re: Zayo woes
From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:51:39 +0200
On 9/19/23 17:40, Anne Mitchell wrote:
And sometimes the acquisition is really just about acquiring the assets, such as the customer list*, and then they are left with having to run something that they never really wanted until they can figure out what to do with it.
Right, buying the revenue to prop up the top and bottom line is also a reason to acquire. Usually, this is based on assessed profitability, but what tends to go unseen during the due diligence process is what is actually contributing to that profitability.
I mean, typically, if a company is doing very well, it won't try to get itself sold. Well, not easily anyway...
Mark.
Current thread:
- Re: Zayo woes, (continued)
- Re: Zayo woes Mike Hammett (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mark Tinka (Sep 20)
- Re: Zayo woes Matthew Petach (Sep 20)
- Re: Zayo woes Richard Holbo (Sep 20)
- Re: Zayo woes Shane Ronan (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mark Tinka (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Brian Knight via NANOG (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Delong.com via NANOG (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mark Tinka (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Anne Mitchell (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mark Tinka (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mike Hammett (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mark Tinka (Sep 20)
- Re: Zayo woes Matt Erculiani (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mike Hammett (Sep 19)
- Re: Zayo woes Mike Hammett (Sep 19)