The Cloud – Impact on Business Valuations
The shift to the Cloud is well underway, and its impact on Partner business valuations is massive. Based on recent proprietary CloudSpeed benchmarking , Partner business valuations now range from .4x to over 4x revenue. What separates the winners from the losers? How are successful Partners monetizing the Cloud opportunity, and driving superior multiples? How does an owner create strong shareholder value?
Find out in this session delivered by Dana Willmer, Principal of CloudSpeed.
Dana Willmer
As founder of CloudSpeed, Dana has been a driving force behind Cloud adoption in the Microsoft ecosystem over the last 8 years. In that time, he has provided strategic advice to scores of Microsoft software resellers, independent software vendors, managed services providers, hosters, and systems integrators on 4 continents. He is also the author of numerous assets, publications and financial models for Microsoft, which help Microsoft Partners ensure they get “the right things right” in their critical business model transition. His work has been consistently regarded as best in class by Microsoft Executives, Partners, and industry analysts alike. More recently, his proprietary research among early movers in the Cloud has chronicled the “best practices” that have been proven to accelerate Partner business model transition, reduce the attendant risk, and build shareholder value.