Perspectives

Original thinking on technology M&A, exit preparation, and the forces shaping the Australian tech sector, written for founders who want to understand what their business is worth, and why.

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Weekly insights on the decisions that determine what a buyer will pay, and what most founders never know until it is too late.

ISSUE 01

The 24 - Month Window

What changes when you stop building and start preparing

April 24, 2026

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Issue 02

The 8 Levers That Determine What a Buyer Will Pay

ARR tells a buyer what your business earns. These eight levers determine what they are prepared to pay for it.

April 24, 2026

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Issue 03

The Discount You Never See Coming

Twelve categories of value reduction that buyers apply before any offer is made, and before most founders realise it is happening

April 24, 2026

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Issue 04

Buying Certainty

Why the price was largely set before you walked into the room, and why the meeting you thought went well may have already closed against you.

April 24, 2026

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Issue 05

The Prepared Room

What the founders who achieve the best outcomes did in the twenty - four months nobody saw

April 24, 2026

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Issue 06

The Other Side Of The Table

Most founders know their revenue number. Fewer know whether it is the number a buyer will price from.

April 24, 2026

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Issue 07

Your Customers Don’t Belong to You

A founder measures the strength of a customer relationship by how long it has lasted and how well it has been managed.

April 24, 2026

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In-depth research on the forces shaping Australian technology M&A, published monthly.

The Machine That Wouldn't Die

What happens when artificial intelligence learns the oldest survival trick in the book

April 24, 2026

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The $10 Million Wall

Why Australian Tech Companies Stall Before They Scale

April 24, 2026

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The Last Implementation

Why AI - Adaptive Software Will End the Replacement Cycle — and What Software Founders Must Decide Before It Does

April 24, 2026

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The Third Great Reset

Why the $3 Trillion Software Economy Is Being Rewritten

April 24, 2026

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Your Culture Has a Multiple

Why buyers price transferability before diligence is complete

April 24, 2026

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What Kind of Company Are You Now?

How AI Is Forcing Australian SaaS Founders to Reclassify Their Future

April 24, 2026

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The Question Nobody Is Asking

Why the Software Valuation Crisis May Be Worse Than the Dot Com Crash

April 24, 2026

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