Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

Competitive Advantages

Leading Cloud MSDS Database
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5+ Million Indexed & Searchable MSDSs
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60,000 New / Updated MSDSs Added Each Month

Marketing Engine
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800,000+ Registered Users
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Growing at 5,000 New Users / Month
Sales Engine
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120+ Sales People
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Enterprise & Mid-Market Coverage
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Efficient, Repeatable Sales Process
Sentiment:


Buyers:
Safety Managers / Directors
EH&S Directors
Facility Managers
Operations / Plant Managers
Risk Managers
Training Managers
Security
Human Resources
Procurement
 

Wurde auch Zeit.
Die Shorties hatten versucht sie unter 20 US Dollar zu ziehen.
Leider sind die Bullen immer noch stärker :-)

Mal schauen wohin die Reise geht !  

A Large Market in Transition

• A Sector not a Segment: The public sector is more than 38% of the global economy and just beginning to adopt commercial communication practices (i.e., 3-5 year lag from commercial customers)

• Spend is Transitioning from Legacy Buckets:Government spending on communication and promotion is beginning a transition that will displace massive legacy spendingo
- Over $2.5B spent per year by U.S. governments alone on postal mail
- Over $1.5B spent per year in U.S. alone on traditional advertising
-  Legacy government IT systems being reevaluated around the globe as part of transition to Cloud
- Over $75B annual IT spend in just U.S. Federal
- Gov. cloud adoption expected growth from $2.87 billion in 2013 to $18.48 billion in 2018, representing a CAGR of 45.1% over the five-year span  

iaus meinem letzten Posting ist spektakuklär:

- Gov. cloud adoption expected growth from $2.87 billion in 2013 to $18.48 billion in 2018, representing a CAGR of 45.1% over the five-year span

Und daher werde ich meinen Restbestand von ca. 3.000 Stück auch halten, den ich u.a deshalb reduziert hatte, weil mir Local Corp vielversprechender erscheint und mir die Dominanz von Procurian (früher ICGCommerce), die mit dem Wachstum ncht mehr so richtig vom Fleck kamen, zu ausgeprägt schien.

Der letzte Punkt ist jetzt durch den Verkauf von Procurian, wenn auch meines Erachtens für 375 Mio zu niedrig, weggefallen.  

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Ich bin inzwischen aber nur noch mit 3.000 Stück drin - statt in der Spitze einmal 20.000 Stück. Und ich hoffe mit einem nicht unerheblichen Teil des Erlöses aus den Verkäufen, Ähnliches wie den Anstieg von $3.40 auf das heutige Kursniveau von über $20 bei ICG Group noch einmal bei Local Corp nachvollziehen zu können. Denn auch hier liegt m.E. eine extreme Unterbewertung vor und auch hier haben wir massives nacktes Shortselling, eine Konstellation, die mich anzieht.

Allerdings ist das Risiko, aber auch die Chancen bei Local Corp - unter Berücksichtigung des Zeithorizonts (denn bei ICG Group war ich teilweise über 10 Jahre investiert - im gewogenen Durchschnitt wohl mehr als 7 Jahre) erheblich höher als bei ICG Group, warum ich dort auch nicht ganz so extrem drinstecke wie bei der Höchststückzahl von ICG Group.  

Top 2014 Trends Driving Public Sector Digital Communications Revealed
Boosting Citizen Engagement and Growing Audience Top Priorities for Government Communicators According to GovDelivery

SAINT PAUL, Minn., March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery, leading provider of cloud-based public sector communication solutions, today released three reports detailing the top trends for government digital communications, based on a survey of public sector communicators across federal, state & local and UK organizations. The survey results are published as in-depth e-books titled "Three Trends Taking over 2014 Digital Communications in the Public Sector," as well as depicted as infographics showing high-level results. The e-books and infographics can be viewed.  

Rob Tyrie Joins Bolt Solutions as Senior Vice President of Professional Services
Market's Increased Demand for Bolt's Direct Online Sales and Service Platform Prompts Expansion of Bolt Executive and Professional Services Teams BOLT Solutions Inc.
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0 shares Content preferences Done NEW YORK, March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOLT Solutions, Inc. (www.boltinc.com), provider of the leading online sales and service platform to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, today announced Rob Tyrie has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Professional Services.

Bolt's tremendous success in the market, including Bolt's newest engagements with four of the top 10 P&C insurance carriers in the U.S., prompted the expansion of the company's leadership team with the addition of Tyrie. In his new position, Tyrie will spearhead Bolt's growing Professional Services organization to ensure continued delivery of the highest quality service and support to Bolt customers and partners.

 

Markets Re-imagined

Cloud-smart: A pioneer of cloud computing, we know how to grow platforms in change-ready markets.

Vertically: We bring the power of the cloud to industry-specific vertical markets

Specialized Leadership: We aim to be #1 in the markets we serve and choose to enter
 

Attractive Market
Size & Growth
Opportunities
• $ Billion + market, growing 20%
 

Pursuing markets we can transform

• Highly fragmented, unautomated, slow to innovate  

Early Cloud Adoption

• Proven customers, yet < 10% total market penetration  

Bolt Solutions Issued Patent That Solves Important Business Challenge of Connecting and Exchanging Information Among Disparate Systems

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOLT Solutions, Inc., provider of the leading online sales and client support platform to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, today announced it was issued patent No. 8,584,139 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office late in 2013. The patent relates to the apparatus and methods for building compatibility between different computer systems and, particularly, to methods of data export and import between incompatible systems
 

Citizens Statement on Property Insurance Clearinghouse Rollout
Citizens Vice President of Consumer and Agent Services Steve Bitar issued the following statement concerning Monday’s successful launch of the Property Insurance Clearinghouse:
“The clearinghouse is functioning successfully, and we are pleased with the preliminary results,” said Steve Bitar, vice president of Consumer and Agent Services. “As of 3 p.m., over 1,000 quotations requesting insurance coverage have been entered into the system. We are continuing to monitor clearinghouse activity and expect to have more detailed information available at the Board of Governors meeting Wednesday. The initial response has been very positive.”  

http://www.icg.com/default/assets/File/...ons/ICGinvestpres031814.pdf  

ist momentan durch Cash abgedeckt:

Cashat December 31, 2013
$334.7 M
Escrowed proceeds
$24.8 M
Debt
$(11.9) M

Und somit müstten die drei Plattformen Govdelivery, MSDSonline und BoltInc die andere Hälfte vn ca. 350 Millionen abdecken. Das ist zwar bei 80 Millionen Umsatz und einer Wachstumsrate von angepeilten 31 bis 35% in 2014 vertretbar, aber so extrem unterbewertet wie früher ist ICG Group jetzt nicht mehr. Ich halte zwar ICG Group langfristig nachwievor für aussichtsreich, habe aber inzwischen meinen Bestand von der Höchstmarke 20.000 Aktien auf 3.000 reduziert. Erheblich Teile des Verkaufserlöses von diesen 17.000 Aktien von ICG Group habe ich in den Aufbau eines Bestandes von Local Corp gesteckt, von denen ich inwischen 102.000 Stück mein eigen nenne und von denen ich mir eine ähnliche Entwicklung wie ICG Group bei ihrem Ansteig von $3,40 auf $20 erhoffe.  

poste ich auch sehr intensiv zu dem Wert, in den ich größtenteils umgeschichtet habe:

http://www.ariva.de/forum/Local-com-aussichtsreich-392956  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skLrDXHGYyc&feature=youtu.be  

Progressive Insurance Selects the Bolt Platform from Bolt Solutions

NEW YORK, NY – April 14, 2014 – BOLT Solutions, Inc., provider of the leading online sales and service platform to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry and enabler of the Florida Property Insurance Clearinghouse, today announced Progressive® Insurance has selected the Bolt PlatformTM to provide insurance customers shopping and buying choice and simplicity through a combination of people, processes, markets, and technology.

“We are thrilled to announce that a prestigious organization like Progressive has selected our Bolt Platform. As a true pioneer and leader when it comes to direct online insurance selling and understanding and influencing consumer buying behavior, Progressive serves as a great example for other insurers who are looking to respond more effectively to the changing insurance buyer preferences and processes,” said Eric Gewirtzman, CEO of Bolt.

The Bolt Platform helps insurers meet consumers’ heightened insurance shopping and buying expectations by enabling insurers to always say ‘yes’, more effectively influence buying behavior at the critical buying stage, and provide an omni-channel customer experience across multiple lines of personal and commercial business. The Bolt Platform also powers the Citizen’s Property Insurance Clearinghouse launched in January 2014.
 

aussichtsreichste Beteiligung:

Planning to Go Direct?

Bolt Solutions Inc.

Thursday, April 24, 2014 from 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)

New York, NY


Planning to go Direct?

Are you thinking about going direct? Do you have a plan?
How are you going to profit from it? Want to learn what not to do?

Learn more from Bolt’s proprietary research. What are the 4 things we’ve learned about going direct that you need to hear (and do something about):

1. Product
2. The Buy Button
3. Customer Experience
4. Branding

Included in the discussion will be Bolt’s proprietary research. We gathered this valuable and never released information by surveying actual buyers and would be buyers; fully backed up by metrics gleaned over the last 4 years of selling direct.

If these questions sound familiar register to join other senior executives in P&C insurance companies, MGA’s, Wholesalers, and other insurance industry principals at the “Are You Planning To Go Direct 2014” tour in New York City on April 24. Hear from major insurance company executives, thought leaders and experts, including Celent; the premier P&C analyst organization and some of your most successful peers in P&C insurance. These experts will provide insightful strategies and tactics that you can use to sell more, be more “customer” centric, and retain more of your customers’ business longer. Learn what “keeping your customer” really means, how to innovate in your company (we know it’s hard), and ultimately how to profit from the ever changing insurance consumer dynamic.

The event is free for all senior executives in the P&C insurance space.
(Non P&C registrants are subject to host's approval.)
 

bearbeitet Markt ist sehr viel kleiner, allldings ist Govdelivery auf diesem Markt der Marktführer:

GovDelivery Guide Shares 15 Tips to Boost Website Traffic
Presents Proven Tips and Best Practices for Driving Visitors to Public Sector Sites GovDelivery
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SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery, the leading provider of cloud-based public sector communication solutions, today published a guide detailing actionable strategies and tactics for driving mission results by increasing traffic to public sector websites. Titled "15 Ways to Drive Traffic to your Website," the new guide details proven best practices public sector communicators are leveraging today to significantly increase the amount of traffic to their sites.
 

wenn ich mich denn richtig erinnere, denn ich poste schon seit ca. 12 Jahre zu dieser Aktie, hier auf diesem Board allerdings erst nur knapp neun Jahre.

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Ich bin zwar nicht mehr mit 20.000 Stück dabei, wie bei meinem Höchstbestand, aber 3.000 Stück habe ich noch immer.  

Great example of an innovative public sector organization already using digital communications to connect with more people and then leverage those connections to drive action and increase public engagement
GovDelivery Hosts Webinar Presenting Digital Communication Best Practices from Nottinghamshire County Council

Event on 7 May to Highlight Government Organization`s Successes in Driving Engagement and Channel Shift Initiatives

LONDON, April 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery, a leader in cloud-based public sector communication solutions, announced today that the company will host a webinar on Wednesday, 7 May, 2014 at 2 p.m. GMT highlighting the successes of a client in driving mission results by leveraging digital communications. Titled "Digital Communications and the Brand Journey at Nottinghamshire County Council," the complementary webinar will introduce the strategies and tactics the Council implemented to increase its stakeholder outreach and engagement and drive avoidable contact and channel shift initiatives for its more than 700,000 residents.

"The Nottinghamshire County Council is a great example of an innovative public sector organization already using digital communications to connect with more people and then leverage those connections to drive action and increase public engagement," said Dave Worsell, Executive Director, GovDelivery Europe. "We`re pleased that other government organizations will be able to learn from the best practices presented on the upcoming webinar and are proud to continue to help agencies at all levels of government focus on digital outreach and public engagement to help meet channel shift initiatives and ultimately drive mission success."
 

Why MSDSonline is an excellent company: Tools that allow users to search ingredient information on safety data sheets and to aggregate and track chemical information across the enterprise

On its chemical substitution website, OSHA points out that a study by the University of California’s California Policy Research Center found that annually, 190,000 illnesses and 50,000 deaths were related to chemical exposures.

The writing is on the wall for those safety professionals looking for it, OSHA and other agencies are starting to bang the drum on chemical substitution. And when this happens, regulations are usually not far behind. In a recent guide to GHS adoption, OSHA mentioned in several paragraphs that the move to GHS styled formatting of safety information should assist companies in identifying their worst chemicals and finding suitable alternatives. Today, they are recommendations, but in the near future, they could easily be directives…especially if the marketplace is itself taking an aggressive stand against harmful chemicals.

Technology can play an important part in helping companies through these key steps, particularly when it comes to identifying the most dangerous chemicals (or ingredients) in use within a facility or even across an organization. For instance, MSDSonline’s HQ and HQ RegXR Accounts have tools that allow users to search ingredient information on safety data sheets and to aggregate and track chemical information across the enterprise.
 

ICG Announces First Quarter 2014 Financial Results: Company Reports Strong First Quarter Results
(ICGE) ("ICG") today reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Revenue was $18.4 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $12.0 million for the first quarter of 2013. Net loss for the first quarter of 2014 was $(10.2) million, or $(0.27) per diluted share, compared to net income of $19.1 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the corresponding 2013 period. The first quarter of 2013 reflects the gains that ICG realized on the Channel Intelligence and Investor Force sales. Non-GAAP net income (loss) for the first quarter of 2014 was $(3.6) million, or $(0.10) per share, compared to a Non-GAAP net income (loss) of $(5.2) million, or $(0.14) per diluted share, for the prior year quarter.

"We were pleased to start 2014 with a strong first quarter," said Walter Buckley, chief executive officer of ICG. "We experienced excellent revenue growth across all of our businesses, demonstrating the success of our aggressive sales and marketing efforts, and we look forward to building on our positive momentum throughout the remainder of the year."

"We continue to drive growth at our existing businesses and we are also poised to capitalize on the power of the cloud to transform other industry-specific vertical markets," added Buckley. "As a reflection of ICG's evolution in our pursuit of this significant opportunity, we are engaged in a renaming and rebranding process and adopting a new ticker symbol. We are seeking stockholder approval for our new name, Actua Corporation, and look forward to unveiling our new brand in the coming months."
 

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