by it | Jun 18, 2026 | PE-Backed Software Portfolios
In the first 100 days after a software acquisition, portfolio companies routinely inherit platforms carrying more technical debt and operational fragility than diligence surfaced. For PE operating partners and portfolio CTOs, the tension between maintaining business...
by it | Jun 10, 2026 | PE-Backed Software Portfolios
Most private equity buyers run thorough financial due diligence before closing a software acquisition. They check revenue quality, customer concentration, churn, and EBITDA adjustments. What they rarely examine with the same rigor is the engineering due...
by it | Jun 5, 2026 | Software Team Scaling
The staff augmentation vs dedicated teams debate shows up in every conversation about scaling engineering at mid-market software companies. And almost every time, the comparison is reduced to the same two variables: hourly rate and time to fill a...
by it | May 26, 2026 | Nearshore Software Development
Offshore promised cost savings. In practice, many companies traded lower hourly rates for slower execution, higher management overhead, and reduced engineering velocity.That tradeoff worked when software was a support function. It breaks down when software is the...
by it | May 18, 2026 | Engineering Leadership
If you search for “what is productivity software,” most answers stop at the definition. What they skip is the part that matters to engineering leaders: whether the tools you already have are making your team faster, or quietly making delivery harder. For...
