Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

in eine angemessene Bewertung hinein. Meinen momentanen Restbestand werde ich aber halten, u.a. da hier die Gewinne wegen des Anschaffungstermis steuerfrei sind. Den weitaus größten Teil meines Bestandes habe ich allerdings inzwischen verkauft und davon wiederum einen nicht unerheblichen Teil in Local Corp umgeschichtet, wo ich inzwischen mit 90.450 Stück dabei bin. Diesem Wert traue ich eine ähnliche Entwicklung wie ICG Group zu, und zwar noch erheblich mehr, aber dafür sind die Risiken bei Local Corp auch sehr viel höher.

Einer meiner Gründe fur den Ausstieg war auch die bisherige Dominanz von Procurian am Wert von ICG Group - nicht dass Procurian eine schlechte Unternehmung war, aber das Wachstum lahmte mir dort etwas und die Konkurrenz großer Spieler wurde mir da zu gefährlich. Hätte ich gewusst, dass sie Procurian verkaufen, wäre ich vielleicht mit einem höheren Bestand dringeblieben - das "vielleicht" deshalb, weil mir der Verkaufspreis von Procurian für nur 375 Millionen sehr mickrig erscheint, aber die übernehmende Accenture wusste natürlich von den von mir oben geäusserten Zweifeln.  

zu denen ich ich in 5 Tagen hier auf diesem Board dann acht Jahre poste:

Value of ICG Gruop
From the about 95 million Cash and Cash Equivalents and the Other Current Assets are after my estimate about 30 million part of Procurian - the rest = 65 million. To this 65 million comes to about 325 million from the sale of Procurian (include escrow) and about 10 million from the sale of Whitefence = 400 million. Worth of the 8% of Symbio and the 25% ownerhship in Acquirgy = after my estimate 20 million (near all from Symbio). If we add now 400 million and 20 million = 420 million. The market-cap is today 625 - and the difference of 205 million is the value of the three core-companies Govdelivery, MSDSonline and Boltinc, which will have togehter revenues of 70 millionin 2013. The growth-rate is 30%. The value of this three companies is after my estimate about 250 million. This are together with the other assets of 420 million about 670 million - with th result, that ICG Group notice at this time near of the the Fair Value. Therefore we need for higher share-prices additional positive new from the three core-companies Govdelivery, MSDSonline or Bolt - this could come, my favorite is Bolt.

View: Annual Data | Quarterly Data All numbers in thousands
Period Ending Jun 30, 2013 Mar 31, 2013 Dec 31, 2012 Sep 30, 2012

Assets
Current Assets
Cash And Cash Equivalents 90,312 97,900 46,469 65,954
Short Term Investments - - - -
Net Receivables 50,043 48,819 48,158 51,612
Inventory - - - -
Other Current Assets 5,714 5,008 88,603 6,171

Total Current Assets 146,069 151,727 183,230 123,737
 

Expand your distribution channels while providing complete coverage for all of your customers' risks

The Bolt Platform provides agents and consumers with a better way to choose and buy insurance through their preferred channel. Channel flexibility is critical for today and into the future.

The consumer is the clear winner in this insurance paradigm. Given the technology platforms and buying behavior exhibited today and expected in the future the consumer is telling carriers "Sell me insurance the way I want to buy it." Direct-to-consumer models, agency models, wholesale models, and even alternate distribution models are now a significant part of the mix. Bottom line: The flexibility of your distribution model must fit the flexibility of your product set. Technology and process cannot get in the way of the insurance buying decision.

We have the answer in the Bolt Platform.

According to a recent McKinsey study, consumers now want to buy insurance their way, through whatever distribution channel works best for them – whether that be through Agents, with a direct model or some combination. Your systems and products have to accommodate the way people shop for and buy insurance today. Carriers use the Bolt Platform to serve all of the insurance needs of their customers, while driving market share, retention, increasing revenue per customer and providing the best possible customer experience.  

MSDSonline Named One of Chicago’s Fastest Growing Digital Companies

September 30, 2013


CHICAGO (September 30, 2013) — MSDSonline, a leading provider of sustainable cloud-based EH&S solutions, was designated as one of Chicago’s fastest growing digital companies on Built In Chicago’s annual list of the Windy City’s Top 100 Digital Companies. This year MSDSonline jumped to the #32 spot, up 13 spots from last year’s list. According to Built In Chicago, there are over 1500 digital companies in the Chicagoland area, including over 365 startups launched in the last year alone – an average of one a day.

“MSDSonline is proud to be a member in good standing of Chicago’s growing digital community. Our story is Chicago’s story, and it’s great to see the kind of success we’ve had over the years being replicated over and over in tech incubators across the city,” said Glenn Trout, president and CEO of MSDSonline. “Our customers get a better product because everything we need to continue to improve our business, from great employees to a wonderfully supportive startup community is right here.”  

Built In Chicago reports 66% of the top 100 companies are more than 10 years old and that there are currently over 40,000 employees working in the digital sector in Chicago — a 21% increase from 2012. MSDSonline, exemplifies that growth having nearly doubled the number of employees during the same time frame. By sector, Built In Chicago identifies 12% of the top 100 companies as B2B companies like MSDSonline.

Asked about MSDSonline’s future, Trout said, “We look forward to continuing our leadership here in Chicago as well as in the environmental, health and safety space. We were one of the first companies to harness the power of the internet to help businesses better manage their hazardous chemicals, but we feel like we’re just getting started. These are exciting times: our customers are facing increased regulatory compliance pressures and we believe we our solutions position us well to help them meet those challenges.”  

About MSDSonline

Founded in 1996 and based in Chicago, MSDSonline is a leading provider of cloud-based EH&S compliance solutions, offering products and services for managing safety data sheets, reporting workplace incidents, training employees and administering other critical EH&S information.  The company’s mission is to provide sustainable solutions that help customers improve employee safety, streamline compliance recordkeeping and reduce potential exposures to workplace hazards and risks.  MSDSonline has been recognized for the last six years on Inc. magazine’s list of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.  

A sign for strong growth of Govdelivery

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Human Resources Specialist | Saint Paul, MN

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Client Development Consultant | Crawley, West Sussex, UK

Contracts and Sales Operations Manager | Saint Paul, MN

Federal Account Specialist | Washington, DC

Federal Client Success Consultant | Washington, DC

Federal Executive Assistant | Washington, DC

Territory Representative - State and Local Government | Virtual, Southeast Region

Territory Representative - State and Local Government | Virtual, Northeast Region

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Digital Marketing Specialist | Saint Paul, MN

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Implementation Specialist | Saint Paul, MN
 

On October 3, 2013, ICG Group, Inc. ("ICG") announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which its consolidated subsidiary, Procurian Inc. ("Procurian"), would be acquired by an affiliate of Accenture plc ("Accenture") for $375 million in cash, subject to adjustment for working capital, cash, debt and other items. On December 4, 2013, the acquisition was consummated. ICG will realize approximately $328 million in cash in connection with the transaction. A portion of ICG's proceeds has been placed in escrow to satisfy potential indemnity claims under the merger agreement; subject to any such claims, the escrowed proceeds will be released to ICG on or around December 4, 2014. ICG does not expect to owe any income taxes in connection with the transaction.

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/...lcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;  

von mir - nicht dass ICG Group für eine schlechte Aktie halte, denn ich habe ja auch noch ca. 3.600 Stück in meinen Depots. Aber wie gesagt, habe ich auch diesen Verkaufserlös in Local Corp umgeschichtet, wenn das schon ICG Group mit seinen mehr als 400 Millionen nicht tut. Denn das KUV von Local Corp liegt unter 0,4 und Local Corp passt auch in die Strategie, dass man über die Cloud anderen Unternehmen eine Plattfom anbietet, die deren Probleme - hier Marketingaspekte - lösen hilft.  

http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/...2d237&elqCampaignId=3954  

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GovLoop's mission is simple: connect government to improve government. We aim to inspire public sector professionals to better service by acting as the knowledge network for government.

GovLoop serves a community of more than 100,000 government leaders by helping them to foster collaboration, learn from each other, solve problems and advance in their government careers. The GovLoop community has been widely recognized across the public sector -- federal, state local, industry and academia -- as a leading site for addressing public sector issues.

GovLoop is the largest government niche network of its kind and boasts an extremely engaged membership that create or comment on nearly 1,000 blog posts and discussion forums every month.

GovLoop works with top industry partners, including Google, HP, Microsoft and IBM to provide resources and tools, such as guides, infographics, online training and educational events, for public sector professionals. GovLoop also promotes public service success stories in popular news sources like the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Government Technology, and other industry publications.

Steve Ressler founded GovLoop in 2008 as a federal employee searching for answers to common government problems. His passion for improving public service as a third generation federal employee drove him to create what has become GovLoop.

If you have any questions about the site or what GovLoop has to offer, check out our FAQ's page. You can also watch a few helpful videos to get you going in our Getting Started Guide.

Have media related questions or just need a quick GovLoop icon for your blog or website? You can get all that and more in our Media Kit.
 

GovDelivery Publishes Subscriber Guide to Help Government Agencies Reach More Citizens
Provides Strategies for Driving Mission Value by Reaching More People GovDelivery
December 16, 2013 9:00 AM
SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 16, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery, the leading provider of cloud-based public sector communication solutions, recently released "Public Sector Communications: Digital Outreach Best Practices," providing key strategies and tactics for government agencies to expand their reach to citizens and stakeholders. Critical to the success of any digital communications program, the guide shares tips for driving mission value and greater impact by reaching more people with agency communications.

The topic of subscriber growth was heavily discussed at GovDelivery's recent event, "Federal Digital Communications Event: The Power of the Message," where the guide was provided to hundreds of event attendees. Communicators and technologists from across the federal government convened in Washington D.C. last week to exchange best practices in leadership development, new technologies, and digital communications. In discussing communication strategies and tactics that agencies can employ to truly drive mission results, reaching more people with communications was highlighted as a critical component of public sector organizational success.
 

nach dem großen Sprung im Vormonat sogar noch weiter aus.

https://siteanalytics.compete.com/govdelivery.com/  

https://siteanalytics.compete.com/govloop.com/  

- a wider competitor of Govdelivery

Oracle to buy Responsys for $1.39 billion in cloud software push

By Aurindom Mukherjee December 20, 2013 12:20 PM
(Reuters) - Oracle Corp, the world's No. 2 business software maker, said it would buy web-based marketing software maker Responsys Inc for about $1.39 billion to bolster its cloud computing offerings.

August 5, 2013
Responsys Announces Second Quarter 2013 Results
Achieves 25% growth in revenue to $49.5 million for the second quarter of 2013
Delivers non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.02 in the second quarter of 2013. Raises 2013 annual revenue guidance from $190-$193 million to $195-$198 million
Establishes third quarter 2013 revenue guidance of $47.0-$48.5 million
 

about 24 million in 2013. If Govdelivery would be valued like Responsys the value would be 168 million.  

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors on Thursday took a major step toward launching the consumer clearinghouse by selecting the company to service policyholders and agents when the program kicks off January 1, 2014
Citizens Board Takes Major Clearinghouse Step by Selecting Vendor
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors on Thursday took a major step toward launching the consumer clearinghouse by selecting the company to service policyholders and agents when the program kicks off January 1, 2014.
By unanimous vote, the board approved a contract with Bolt Solutions Inc., a Farmington, Connecticut based company with offices in Sarasota. The company will provide the software platform linking private insurers with consumers seeking to renew policies or purchase new coverage with Citizens.
 

SeaPass Solutions launched Bolt three years ago to be a better way for small business to choose and buy insurance online and in the process we created a Platform that is a better way for anyone to shop for and buy insurance. Bolt is the evolution of SeaPass and the Bolt brand representing all the elements that are important to SeaPass. Bolt is about speed, strength, agility (we pay attention to emerging trends), and proactive expertise in all things distribution. These are qualities that also represented the SeaPass spirit.

With the Bolt Platform at the foundation of both this transition and our business, we are formally announcing its launch in conjunction with this name change. Following its successful implementation at some of the world’s leading insurance carriers – including Hiscox USA – we’re proud to broadly announce this online sales and client service platform for insurance products. The Bolt Platform includes all the technology, people, processes, and markets needed to support multi-channel, multi-carrier choice solutions for both consumers and insurance industry partners. The Bolt Platform allows insurance agents, brokers, wholesalers, and carriers to serve all of the insurance needs of their customers, while driving market share, retention and increasing revenue per customer.

About Us

Headquartered in New York and founded in 2000, Bolt Solutions Inc. (formerly SeaPass Solutions, Inc.) offers the leading online sales and client service platform for anyone who wants to sell or buy insurance online. The Bolt Platform supports all of the insurance needs of its customers, while driving market share, retention and increased revenue for its insurance industry partners.
 

Insurance Crossover: What happens if non-traditional companies start selling insurance?

| December 17, 2013

A recent article written by Anthony O’Donnell on Insurance Innovation Reporter discusses how AT&T’s new commercial for their Digital Life service should make insurers nervous. The Digital Life service is basically a home security and automation system at your finger tips; allowing you to check status of your home via your cell phone. O’Donnell recognizes that if AT&T has found a way to move into the home security business what’s to say they won’t move into the insurance world creating non-traditional competition for insurance companies.

In another article written earlier this fall Linda Koco of InsuranceNewsNet writes, “Where do Google and Amazon fit in? Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of the executives believe this intensified competition in insurance distribution will come from non-insurance players such as Google, or e-commerce giants like Amazon. Since both Google and Amazon conduct sales worldwide over the Internet, they already have an international infrastructure in place, making the idea of an internet firm/insurance firm partnership feasible regardless of country.” This is an idea that we have been exploring for a while.

At the StoneRiver Summit back in September our own Ernie Hursh gave a presentation on this exact topic called “What if Amazon Sold Insurance?”. In the presentation Ernie discussed that consumers are taking charge and the idea of any time, any where, any channel is becoming a reality, and how the merger of consumer buying behavior, big data, and the Amazon (consumer) model are going to make a difference in the insurance industry.

While recent studies have shown that most people like shopping for insurance quotes online but prefer to speak to a person when purchasing the product, keeping agents at the center of the action, we believe it won’t be long until automated online buying via non-traditional companies will be the norm.
 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11405076.htm

Die resultieren aus dem Verkauf von Freeborders an Symbio - mir waren, wie damals von mir gepostet, zu wenig.  

January 16, 2014
09:05 EDT ICGE ICG Group's Bolt Solutions issued U.S. patent
BOLT Solutions, an ICG company, 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.
 

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140116-907679.html#  

http://www.poweredbysearch.com/local-seo-2014/  

CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
2312 KILLEARN CENTER BLVD., BUILDING A
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32309
TELEPHONE: (850) 513-3700 FAX: (850) 513-3903
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2014
Contact: Michael Peltier
(850) 513-3774
Citizens Launches Clearinghouse
TALLAHASSEE, FL – In a continuing effort to provide homeowners with more and better choices and return to its role as Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will launch its much anticipated Property Insurance Clearinghouse.
On Monday, four private companies will begin offering policies to new applicants for homeowners coverage as part of Citizens’ measured rollout of the clearinghouse system authorized by state lawmakers in 2013. Over the next five months, additional participating private-market insurers will be added to the list of approved-Florida companies able to offer property insurance to Citizens applicants.
The Property Insurance Clearinghouse, which will help match homeowners with private companies willing to write comparable polices at competitive rates, is the latest effort by the state-backed insurer to reduce its exposure and the risk of assessments for all Floridians. Policyholders who find private coverage through the clearinghouse also will benefit by not being subject to Citizens policyholder assessments that can be as high as 45 percent in a single year.
“The clearinghouse offers dual benefits of helping homeowners find better coverage at comparable rates and reducing Citizens’ exposure,” said Chris Gardner, Chairman of Citizens Board of Governors. “We’re excited by the promise this initiative holds for helping to lower assessment risks for all Floridians.”
Starting Monday, when a homeowner seeks new homeowners coverage with Citizens, their Citizens-appointed agent will enter their property information into the clearinghouse, which will seek offers of coverage from participating private-market companies. If a participating company offers a policy at a premium that is within 15 percent of the Citizens premium for comparable coverage, the applicant will be ineligible for Citizens coverage. The homeowner will be given a list of all private offers extended through the clearinghouse, and, in most cases, their agent will be able to bind coverage with the company of their choosing.
In an effort to ensure a smooth rollout, the clearinghouse initially will focus on new homeowners (HO-3) policies. By mid 2014, current Citizens residential customers also should have their policies shopped through the clearinghouse prior to renewal. Renewal policyholders will only be ineligible to renew with Citizens if an offer for comparable coverage is received with a premium that is equal to or less than their Citizens renewal premium.
Monday’s launch is the result of months of preparation and cooperation between Citizens, private carriers and Bolt Solutions, Inc., which is providing the clearinghouse software platform.
“I want to thank all those involved in this monumental effort,” said Barry Gilway, Citizens President, CEO and Executive Director. “I’m confident their hard work will benefit consumers, Citizens and the people of Florida.”
A media kit and short overview video, which demonstrates how the clearinghouse will work, are available on Citizens’ Media Resources page. Additional information about the Property Insurance Clearinghouse can be found on the Citizens website.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...elivery-study-reveals-150000055.html  

Citizens Launches Clearinghouse Powered by Bolt Platform
Bolt Platform Enables More Than 8,000 Citizens Agents to Provide Multiple Private Market Quotes, Helping to Achieve Program Goal of Reducing Financial Risk for Floridians BOLT Solutions Inc.

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOLT Solutions, Inc. (www.boltinc.com), provider of the leading online sales and client support platform to the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, applauds yesterday's successful launch of Citizens' Property Insurance Clearinghouse, powered by the Bolt Platform. The clearinghouse provides a multiple-carrier interface that identifies comparable coverage from participating private-market carriers before placing business with Citizens. As of yesterday, four private companies began offering policies to new applicants for homeowners coverage as part of Citizens' measured rollout of the clearinghouse system authorized by state lawmakers in 2013. Over the next five months, additional participating private-market insurers will be added to the list of approved-Florida companies able to offer property insurance to Citizens applicants.