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Hillary Stiff Speaking At HostingCon 2011

Hillary will be speaking at HostingCon 2011 (www.hostingcon.com) in San Diego.

Her panel, "How the Big Buyers Look At Acquisitions", is on Tuesday, August 9th at 3pm.

This is a unique panel comprised of some of the top hosters talking frankly about how they look at acquisitions. The panelists take a down to earth look at many parts of the acquisition process including how they determine value, what risk means to the purchase price, features that can add or reduce the price, and practical, real world advice for sellers and other prospective buyers. Panelists currently include Lance Crosby of SoftLayer, Joe Bardenheier of Endurance International, Ditlev Brehdahl of OnApp/UK2, Hillary Stiff of Cheval Capital and more!

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WHIR Magazine - Better Bookeeping

Check out Hillary's comments in WHIR Magazine's March issue for an article on the accounting issues and hurdles that hosters face when selling their business, seeking financing or finding an investor (pages 34 - 36.)  It is a good background article and if you have any questions or would like to talk more about it please give Hillary or Frank a call. 

2010 cPanel Conference

Thanks to the cPanel folks for a great conference this week in Houston. For those of you that didn't make it, here are a few of the new products that we found compelling and that you may wish to check out;  www.1H.com, APSpanel.com, OnApp.com and www.Volance.com.

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Frank Stiff Speaking at HostingCon 2010

Frank is speaking this year at HostingCon 2010 on Monday, July 19th at 9am.

The panel, "Adding Value to Your Business With Financial & Operating Metrics" is made up of some of the industry's most successful hosters talking about how they use numbers in their businesses.  The panel is a practical, down to earth look at how financials and operating metrics help hosters manage their operations, make decisions and grow more effectively.

Panelists include Hari Ravichandran, President of Endurance, Zak Boca, President of SingleHop, Jay Sinder, CFO of Corelink Data Centers, Pat Matthews, VP and GM of Rackspace Cloud, Doug Erwin, CEO of The Planet, and is moderated by noted industry attorney David Snead.

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Hillary Stiff Speaking At HostingCon 2010

Hillary will be leading a panel on acquisitions at HostingCon 2010 on Tuesday July 20th at 2pm.

The panel, "Practical Acquisition Advice: Process, Pricing, and Trends" is made up of some of the industry's leading acquirors talking frankly about how they look at acquisitions.  This should be a great panel for anyone thinking of selling in the next few years as well as for prospective buyers interested in how others are doing it.

Panelists include Joe Bardenheier - SVP of Endurance, Colin Campbell - CEO of Hostopia, Ditlev Brehdal - CEO of UK2 Group and Michael Platner - Founder of Layered Technologies.

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The WHIR's "Selling Your Hosting Company" Webinar - Updated

The WHIR recently held a webinar on Selling Your Hosting Company.  The panel included Eric Furlow of Furlow Consulting, Attorney David Snead, Frank Stiff of Cheval and was moderated by Liam Eagle, Editor of the Web Host Industry Review

Playback the webinar here.

UPDATE: There were some questions in this webinar that did not get answered due to time constraints and we have taken a shot at answering them here.

Web Host Boot Camp Presentation

Please join us on December 9, 2009 at 12:40pm (ET) when we're presenting at the Web Host Boot Camp virtual conference. Our talk's entitled;

"Common Issues and Questions when Selling or Buying a Hosting Company"

The talk will focus on some the real world issues that buyers and sellers face in the M&A process.  We'll also take questions on any part of the buying and selling process.

The free signup is here.

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HostingCon Panel "Tracking Metrics for Performance and Growth"

Frank will be speaking at HostingCon 2009 on Monday, August 10 at 11am. 

"Tracking Metrics for Performance and Growth" looks at the operating and financial metrics used to build and run businesses in the hosting and internet services industry.  The panel is very fortunate to include some great operators and businessmen including Hari Ravichandran, Founder and EVP of Endurance International Group, Ditlev Brehdal, CEO of UK2 Group, Alex Kazerani, CEO of Edgecast Networks, and Adam Dillaplain, COO of Caronet Managed Hosting. The moderator is industry legal expert, David Snead.

Please join us on Monday, August 10 at 11am

For those of you that have not signed up as yet, the folks at HostingCon will provide a discount for those using code CHEVAL2009.

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