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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

I do not mean this in a negative way, rather the folks or the individual who said let’s sale to Taleo, and everyone nodded their heads, either never heard of the Count or unfamiliar with the Capone story. E-Learning 24/7 No post next week, as I continue my business travels. There was solid ARR. This was an albatross.

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Thompson Leaves Learning Market

Tony Karrer

Not only have they just completed the sale of their NETg subsidiary to SkillSoft for $270 million , but they have also announced they are selling Higher Education assets of Thomson Learning to a couple of venture funds for $7.75

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What you need 2 know: 3rd Party Content

eLearning 24-7

Who remembers NetG? NetG, was the evil empire of the days gone past – ok, in my mind. speed with no latency issues would be acquired by NetG and shoved into the Raiders of the Ark storage facility, next to the ark itself. Many had zero issue doing this, after all, why pay the middleman, when you can have it all (the sale)?

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Skillsoft – An Analyst Perspective

eLearning 24-7

A vendor who made not only poor business decisions with the likes of Percipio, but also with the monumental blunder of acquiring SumTotal. . Where SumTotal sales people never pushed Percipio as an add-on or addition to SumTotal Learning, even referring it an an “afterthought” as one senior sales executive once told me.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

Knowledge Arcade makes up 50% of their sales (for 2020), and will likely do at least that for 2021. NetG, Element K, being just two. Docebo took more than a few years to get where they are today, Schoox the same, although they changed their business model focus – from LMS to talent development platform, a smart move.

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CLO Competencies: The Path for Future Learning Leaders

CLO Magazine

That very question was asked in a recent survey by Chief Learning Officer magazine of executives who are members of its Business Intelligence Board. Along with their experience with these activities, future learning executives also must have acumen in sales and marketing. Knowledge Management.

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A Conversation with Bryan Austin of mLevel

Kapp Notes

Bryan has had a distinguished career in corporate Learning & Development, including leadership roles with Skillsoft, Kaplan, AchieveGlobal and NETg. You can also check out a case study on how one of mLevel’s clients has leveraged the product for sales training right her e. . He founded Game On!