A.J. Rohde: Living in the (Software) Limelight [Joys of Compounding, Ep. 38]

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The Finance Cup turns recreation into a pay-it-forward community for younger tennis players.
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After 1984 spectrum deregulation, Pagenet turned roughly six or seven million dollars invested in spectrum licenses into about $985 million.
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Lowering long-term growth assumptions in years eight through eleven erased roughly 30% of software valuations.
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Software grows at roughly twice the S&P median rate, earns about 80% gross margins, and still trades at a lower P/E.
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As AI expertise becomes more widely available and stratified, labor costs could deflate across skill tiers.
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The best roll-ups paired fragmented markets with negative churn, high gross margins, and capital efficiency, letting scale create substantial value.
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Regulatory change created the playbook: assemble newly available assets, find an operator, and consolidate before the market matured.
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An acquisition must make sense even if full integration never happens. Synergies should improve the deal, not rescue it.
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Direct contact with people facing real challenges and valuing small economic help can pull highly competitive professionals out of an unhealthy mental battle.
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Michigan’s public schools pushed children toward instruments, making band and orchestra a major entry point.
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A repeatable software value-creation model pairs existing management with product-level P&Ls, separated R&D and sales, operational gains, and acquisitions.
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Incumbents cannot take AI-native competition for granted. They need comparable capabilities without surrendering existing advantages.
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The investment-idea funnel is broad, but the leadership filter is narrow for teams proven through major disruptions.
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Experienced investors must rebuild their heuristics when AI risk and new integration patterns make old judgments obsolete.
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Returning to formative activities in adulthood can restore continuity and joy, yet adult versions are hard to find.
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AI decisions should follow week-to-week pipeline, retention, and customer feedback data, not hype or fear.
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Longer holding periods demand CEOs and teams willing to sustain urgency, ambition, and collaboration for a decade.
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A durable competitive edge comes from improving the operating playbook while backing management teams to execute it.
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Moving from the Midwest to the East Coast exposes you to different cultures, speech patterns, personalities, and social norms.
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Regular exposure to theology can matter even when you are not an overly religious person.

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