Bob Solomon

My personal twitter account. Strictly not business!

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@uchicagolab @HarvardMBB And John Rogers '76. Also Captain of Princeton team!

[Zach Klein @zachklein]

A bunch of chronically online tech leaders suddenly quiet.

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@amybethsol To be fair, I asked who Eric Friedland is.

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@matt_solomon10 Fascinating

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@amybethsol Heresy

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@lucykaplansky @lisafischersing Loved that movie.

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@DanielZHornung It's the Passover story with a new Pharaoh. Measles, inflation, illegal deportations...just waiting for locusts.

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@Xfinity @XfinitySupport Seriously folks what does it take to get you guys to stop charging me for imaginary unreturned equipment. Chatting with your agents simply does not work. I commend you for your heroic efforts to gete to give up, but I will not.

[Laboratory Schools @uchicagolab]

What a night! Over 30 Lab alumni from classes of 1958–2020 gathered in D.C. yesterday for conversation and connection. Special thanks to Host Chair Bob Solomon ’78 and our host committee for making it a success. #LabAlumni #DC

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@amybethsol And that they are a scam. https://t.co/LpEPZqX4Mo.

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@lucykaplansky @PaulaNiedenthal Two long-time friends, not "very old"!

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@amybethsol Never saw a ninth in person till I was an adult. Your grandpa wanted to "beat traffic" despite parking a mile away from Comiskey.

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@PaulaNiedenthal Oh, got it!

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@lucykaplansky Please tell him my throat is feeling a little scratchy as well

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@PaulaNiedenthal Make that 10! Congrats! Maybe we get help with our draft pick!

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@PaulaNiedenthal Bear down!

[tidemark @tidemarkcap]

Extending through the value chain is the frontier. It has been successfully executed only by a select few, but I believe it is the long-term future of vertical software. Pushing beyond being a simple tool to being a multi-stakeholder platform is the way a VSV can go from being a good company to a once-in-a-generation icon.

For most companies, the supplier extension is the best place to try it.

Extending to the supplier is a classic “Follow the Money” play, where you benefit from your merchant’s buying power. At Ariba, they used to say that “it’s always good to follow the golden rule: she with the gold rules!” There’s also an opportunity for the VSV to reduce friction, add value to the transaction, and sell to the supplier stakeholders.

Special thanks to @bsolomon10 for his help with this one!

Curious? Dive into our insights here: https://t.co/NDkohVbnYV

[Bob Solomon @BobSolomonster]

@PeterGoldmacher @Hertz Is this for all foreign bookings? I have one next month in Portugal and would like to avoid the same bait and switch.