Investors! Are your companies ready for the digital economy? In this presentation I explain why digital due diligence is an integral part of any investment process. I also list four common sources of digital business opportunity and four areas that explain the company's readiness for digitalization.

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Digital Due Diligence
– Discover the full potential of digitalization –
23.9.2017
MARKO LUHTALA
Ajantasalla Yrityspalvelut

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Are your companies ready for the digital
economy?
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YOU NEED DIGITAL DUE DILIGENCE TO KNOW:
Does the company have untapped opportunities to deliver
unique customer value with digitalization?
How can digitalization accelerate company growth and drive valuation?
Is digitalization likely to cause a disruption in the industry?
How can the company turn data into a strategic asset?
What is the company’s capability and readiness to embrace digitalization?

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Investors have a clear interest
in digitalization…
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…because companies who
apply digital technologies typically:
GROW
FASTER
BUILD
A UNIQUE
ADVANTAGE
COMMAND
HIGHER
VALUATION
Building a competitive edge today without digital technology is difficult.
Tomorrow it will be impossible.

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Digital DD is an integral part of any investment
process
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Digital
Due
Diligence
IDENTIFYING NEW
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
Map and prioritize untapped digital
opportunities.
Focus on delivering unique customer value,
accelerating growth and building a
competitive edge.
ASSESSING DIGITAL
READINESS AND
CAPABILITIES
Evaluate implementation
readiness.
Focus on vision, leadership,
competences and technical readiness.
A forward-looking process
covering two areas

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We examine the common sources of digital
business opportunities
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MAKE YOUR PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES SMARTER
APPLY NEW DIGITAL
BUSINESS MODELS
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SCALE YOUR SALES
AND OPERATIONS
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TURN DATA INTO A
STRATEGIC ASSET
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Digitalization has a huge impact on
the investment case
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Innovative companies generate total shareholder
return premiums of
7.5 percent over their industry peers
Source: BCG
Recurring revenue is worth 3–4x as much as one-time
revenue in company valuation
Source: High tech industry statistics
Digitalized processes deliver
10x to 100x efficiency gains compared to the
current processes
Source: Own experience based on several cases
Creation and use of unique stocks of data capital
correlates with 7x faster productivity growth
compared to the industry average
Source: OECD survey on manufacturing and service industries

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A company’s readiness for digitalization depends
on 4 areas
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Clear and attractive
Realistic roadmap
Vision for the
digital
economy?
Company
culture?
Digital experience
Understanding digital tasks and
roles
Network of digitally
savvy partners
Availability and quality of data
Status of backend systems
e.g. ERP, CRM
Size of the ICT team and investments
Competences?
ICT
infrastructure?
Invests in what’s new
Encourages trial and error
Agile and fact-based decision
making

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Digital Due Diligence is
a clear process
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BASED ON DIGITAL
DUE DILIGENCE
Amend the investment business case
Embed digitalization into the growth strategy
Build a digitalization roadmap
Appoint required skills in the board and management
Total duration: 2–3 weeks
Set targets with
the investor team
Due Diligence:
• 1-2 workshops
• Interviews
• Self-assessment
Validate opportunities
with
customers
Report and
recommendations

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Recommendations
for investors
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ONE STRATEGY
Include digitalization in the strategies
at the investment phase or when
rebuilding the growth plans – don’t
make it a separate
exercise.
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PRIORITIZE
Compare the digital
opportunities against the execution
challenges.
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QUICK WINS
Identify quick wins that deliver fast
returns and get you on the learning
curve.
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COMMON ASSETS
Consider building
common digital assets and
competences for your company
portfolio to
accelerate implementation.
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Marko Luhtala – your digital expert
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MARKO LUHTALA has almost 20 years
of experience in digitalization in several industries ranging from
retail and consumer electronics to construction and agriculture.
He has a rare background combining international corporate
executive experience and technology entrepreneurship.
As an international sales and marketing executive Marko has
applied digitalization extensively in his own business
operations globally. Later, as a SaaS and digital marketing
entrepreneur he has developed digitalization solutions
successfully for dozens of client companies.
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ECONOMY