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Segmentation Helps Identify Opportunity and Value in the Market

Sept. 12, 2022 Evolving Priorities for B2B Software and Tech-enabled Services in a Changing Economic Landscape

July 26, 2022 Stax Named a 2022 "Best Small Firms to Work For" by Consulting Magazine

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Stax Announces 24 Promotions in U.S.

July 6, 2022 Full Potential of Data Science Can Only be Realized When Combined with Foundational Data Capabilities and Guided by Business Context

June 15, 2022 Stax Named a Top 10 Data Analytics Services Company by CIOReview

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Mindfulness: The Importance of Being Our Best Selves at Home & Work

May 25, 2022 Stax Ranked a Top 2022 Consulting Firm by The Consulting Report

May 19, 2022 Stax Data Analytics Continues Strategic Expansion Under Mark Bremer

May 6, 2022 Allie Tillson Joins Stax as Talent Development Manager

May 4, 2022 Digital Transformation in the New Normal

April 26, 2022 Farragut Square Group Webinar: Outlook for Home Health and Hospice

April 19, 2022 Stax Welcomes New Independent Board Member Pat Hedley

March 24, 2022 Stax: Writing the Growth Narrative of a Global Management Consultancy from Sri Lanka

March 1, 2022 Farragut Square Group Webinar: Outlook for Dental/DSOs

Feb. 9, 2022 Stax Announces 18 Promotions in U.S.

Feb. 1, 2022 How Stax is Winning the Battle for Brainpower

Dec. 2, 2021 Stax Appoints Former K2 Integrity and AlixPartners Executive Jayson Traxler to Management Team

Nov. 23, 2021 Why Stax? Three Managers with Large and Boutique Consulting Firm Backgrounds Share Perspectives

Nov. 18, 2021 Clearsight Advises Stax in its Recapitalization by Blue Point Capital Partners

Nov. 16, 2021 Stax Announces Strategic Investment by Blue Point Capital Partners

Oct. 27, 2021 Common Data Science Questions During a Stax Due Diligence for our Private Equity Clients

Oct. 5, 2021 Commercial Due Diligence and Data Science in Private Equity Timelines

Sept. 10, 2021 Management Consulted Podcast: An Interview with Brett Conradt and Jeremy Wall

Aug. 30, 2021 Stax Drives Digital Transformation and Builds Middleware Solutions for Tecomet

Aug. 16, 2021 Why Stax? Perspectives of Three Experienced Consultants with Large Consulting Firm Backgrounds

Aug. 13, 2021 Dermatology: Deal Landscape and Insights

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Stax Announces 2021 Mid-Year Promotions

July 9, 2021 Zach Appel Shares Meaningful Insight as a Spring 2021 Northeastern Co-op

July 2, 2021 Northeastern University Co-op Zach Sherin Gains Insight into Consulting

June 28, 2021 Stax Partners with the Association of Art Museum Directors for the Annual Salary Survey

June 25, 2021 Stax Consultant Kate Jennings Shares Her Experience and Learnings

June 9, 2021 What Clean Technologies and Business Models are Investors Most Bullish about Today?

June 3, 2021 Long-Term Care - Home Health, Hospice, and Post-Acute Care Sectors: Deal Landscape and Insights

May 27, 2021 Behavioral Health: Deal Landscape and Insights

May 24, 2021 Value-Based Care & the Self-Insured Employer Marketplace: Deal Landscape and Insights

May 21, 2021 Thoma Bravo Makes Strategic Investment in PDFTron

May 19, 2021 Stax Spotlight - Nikki Shah, Senior Associate - Boston

April 29, 2021 Stax Spotlight - Sameer Tejani, Engagement Manager

April 8, 2021 Stax Inc. Promotes Macumber to Director

March 26, 2021 Stax Spotlight - Liz Byrne, Consultant

Feb. 26, 2021 Onboarding: How Stax welcomes new hires in a virtual world

Feb. 23, 2021 Pricing and bundling for a healthcare information services business

Feb. 9, 2021 Stax Inc. Announces U.S. Promotions

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The Transition to a Value-Based Healthcare System and Implications for Healthcare IT Vendors

Jan. 4, 2021 Stax Donates Books and Gift Cards to The Bronx Lab School

Dec. 22, 2020 Fall 2020 Northeastern University Co-op Spotlight - Crispin Ferris

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Adapting to Dynamic Changes in the Job Market

Dec. 15, 2020 Fall 2020 Northeastern University Co-op Spotlight - Magenta Lopez

Dec. 1, 2020 Stax Rebound Index - Weekly reports tracking recovery trajectories from Covid-19

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Giving Back in the New Normal

Oct. 21, 2020 Association of Art Museum Directors releases its 2020 Salary Survey developed in partnership with Stax Inc.

Sept. 14, 2020 International Scale-up in the "New Normal"

Aug. 18, 2020 Stax Inc. Promotes Paul Edwards to Senior Managing Director

Aug. 5, 2020 Stax Inc. Announces Mid-Year Promotions

June 29, 2020 Managing, Investing, and Exiting Companies Experiencing Accelerated Growth during a Covid Economy

June 24, 2020 Spring 2020 Northeastern Co-op Spotlight – Katherine Jaffe

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Veterinarian Sector: Recent Trend Data and Comparing Chains for Quality and Consistency

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Tech-Company Growth and Commercial Diligence During and Post-Covid

June 15, 2020 How Mid-Market Investors Can Manage Supply Chain Risk During and After COVID-19

June 11, 2020 Spring 2020 Northeastern Co-op Spotlight – Max Bizanek

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Standing up an Analytics Platform for a University

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Press Release: IMC Releases Whitepaper Detailing Retail Buyer Perspectives During Covid-19

May 27, 2020 Whitepaper: Retail Buyers' Perspective During Covid-19

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Expected rebound in elective and medically necessary procedures, and a plan to re-calibrate forecasts for executives and investors

May 15, 2020 IMC moves Atlanta, Las Vegas markets to August; based decisions on Stax buyer survey

May 5, 2020 PRN: Businesses Could See a 50% Jump in Consumer Engagement

April 27, 2020 50% Jump in Consumer Engagement Post Shelter-In-Place by All Customers Adhering to Safety Protocols

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IMC Buyer Survey to Reveal State of the Industry During the Covid-19 Crisis

April 20, 2020 Forecasting the Long-Term Impact of Telemedicine

| By Brett Conradt

Utilizing Data to Forecast Performance During Times of Uncertainty

| By Rafi Musher

Flattening the Financial Curve

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Divestitures, Carve-outs, and Private Equity

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Optimize CapEx and Inventory Quickly and with Conviction

| By Rafi Musher

WFH - Back to the Early Days, Yet All Different

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Optimizing CapEx by Leveraging Your Own Data and Drilling into True Customer Needs

Feb. 28, 2020 Stax 2020 Offsite – Miami Beach Edition

Feb. 24, 2020 EverQuote Whitepaper – The Insurance Industry Secular Shift Towards Online Shopping

Feb. 20, 2020 Stax Inc. Announces Promotions in Boston and Chicago

Feb. 18, 2020 Quorum Software Acquires EnergyIQ

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Midcap Companies and Their Equity Sponsors are Ready to Have a Discussion about Harnessing Their Own Data

Jan. 25, 2020 Stax sized the opportunity in the hosted solutions space for a private equity client

Jan. 16, 2020 Assessment of growth opportunities in the industrial measurement technology market

Jan. 7, 2020 Improving Market ROI to Increase Energy Efficiency Adoption

Dec. 13, 2019 Northeastern University Co-op Spotlight - Adam Kramer

Dec. 6, 2019 Northeastern University Co-op Spotlight - Jason McLarney

Dec. 1, 2019 Stax supported a top global investor client and its portfolio company, a leader in IT security, in due diligence on an add-on acquisition target.

Nov. 29, 2019 Observations and Actions on Nonprofit Overhead: What I Learned from Grandpa Sidney

Nov. 21, 2019 Andrew Whitney Represents Stax at the University of Notre Dame’s Consulting Connect

Nov. 13, 2019 Environmental technology and services in outdoor air quality management, a market landscape and investment overview

Nov. 3, 2019 Ruwindhu Peiris - New Establishment 100

Oct. 31, 2019 Dr. Kumudu Gunasekera - New Establishment 100

| By Rafi Musher

Evaluating Nonprofit Overhead, Getting into the Data tells a Better Story

Sept. 30, 2019 Stax evaluated a new business opportunity in the hospital revenue cycle management (RCM) market for a healthcare consultancy firm

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Stax Boston Tees off for a Good Cause

Sept. 16, 2019 Brett Conradt and Jeremy Wall Recognized in Tenth Annual Emerging Leaders Awards

Sept. 14, 2019 Stax worked with a financial provider to try out new marketing strategies in three select markets before broader rollout

Sept. 9, 2019 Summer Internship - Stax Spotlight Suhasni Singh

Sept. 3, 2019 Summer Internship - Stax Spotlight Brandon Moy

Sept. 2, 2019 For a dental implants manufacturer, Stax completed a global segmentation study to help the company focus growth

Aug. 28, 2019 Stax helped a software solutions provider identify an optimal pricing structure across different product bundles

Aug. 22, 2019 Summer Internship - Stax Spotlight Andy Jiang

Aug. 19, 2019 Interview: Brett Conradt - Internal Consulting Academy at University of Illinois

Aug. 4, 2019 Evaluating & prioritizing market adjacencies in oil & gas

July 30, 2019 Stax Alumni Series - Zack Tretheway

July 25, 2019 Stax Inc. Announces 2019 Mid-Year Promotions

July 16, 2019 Stax Inc. Promotes Christina Thai to Managing Director

July 9, 2019 Study Shows Migrating to Magento Commerce 2 Drives Revenue Growth

June 28, 2019 Spring 2019 Northeastern Co-op Spotlight - Pete Camardo

June 25, 2019 New Study Highlighting the Impact of Israeli Businesses on the Economy of New York State

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Stax Boston Offers a Green Thumb to a Local Shelter

June 21, 2019 Spring 2019 Northeastern Co-op Spotlight - Justin Winuk

June 14, 2019 Spring 2019 Northeastern Co-op Spotlight - Meredith Fisher

June 12, 2019 Stax Alumni Series - Dan Magalhaes

June 7, 2019 Helping a local food chain take their unique flavor to new markets

May 10, 2019 1.5T Reasons to be Worried

May 9, 2019 Stax Partners with the Association of Art Museum Directors for the 2019 Salary Survey

May 7, 2019 What’s New in the Water Industry? Ask Some Notre Dame Undergrads.

April 25, 2019 How Large is the Golf Cart Accessory Market You Might Ask?

April 21, 2019 Stax Condemns Easter Terror Attacks in Sri Lanka

April 16, 2019 Stax Chicago Mentors Dress for Success Clients

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Stax Boston Assembles Fine Motor Fun Kits

March 26, 2019 4 Investment Considerations for Digital Media Investors

March 21, 2019 Stax Alumni Series – Nathan Marroquin

Feb. 27, 2019 Stax Alumni Series – Tyler Nelms

Feb. 21, 2019 From Disparate Data to Actionable Insights: Healthcare Investing Perspectives

Feb. 11, 2019 A Leading Health Insurance Company Engaged Stax to Assess the Opportunity for a New Business Within Several Target Markets

Feb. 8, 2019 Stax assessed the growth opportunities for an eye care provider looking to expand in existing and potential markets

Jan. 30, 2019 Stax Alumni Series - Kate Willard

Jan. 28, 2019 Analyzing and Predicting Starbucks’ Location Strategy

Jan. 28, 2019 How Stax became a strategic partner for greater economic development in MENA

Jan. 28, 2019 Helping an investor client with their shoe shopping

Jan. 27, 2019 Driving capacity utilization for a retail client through in-depth data analytics

Jan. 25, 2019 Employee background screening? will it sell?

Jan. 19, 2019 Designing a future proof framework to grow a digital marketing business

Dec. 17, 2018 A Leading Multi-Line Financial Services Firm Asked Stax To Examine Competitor Cross-Selling and Up-Selling Strategies

Dec. 10, 2018 Stax Head of Research Reaches Finals of Bracken Bower Prize

Dec. 3, 2018 Stax carried out an in-depth assessment of the Canadian oil and gas industry to support the diligence efforts of a PE Client

Aug. 14, 2018 Where Modernity Meets Tradition: A Dual-Hub IT Strategy For Jaffna

July 9, 2018 Stax Partners with the Association of Art Museum Directors 2018 Salary Survey

April 12, 2018 Stax Welcomes Two Univ. of Illinois Grads

March 12, 2018 Stax Announces MD Promotion in Sri Lanka Office

| By Brett Conradt

Technology In Fleets

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Digital Diligence - A Data-Driven Approach for Private Equity

| By Rafi Musher

Repatriation for Education: A Tax-Reform Game Changer

Nov. 16, 2017 Taking Over The Mantle: Sri Lankan Family Businesses Today

| By Paul Edwards

Using Due Diligence to Prepare for Uncertainty

| By Griffin Weiler

Trends Impacting Investment in Oil and Gas Software

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Stax Partners with The Association of Art Museum Directors for 2017 Salary Survey

| By Rafi Musher

Ag Tech, Data, and Changes in the Value Chain: From Farm-to-Fork

| By Indika Jayasinghe

Internet of Things: An Enabler for Business Growth

| By Indika Jayasinghe

Surveys Don’t Drive Insights

| By Palash Misra

Expert analysis: Retail shopping and millenials

| By Brett Conradt

Opportunities You’ll Get From Consulting

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Stax Alumni Stories: Ted Ekkers

Feb. 9, 2017 Stax Promotes Brett Conradt and Jeremy Wall to Managing Director

| By Brett Conradt

Busting Five Myths on Data Breaches that Companies Should Note

| By Mark Bremer

Commercial Due Diligence Consulting in Private Equity

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Customer Decision Making Criteria and the Importance of Price

| By Ruwindhu Peiris

Sri Lanka Tech Start-up Ecosystem: The Need of the Hour

| By Tharushi Ranatunga

Attracting ‘Smart’ Capital for your Tech Startup

| By Palash Misra

Expert Analysis: M&A Responsible for New Tech Launches

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Stax Alumni Stories: Amanda Tripp

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4 Steps to Winning Insights from Social Media

Aug. 17, 2016 The New Yorker Profiles BeneStream, A Social Venture Developed by Stax DevCorp

| By Rafi Musher

Understanding the Dynamics of Electric Vehicles vs. Utilities & Regulation

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Stax Alumni Stories: Anna Long

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Stax Alumni Stories: Amanda Fields

| By Rafi Musher

Technology in Fleets

| By Rafi Musher

Revenue Generation: Fresh Ideas to Help Your Nonprofit Raise Funds

| By Palash Misra

Expanding on Mary Meeker's 2016 State of the Web Report

| By Jeremy Wall

Searching for the Cure to Healthcare Security

| By Rafi Musher

CIOs and the Shifting Role of Software Within an Organization

| By Rafi Musher

Harry and Me: Experience Versus Data-Driven Insights

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Four Factors are Driving Competition for Tech Deals in 2016

| By Mark Bremer

CEOs Want to Know “What Just Happened?”

| By Rafi Musher

Getting More From Your Philanthropy: Impact Investments and Program-related Investments

| By Rafi Musher

A Big Data Analysis of Pinot Noir

| By Mark Bremer

Big Data: Big Headache or Big Value?

| By Rafi Musher

Big Data, Champagne, and Sparkling Wine

April 16, 2016 On the Front Line of Disaster

| By Rafi Musher

Winning Share in Large Healthcare Contracts

| By Rafi Musher

Einstein, Acquisition Screens and You

| By Rafi Musher

Test and Learn - Start Small, Think Big

| By Rafi Musher

Johnny Cash and Due Diligence

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Feb. 20, 2016 Healthcare in Upheaval: Where Are We Headed?

Jan. 14, 2016 Mobile Payments: How Urgent?

Jan. 12, 2016 Impact Investing Works Best When it Works Small

| By Rafi Musher

Mid-Cap Companies and Their Private Equity Sponsors are Finally Ready to See Their Own Data

Dec. 1, 2015 Why Retailers Must be Leaders in EMV Chip Card Adoption

Nov. 29, 2015 Trouble in the Checkout Line: Which Way to Pay?

Nov. 23, 2015 Using Signatures with Chip Cards Is the Wrong Move

July 14, 2015 Healthcare investment opportunities created by the Affordable Care Act

June 22, 2015 5 Myths About the Business Impact of Data Breaches

| By Kumudu Gunasekera

Medical Tourism

| By Rafi Musher

6 Ways to Maximize Your Company’s Exit Value

Jan. 7, 2015 Stax Celebrates 10 Years In Sri Lanka

| By Rafi Musher

New Investment Opportunities Emerging from Population Health Management

| By Rafi Musher

Insights to Scale E-reader Technology in K-12 Education

Dec. 11, 2013 iBeacons to Shoppers: Have I Got a Sale for You

| By Rafi Musher

Innovation: A Learning and Teaching Opportunity

May 13, 2013 Handheld Media: More Sales from the Same Four Walls

April 11, 2013 Lessons from J.C. Penney

| By Sanda Wijeratne

Healthcare In Asia: Supply, Demand, And Deals

March 28, 2013 Stax Study Receives Citation

March 20, 2013 Israel & Co. Hosts Meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Nearly 170 Future Business Leader

Feb. 12, 2013 Stax CEO’s Philanthropy Highlighted

Dec. 19, 2012 Guidelines for Retailers on Whether to Take the Mobile-Payments Plunge

Dec. 5, 2012 Stax Cited in Israeli-Massachusetts Economic Study

Nov. 5, 2012 Stax Helps in Hurricane Relief

Feb. 19, 2012 Stax Director Participates in Ironman Sri Lanka

April 6, 2011 Healthcare Investing's Strong Pulse

May 22, 2009 Checking The Under Hood of Congress

Jan. 27, 2009 What Obama Needs Now: A Chief Investment Officer