Corel Corporation is the company behind CorelDRAW, Painter and a lot of other design software. Learn more about the company.
OTTAWA, July 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Corel Corporation (“Corel”), one of the world’s top software platforms, announced today that KKR has completed its acquisition of Corel from Vector Capital, a leading...
I long ago lost track of how many times I’ve been asked about a new native Mac version of CorelDRAW. My answer has pretty much been the same, it isn’t happening. Why? First, it would be very expensive for Corel to create. But even more important is that...
Some will say that when Vector Capital purchased Corel Corporation that they saved the company from a sure death. As they are a private company, few financial details are available. Corel Corporation is still alive and I will make the assumption they somehow turn a...
Here in the United States, it is Thanksgiving. I know that I have a lot to be thankful for and I will be enjoying the day away from work with friends. I also want to give thanks to you, my loyal readers, for constantly sending me notes of thanks for the content I...
In the past week I’ve done a series on the status of Corel Corporation and some marketing suggestions for improving sales of CorelDRAW. Today I’m going to recap the series along with a few answers to the comments that have been posted or e-mailed to me. My...
After a day away from our discussion about the status of Corel and some marketing ideas, we’ll return to the subject for one more idea. Tomorrow I’ll recap the series and talk about what we can all do to make some of these ideas a reality.One of...
I started out this series of posts by telling you where Corel Corporation stands today. I’ve also presented three ideas for improving the sales and marketing of CorelDRAW: Add Publishing Tool to CorelDRAW Suite, Get CorelDRAW in the Schools and Convert the...
Some of you may think I’m talking about the Somali pirates or even the fictional Disney characters. No, we’re talking about software pirates here. I would venture a guess that half of the copies of CorelDRAW in use today are illegal. That isn’t...
A couple of days ago I gave a recap of where Corel Corporation stands. Yesterday I gave my first marketing suggestion, add a publishing tool to the CorelDRAW suite. Today I’m going to lay out a way I think Corel can make inroads into the education market. Some...
Yesterday I gave you a recap of where Corel Corporation stands today. There was some good news and some bad news. Today I’m going to lay out the first of my marketing ideas for improving things. Since most of my exposure to Corel Corporation is with CorelDRAW,...
For the next few days, I’m going to do a series on where Corel Corporation stands today and then I’ll offer a few suggestions on things I feel would benefit the company and their sales.In the last week, Corel mailed their annual report to stockholders....
This has already been an interesting trip for me. There was the long wait for the Border Patrol while driving to San Diego from Phoenix. Then there was the mixup with my hotel room when I arrived. Luckily, all has gone smoothly with the conference. Sunday was the day...
It was almost two years ago that Vector Capital purchased Corel and made the company private. Soon after the purchase, Amish Mehta of Vector Capital was made the CEO. Numerous changes have been made at Corel and Mehta’s days of CEO are coming to an end....
