Key Tech M&A Intellectual Property Issues
Intellectual property is at the core of most tech companies. In private acquisitions, buyers often overlook key intellectual property (IP) concerns in their haste to complete a transaction. Before committing to a purchase, however, a buyer should undertake a rigorous investigation of the target company’s IP. Skilled advisors and intellectual property lawyers can mean the […]
5 M&A Strategies for Boosting Pre-Sale Technology Value
During the M&A process, seemingly inconsequential technological issues can have major impacts on a business’s ultimate valuation. So how can you improve technological value and speed due diligence? Follow these five strategies. Organize the Garage A clean garage can improve real estate value. So too with the M&A process. Every company has technology it no […]
The Coming Tech M&A Boom
What You Need to Know 2017 was a wash for tech M&A, but 2018 proves to serve up a boom. Eighty percent of tech execs report confidence in the global economy in 2018. Taken in conjunction with earnings optimism, tax reform, and confidence in the availability of credit, deal-making seems inevitable. More than half of […]
Why Experience Matters More Than Intellect When Selling Your Technology Company
People in the technology industry tend to be highly intelligent. But when it’s time to sell your business, intellect matters far less than experience. The more complex a task is, the greater the advantages are of prior experience. Selling a business is a highly complex undertaking—one for which even the savviest IT people are rarely […]
Investment Bankers, Valuations, and More – Developing Your Sale the Right Way
Selling a technology company, whether it might be an IT services or digital media company sell, naturally comes with a lot of questions and uncertainty. For many tech company founders, this might be the first time they are thinking about selling any kind of company – an event typically requiring months of planning, preparation and […]
Trends, Terms, and What Tech Company Buyers Look For
Owners of emerging tech companies in the IT services, software and digital media spaces might find that there is much more to running a business than they had initially expected. Beyond simply developing new software solutions or finding new ways to integrate SAP and Oracle into client workflows, they often find themselves needing to […]
Technology and Digital Media Acquisitions: The Difference Between and Impact of Financial Buyers versus Strategic Buyers
The type of buyer you choose will drastically impact the way your company is run post-acquisition Owners of technology and digital media companies must carefully consider the type of buyer to whom they sell. Financial buyers and strategic buyers have different goals and buy companies for different reasons. As a result, the type of buyer […]
M&A Terminology 101 – 4 Types of M&A Transactions Every Tech Company Founder Should Know
A primer on transactions: mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and more The skills and knowledge required to build up a company, especially software, IT services and digital media companies, are seldom the skills typically required in selling a company through a merger or acquisition. This is likely because building a tech company or software business seldom involves or […]