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The Importance of Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

Scott Edward Walker

I’ve been handling a number of M&A transactions over the past few months from the buy-side, and one mistake I’m repeatedly seeing is the failure of the acquirer to perform an adequate due-diligence investigation of the target. SMALL TECH TRANSACTIONS. 3) Closely related to the reps are the Schedules.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A viable business opportunity is to present expert business services designed to help companies operate and implement first cybersecurity procedures and measures. Currently, there’s the universal dependence on specialized software and computers to keep companies operating, and more offices are transiting into paperless working spaces.

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Preparing For An Acquisition

YoungUpstarts

Having audited financial statements will provide your buyer with a trustworthy source of your financials and operations. Whether your company is generating profits or operating at a loss, taxes are a significant risk area in any acquisition. More than 50% of deals fail, often due to uncovering skeletons in the closet.

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Intellectual Property 101

Up and Running

If someone asked whether or not your business has Intellectual Property (IP) and your answer is “I do not know” or “I doubt it,” you are not alone. Furthermore, solo inventors or creators generally wear all the hats and adopt the DIY mode of operation without consulting anyone. IP is a not just a legal issue.

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Qualcomm’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – Lessons Learned (Part 2)

Steve Blank

Since there weren’t corporate resource for further evaluation, (one of our programs’ constraints was not to create new permanent infrastructures for implementation,) we had no choice but to assign the idea to a business unit and ask them to perform due diligence the best they could. (By

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Go public.