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Fred WilsonThis is my final MBA Mondays post on M&A Issues. I've been posting about M&A since last December. It feels like a semester long effort. And frankly I'm a bit tired of talking about M&A every monday. But selling your company is an important topic and I think we've done it justice now on MBA […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI've spent the past two days in airports and on airplanes. I was hoping to write my MBA Mondays post for today on the flight yesterday. But there was no wifi or power. I punted and watched VCU beat Kansas (yay) and Kentucky hold on and beat UNC. I had the same plan today. Had […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonYet another post in the M&A Issues series. This one is about timing, ie how long it should take from the first serious conversation about a sale transaction until the closing. I've seen acquisitions done in a week. I've seen acquisitions take over a year from the first serious conversation to […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe continue our discussion of M&A Issues this week on MBA Mondays. Today we are going to talk about the "stay package." When a company acquires your business, they are buying the people as much as anything. Experience has shown that the most successful acquisitions require the team to stick around, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis is a followup post from yesterday's one on RSS. Two things I want to add. There is now an RSS feed just for MBA Mondays. It is available in the AVC RSS page. But for all of you who want to separately subscribe to MBA Mondays, here is the MBA Mondays feed. There's your […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIt is Monday so it is time for another MBA Mondays post. We are a few weeks into a series on mergers and acquisitions. The first week we covered the basics of mergers and acquisitions. Last week we talked about asset sales. This week we are going to start a conversation about selling your company. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
