M&A, Business Valuation, IP & Patents
Solo performing rock starts are much more likely to die prematurely than rock stars that are members of a band. The reason is solo performers are more likely to engage in destructive behavior (e.g. drug and alcohol abuse) than members of a band. According to research...
M&A, Business Valuation, IP & Patents, Negotiating
You will never get the license agreement your technology deserves. You get the license agreement you negotiate. With this in mind, it is important for inventors, licensing professionals and intellectual property lawyers to constantly hone their negotiating skills....
M&A, Business Valuation, Negotiating
Suppose you are valuing a large patent portfolio with issued patents and pending applications in more than 20 countries throughout the world. One of your tasks would be to project how much royalties each patent could collect in each of the subject countries over time....
IP & Patents, M&A, Business Valuation
Let’s say that we are reviewing a patent with very narrow and very poorly constructed claims that read on something that doesn’t seem to have any commercialization potential. Further, the prosecution history was very contentious and resulted in the patentee making...
Education, M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Business Valuation, Exit Planning
Many businesses rely on simple techniques to estimate the value of their company. Business valuation firms use slightly more sophisticated methods such as discounted cash flow model, public market comparisons and other asset value methods. The numbers these methods...
Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation, Exit Planning, Value Creation, Managing Risk, Education, M&A, Sell-side
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M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation
You have spent a lifetime building your business, you know every intimate detail about your company and its industry, but now it might be time to think about selling it. Your business has been an invaluable part of your life – it may have even been passed down through...
M&A, Sell-side, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation, Exit Planning, Value Creation
As you look into the future, the day may be approaching when it is time to sell your business. If so, naturally your goal will be to get the most value out of your life’s work. But the price your business will fetch on the market is reliant on many factors, some of...
