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....
M&A, Business Valuation, IP & Patents
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...
M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Exit Planning, Education
Selling your company is a major life decision. Not only do you want to get the highest return possible, you want to ensure that the legacy you’ve built lives on after you sell. But many CEOs choose to navigate the sales process themselves rather than choosing help...
Value Creation, Education, M&A, Sell-side, M&A Education & Market, Exit Planning
The sell-side M&A process has many layers that require different tactical approaches depending on your business’s unique circumstances. In some ways, no two sales processes are exactly the same. The playing field is a little different with every transaction, so a...
M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Education
Conventional wisdom suggests you should never attempt to “time the market” when making a plan to sell your business. Nevertheless, the preponderance of evidence suggests NOW is the best time to sell your company. M&A activity has remained very high in 2019 and...
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...
Managing Risk, Education, M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Strategic Advisory, Business Valuation, Exit Planning, Value Creation
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Education, M&A, Sell-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Corporate Divestitures, Cross-Border M&A, Partial Liquidity Events, Restructuring & Special Situations
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Cross-Border M&A, Management Buyouts, Partial Liquidity Events, Education, M&A, Sell-side, Buy-side, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market
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