Rowland SavageStartup Acquisition — Negotiating the Legal DocumentsThe most stressful part of any acquisition process is negotiating the main deal documents. Some of this stress can be alleviated with a…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Rowland SavageStartup Acquisition — The Due Diligence ProcessImmediately after signing the LoI (term sheet), your startup will receive a request for a substantial list of documents and information…Mar 24, 2021Mar 24, 2021
Rowland SavageStartup Acquisition — receiving a Term SheetThere is a lot of internal choreography that must take place before a company can issue a term sheet. For the startup, which has likely…Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Rowland SavageHow companies value startups before acquisition.One of the unspoken rules in acquisitions is that both sides pretend that money is not the key motivating factor.Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Rowland SavageHow Startups are Acquired— (TLDR) Process OverviewIt is generally acknowledged that acquisitions run more smoothly when the startup founders have been through the process before. Hardly…Feb 9, 20211Feb 9, 20211
Rowland SavageWhat Is Corporate Development, and Why Does It Matter?This blog is the first in a series intended to bring transparency to the acquisition process for startups.Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Rowland SavageinHackerNoon.comThe real cost of transparency.When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously responded, “Because that’s where the money is.” Similarly when creating a new…Apr 1, 2019Apr 1, 2019
Rowland SavageinHackerNoon.comAre your tools the problem?Ugh — I know. I know. The last thing this world needs is another blog from silicon valley where a startup identifies “culture” as a gating…Jan 20, 2019Jan 20, 2019
Rowland SavageinHackerNoon.comSetting goals? All you have to do is point . . .There is an old grainy image that I love. Babe Ruth pointing to the bleachers right before hitting a home run in the 1932 world series…Jan 6, 2019Jan 6, 2019
