Quora for M&A Professionals Quora is a website focused on aggregating and presenting high quality responses from various subject matter experts on an essentially…
One Overlooked Strategy When Negotiating an LOI Negotiation for investment bankers is an everyday affair. There are many points to negotiate: retainers, exclusivity, success fee, auction process…
4 Reasons Strategic Buyers Will Pay More In the M&A world, it’s often said that strategic buyers pay higher valuations than financial buyers. Are they simply irrational…
Four Elements Used in Determining a Patent’s Value As we’ve discussed in the articles How Patents Impact Business Valuation and 10 Factors that Impact a Patent’s Value, valuing…
3 Challenges of Capabilities-driven M&A In a recent video series, Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Gerald Adolph discuss the role of capabilities in M&A…
Axial Selected as Finalist for M&A Product of the Year We are thrilled to announce that Axial is a finalist for M&A Product of the Year, awarded by the Association…
Buying A Company? 3 Questions You Must have Answered Research suggests that buyers often must evaluate more than 80 companies for each investment they make.  The extreme shape of this…
Patent Valuation: Excerpts from Breakfast with David Wanetick Axial hosted David Wanetick of IncreMental Advantage for its latest Member breakfast in midtown NYC. David is a recognized expert…
Four Trends Impacting Lower Middle Market M&A Activity The Deal.com did a very helpful analysis of the 2007 U.S. Economic Census. According to U.S. Census data, 369,122 companies…
