Week in Review: MakerBot, Bill Gates, and the Toothbrush Test Happy Friday, all. Earlier this week, Don Harrison — Google’s head of M&A — spoke about Google’s acquisition strategy and…
Buying into a Hot Industry: 3D Printing, MakerBot and Stratasys Yesterday, Stratasys, the industrial-focused inventors of the most common type of plastic 3D printing technology, purchased the consumer-focused MakerBot for…
Are LPs peeking over the BRIC wall? The growth in emerging markets investments has been a nearly decade-long conversation. Ever since Jim O’Neill coined the term in…
Week in Review: McColl, CDW, and Entrepreneurs What’s in store for the IPO market? There was a bit of discussion this week around the anticipated IPOs of…
3 Key IT Due Diligence Questions and a Checklist This article on IT due diligence is the fourth installment of Axial’s series on the Best Practices in Due Diligence.…
How Precision Makes You A Better Negotiator Negotiations are fickle. Not only do you have to anticipate your counterparty’s remarks and arguments, you need to convince him…
Week in Review: QE3, Housing, and IPOs News this week seemed to focus on the Fed’s QE3 program. While most agree that the rise in interest rates…
Manufacturing Resurgence or New Growth? Over the past few years, the phrase “manufacturing resurgence” has grown in popularity throughout the United States. Industry analysts have…
Private Equity and Politics: Is it Hurting Your Deal Flow? After Mitt Romney ran for president last year, private equity firms sustained some harsh criticisms. For the average reader, private…
