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📌 Guide to Building a Winning M&A Pipeline 📌
The strategy should drive M&A, not the other way around.
So far in 2022, M&A activity has been close to the recent historical average.
According to the latest PitchBook report, there were 10,118 global M&A deals during Q3.
To have a successful M&A, you need a strategy first.
There are various questions to ask when creating the strategy:
🔹 Can any growth objectives be achieved more effectively via acquisition than organically?
🔹 How much risk are we willing to take — what is acceptable to shareholders and stakeholders?
🔹 What types of people, skills, and experiences do we need that could be obtained via acquisition?
The resource attached below covers a full list of questions to ask when preparing your M&A strategy.
It also contains all the information needed to build an M&A pipeline:
▪️ 5 Acquisition Types
▪️ Structure Pipeline Stages
▪️ Motives to Consider
▪️ Visualize Reporting
… and more
Hope you’ll find this resource useful. Let me know in the comment section. 💬
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
Source: Midaxo
The strategy should drive M&A, not the other way around.
So far in 2022, M&A activity has been close to the recent historical average.
According to the latest PitchBook report, there were 10,118 global M&A deals during Q3.
To have a successful M&A, you need a strategy first.
There are various questions to ask when creating the strategy:
🔹 Can any growth objectives be achieved more effectively via acquisition than organically?
🔹 How much risk are we willing to take — what is acceptable to shareholders and stakeholders?
🔹 What types of people, skills, and experiences do we need that could be obtained via acquisition?
The resource attached below covers a full list of questions to ask when preparing your M&A strategy.
It also contains all the information needed to build an M&A pipeline:
▪️ 5 Acquisition Types
▪️ Structure Pipeline Stages
▪️ Motives to Consider
▪️ Visualize Reporting
… and more
Hope you’ll find this resource useful. Let me know in the comment section. 💬
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
Source: Midaxo
Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard 🧐
What’s going on? What happens next?
The biggest game development acquisition deal announced is Microsoft’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion.
The massive deal requires regulators to make sure that Microsoft would have to obtain antitrust approval.
There are three main bodies of regulators:
1️⃣ US regulator the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The review process has started and has already entered a second phase
2️⃣ UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Moved to the second phase
3️⃣ European Commission
This process has not started yet
Each of the three bodies has the power to block the deal or impose conditions.
The main concern with the deal is focused on one franchise:
💣 Call of Duty 💣
It is one of the most popular games worldwide hence, there is a concern that the franchise has the potential to make Microsoft dominant in the video games space, which can in turn stifle competition, limit growth and reduce innovation.
This deal will welly likely drag into 2023.
What are your thoughts on this massive deal? I’m curious to know. 💬👇
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Christopher Dring
What’s going on? What happens next?
The biggest game development acquisition deal announced is Microsoft’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion.
The massive deal requires regulators to make sure that Microsoft would have to obtain antitrust approval.
There are three main bodies of regulators:
1️⃣ US regulator the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The review process has started and has already entered a second phase
2️⃣ UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Moved to the second phase
3️⃣ European Commission
This process has not started yet
Each of the three bodies has the power to block the deal or impose conditions.
The main concern with the deal is focused on one franchise:
💣 Call of Duty 💣
It is one of the most popular games worldwide hence, there is a concern that the franchise has the potential to make Microsoft dominant in the video games space, which can in turn stifle competition, limit growth and reduce innovation.
This deal will welly likely drag into 2023.
What are your thoughts on this massive deal? I’m curious to know. 💬👇
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Christopher Dring
💸 How Should a Founder Pick His/Her Salary? 💸
With real examples from a startup founder.
Jason Lemkin is the managing director of SaaStr Fund, a $90 Million VC firm focused on early-stage enterprise investments.
Before this, he used to be a founder.
His first startup raised $9 Million in seed funding.
His salary?
The VC set it at $180,000, with a performance-tied bonus.
His second startup raised $2.6 Million in seed funding.
As CEO, his salary was $120k for the first 8-9 months, then $0 for the next 18 months since finances were tight.
***
As a founder, you need to manage your salary like any other expense, probably making it as low as possible.
Generally, in the beginning, you might have an amazing VP of sales or marketing that makes more than the founder.
Some ideas of how different people approach it:
→ 75% of the market for founders’ salaries
→ $10k a month
→ Market once you are well funded ($10m+), not until then
How do you think a founder’s salary should be determined? Let me know. 💬👇
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Jason Lemkin
With real examples from a startup founder.
Jason Lemkin is the managing director of SaaStr Fund, a $90 Million VC firm focused on early-stage enterprise investments.
Before this, he used to be a founder.
His first startup raised $9 Million in seed funding.
His salary?
The VC set it at $180,000, with a performance-tied bonus.
His second startup raised $2.6 Million in seed funding.
As CEO, his salary was $120k for the first 8-9 months, then $0 for the next 18 months since finances were tight.
***
As a founder, you need to manage your salary like any other expense, probably making it as low as possible.
Generally, in the beginning, you might have an amazing VP of sales or marketing that makes more than the founder.
Some ideas of how different people approach it:
→ 75% of the market for founders’ salaries
→ $10k a month
→ Market once you are well funded ($10m+), not until then
How do you think a founder’s salary should be determined? Let me know. 💬👇
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Jason Lemkin
🎁 Due Diligence Template for M&A 🎁
Gantt chart integrated.
The due diligence process during an M&A process can quickly get complicated if you are not organized.
A small, overlooked item can cost you a lot.
I found a great template to make sure you check off all the important items during the due diligence process of an M&A deal.
The best part about it is that it comes with a Gantt chart, which allows you to visually see how the process is moving forward.
The template allows you to:
🔹 Assign task owners
🔹 Tie predecessor tasks
🔹 Assign status on the completion of each task
🔹 Assign schedule and actual times when tasks are started and completed
.. and more
This template contains over 120 individual tasks that have been divided into categories:
▪️ Financial Items
▪️ Physical Assets
▪️ Intellectual Property
▪️ Employees
▪️ Licenses and Permits
▪️ Taxes
… and more
Would you like to have a copy of this due diligence template?
I’ve dropped the link in the first comment below.
Let me know if you found it useful.
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Smartsheet
Gantt chart integrated.
The due diligence process during an M&A process can quickly get complicated if you are not organized.
A small, overlooked item can cost you a lot.
I found a great template to make sure you check off all the important items during the due diligence process of an M&A deal.
The best part about it is that it comes with a Gantt chart, which allows you to visually see how the process is moving forward.
The template allows you to:
🔹 Assign task owners
🔹 Tie predecessor tasks
🔹 Assign status on the completion of each task
🔹 Assign schedule and actual times when tasks are started and completed
.. and more
This template contains over 120 individual tasks that have been divided into categories:
▪️ Financial Items
▪️ Physical Assets
▪️ Intellectual Property
▪️ Employees
▪️ Licenses and Permits
▪️ Taxes
… and more
Would you like to have a copy of this due diligence template?
I’ve dropped the link in the first comment below.
Let me know if you found it useful.
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup
Source: Smartsheet
🌟 12 Imperatives for Successful Post-Merger Integration 🌟
Sharing BCG’s framework. 👇
According to Harvard Business Review, between 70% and 90% of mergers and acquisitions fail.
Everything is good until the moment that the merger or acquisition happens.
That is when employees from both companies need to work together and where disaster happens.
BCG has developed a framework with 12 imperatives for successful post-merger integration.
This is based on 550 M&As that BCG helped.
By following these 12 steps the M&As:
Generated 9% more value, on average, than the average deal.
These imperatives have a three-phase approach:
1️⃣ Setting the direction - make sure to define your basic objectives
2️⃣ Capturing the value - speed is crucial here
3️⃣ Building the organization - continue communication is key
Do you agree with these imperatives? Let me know your thoughts.
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
Sharing BCG’s framework. 👇
According to Harvard Business Review, between 70% and 90% of mergers and acquisitions fail.
Everything is good until the moment that the merger or acquisition happens.
That is when employees from both companies need to work together and where disaster happens.
BCG has developed a framework with 12 imperatives for successful post-merger integration.
This is based on 550 M&As that BCG helped.
By following these 12 steps the M&As:
Generated 9% more value, on average, than the average deal.
These imperatives have a three-phase approach:
1️⃣ Setting the direction - make sure to define your basic objectives
2️⃣ Capturing the value - speed is crucial here
3️⃣ Building the organization - continue communication is key
Do you agree with these imperatives? Let me know your thoughts.
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
💸 Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Model 💸
A fully customizable excel LBO model.
A leveraged buyout model is one of the most commonly used financing models for M&A.
It uses a significant amount of borrowed money to meet the acquisition cost.
Some examples of M&A using LBOs to buy and later sell a company at a profit include:
▪️ Wesray Capital acquired Gibson Greeting Cards for $80 million (1982)
▪️ Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired Safeway for $5.5 billion (1986)
▪️ Blackstone Group purchased Hilton Hotels for $26 billion (2007)
LBO calculations can quickly get complex.
That’s why I want to share a great ready-to-use model.
Input the data:
🔹 Historical financials
🔹 Assumptions
🔹 Projected financials
🔹 Sources of Funds
… and some other information
👇👇 I have left the link to the resource in the first comment below. 👇👇
Please drop a comment to let me know if you are interested in similar resources. 💬
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
Source: Firmex
A fully customizable excel LBO model.
A leveraged buyout model is one of the most commonly used financing models for M&A.
It uses a significant amount of borrowed money to meet the acquisition cost.
Some examples of M&A using LBOs to buy and later sell a company at a profit include:
▪️ Wesray Capital acquired Gibson Greeting Cards for $80 million (1982)
▪️ Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired Safeway for $5.5 billion (1986)
▪️ Blackstone Group purchased Hilton Hotels for $26 billion (2007)
LBO calculations can quickly get complex.
That’s why I want to share a great ready-to-use model.
Input the data:
🔹 Historical financials
🔹 Assumptions
🔹 Projected financials
🔹 Sources of Funds
… and some other information
👇👇 I have left the link to the resource in the first comment below. 👇👇
Please drop a comment to let me know if you are interested in similar resources. 💬
Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Helping Startups Become Unstoppable – David Hauser
#entrepreneurship #venturecapital #startup #mergers #acquisitions
Source: Firmex
