Acquisitions are Unique and Often Complex

Acquisitions are Unique and Often Complex

by | Feb 2, 2023 | Acquisitions

The percentage of acquisitions that fail varies depending on the source, but some estimates indicate that as many as 70-90% of acquisitions fail to achieve their intended goals. Factors that contribute to the failure of acquisitions include cultural differences...
The Portfolio Partnership Relaunch

The Portfolio Partnership Relaunch

by | Jan 27, 2023 | Acquisitions

It’s been a while since I’ve posted under The Portfolio Partnership (TPP) brand, actually over 3 years. I’ve been busy embedded in the Swedish public company Mycronic, helping to scale their US operations, project managing a build out of a state of...
M&A Success – The Secret Sauce

M&A Success – The Secret Sauce

by | Nov 24, 2019 | Acquisitions

The WSJ recently published a great summary of the worst deals in history titled, “How Bayer-Monsanto became One of the Worst Corporate Deals – in 12 Charts” (Aug 28, 2019). In April 2015, before the acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer was the most valuable German company...
M&A – Buying a House with the Family Still Inside

M&A – Buying a House with the Family Still Inside

by | Jul 22, 2019 | Acquisitions

In a recent workshop I started my chat with a statement: “Buying another company is just like buying a house, as long as you remember you’re buying the family inside it as well! I wanted to sear that image in the minds of my audience. Acquisitions fail mainly for one...
Why Are We So Bad At Acquisitions?

Why Are We So Bad At Acquisitions?

by | Apr 23, 2019 | Acquisitions

Campbell Soup acquired Bolthouse for $1.55 billion in 2012 to enter the fresh food category and earlier this week announced it was divesting of the company for $510m to Butterfly Equity, an LA based PE group. PWC conducted a survey in 2013 of 106 executives at Fortune...