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Why Do Acquisitions Fail? Part 5 – Due Diligence & Legal Agreements

by Ian Smith | Mar 23, 2023 | Acquisitions

In the penultimate post of this series, we focus on Phase 5 of our Acquisition Process – Due Diligence & Legal Agreements. At the end of this phase, you will own the target company, so it’s crucial that you consider the objectives of this final phase....

What I know about Management Dashboards

by Ian Smith | Sep 4, 2012 | Dashboards

As we struggle to manage our businesses in these challenging times, it’s so important to cut through the clutter and measure the right stuff. Then relentlessly follow through with actions on stuff that deserves your attention. So here are a few ideas – Things I...

23 Business Questions Worth Answering

by Ian Smith | May 3, 2012 | Business Questions & Answers

The beauty of blogging every week for many years is that you build quite a nice body of work. In the past 12 months I’ve asked myself the following 23 questions and tried to answer them in 400 to 500 words. I hope they help you and your management team build a...