What I Learned about Acquisitions at the 2017 ASPIRE Conference

hosted by: David Mariano, Director and head

of the firm’s Buy-Side advisory practice

What I Learned about Acquisitions at the 2017 ASPIRE Conference

For the second year running, Smart Business Magazine held the ASPIRE Conference here in Cleveland, Ohio. It is quickly becoming an invaluable event, packed full of information and advice from all areas of business. In case you missed it, here is a partial recap for you.

The 2017 ASPIRE Conference took place last month – listen to hear what you missed about making acquisitions.

Key points in this episode:

* Is now a good time to grow by acquisition?

* One unique way to gather cultural information about a company.

* To change or not to change (the name of an acquisition), that is the question (at 04:12).

* How businesses are affected by technology throughout the entire acquisition process.

* How businesses are using social media and analytics to source transactions.

* How using online datarooms may improve collaboration.

* Why you shouldn’t ignore the human element (at 10:44).

Resources mentioned in this podcast

* Click here for access to training and templates

* Smart Business Online

* ASPIRE 2017 – Entrepreneurial pathways

* Fully Invested episode: Smarter, Cultural Diligence Acquisition Integration with Levi Nieminen

Listen to Fully Invested below: