Thanks for the responses to my initial Cybersecurity email last week. This is a concern for many of you, and it should be. This week the focus is on ransomware which is a form of malware that, once introduced, encrypts your own data rendering you unable to access. The hacker then demands payment from the victim to … Read More >
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What is Cybersecurity?
Lessons Learned From The Fortune 500 One of my BKM Sowan Horan partners asked me to discuss a topic that many of our clients have had to deal with, a few with serious financial impacts. With all we have to worry about now – COVID, cash flow, our employees, PPP, the election – why add something else? Because now … Read More >
Post Merger Integration: Getting The Formula Right
As hard as it is to acquire a company, it is even harder to integrate and create the value that owners envision. With the risk and cost that you incur in an acquisition you need 1 + 1 to equal 3. That is a possibility with the right deal and the right plan. Throughout various financial crises (2008, 2001, late … Read More >
M&A: Planning For Day One
Continuing on the topic of M&A, deal flow has been low during the pandemic. It will likely start again in earnest once the markets perceive the impact from COVID has crested. Last weeks we discussed overall planning for an acquisition. My area of expertise is thinking about things from an operational … Read More >
Planning For M&A Success
While I’d like to talk about planning for M&A projects, from my experience it’s a bit of an oxymoron (think postal service). I’ve been involved in some significant deals, spanning more than a year of work, and despite the amount of planning I did, it was always “saving the universe” at the end. That’s the … Read More >