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Merger (or Acquisition) Recommendations?

Posted by Cliff on from the swallowed-by-a-bigger-fish dept.

pauly asks: "We are a small (5 man) specialized software company which is merging with a larger (200+ employee) company. Basically they are buying us to add a whole new product line and have us be their development skunkworks. What recommendations would Slashdot readers have before, during, or shortly after the acquisition? This post is not a solicitation of legal advice: we have a very nice contract drawn up which is agreeable to both parties and which we will be signing shortly. We are looking for practical precautions or recommendations. If you have gone through the same type of deal, what would you do the same, or differently?"

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  1. This is silly by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You and your 4 cohorts have managed to create a successful independent software company, and built it to the point where a larger company found it worthwhile to buy you out. Given the business acumen of the typical Slashdotter (Sealand! Regulation is Socialism!) I don't think there's anybody here qualified to give you advice!

  2. Sorry by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    This post is not a solicitation of legal advice

    Then I'm sorry but we at Slashdot, being all professional lawyers, are therefore unable to help you. As we pride ourselves on our ability to carefully consider and dispense legal advice, surely you can see that by straying outside our field of expertise we would be doing you a disservice.

    If you were asking for legal advice, then I'm sure you would have received 100 replies to your story by now.

    Might I direct you to other places worthy or your questions, like kuro5hin?

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  3. Steal by Gothmolly · · Score: 1, Funny

    They have no idea of what your actual physical assets are. Oh, the might have a general idea - X workstations, Y servers, a switch, some monitors. This is the perfect opportunity for moving some things home, like:
    desktop KVMs
    4 and 8 port switches
    your 'company purchased' cable modem
    the portable CDRW drive

    etc.

    Line your pockets, let the Man buy stuff once you've been acquired!

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  4. Had to be said... by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny


    Resistance is futile.
    You will be assimilated.