Archive for September, 2008
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Open-source sounds great for small technology companies. What can be better than free software if you’re on a tight budget?
But David Boutcher and Bob Stankey of law firm Reed Smith have just published an insightful article in Computing Magazine highlighting some of the pitfalls; what they call “Open Source’s Dark Side“.
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Here’s a great piece from Bob Pasker, CTO-in-Residence at Azure Capital Partners, titled “A High-tech Entrepreneurs Guide to Surviving Technical Due Diligence“.
It’s a comprehensive set of advice for any company that finds itself the subject of a technical due diligence assessment (and good recommended reading for anyone about to undergo a Remarkable Innovation due diligence assessment!).
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Talking to engineers is an important part of a technical due diligence assessment.
Technology is paramount, but when we’re assessing a company for possible acquisition we always spend a lot of time looking at the technical personnel as well. Our assessors usually interview all the engineers and dig into experience, motivation, working styles, staff cover and so on.
Here’s a great example of one of things we’re looking for:
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