Acquire an education

1. Acquire an Education
Mergers and acquisitions can be a time of flurried frenzy for first-
generation entrepreneurs, but drive home important startup lessons,
find Shonali Advani and Vasumita S Adarsh

2. THINGS TO DO
Communicate your plan to all key stakeholders-clients, employees,
investors and partners
Align with investors and give them charge
Get all parties to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement till the buy-out is
complete
Be mentally prepared for things to go awry
Make sure business stays on course with all plans and targets
Get unbiased counsel on your side to advise dispassionately

3. THINGS NOT TO DO
Don’t shop the offer too much; it can go away
Work quietly and don’t respond to rumor mills, unless it can derail
you
Avoid making excessive demands from ‘Big Brother’- it can erase the
whole deal
Don’t be eager to sign without understanding implications
Don’t involve your team in the actual process, let them focus on daily
work
Don’t make false claims to your buyer

4. M&A Activity for 2014 & 2015
Company INVESTOR Amount
HealthcareMagic.com EBIX (MAY 2014) $4.81 m
Little Eye Labs FACEBOOK (JAN 14) $11 m
What’s On India TRIBUNE COMPANY (JUL 2014) $20 m
Eventifier BOOKMYSHOW (FEB 2015) $2 m
Myntra FLIPKART (MAY 2014) $370 m
FreeCharge SNAPDEAL (APR 2015) $450 m
TaxiForSure OLA (MAR 2015) $200 m
redBus NASPERS (JUN 2013) $93 m

5. For details and bookings contact:-
Parveen Kumar Chadha… THINK TANK
(Founder and C.E.O of Saxbee Consultants & Other-Mother
marketingandcommunicationconsultants.com)
Email :-saxbeeconsultants@gmail.com
Mobile No. +91-9818308353
Address:-First Floor G-20(A), Kirti Nagar, New Delhi India Postal Code-110015