Category: M&A

Full steam ahead for 2015 and beyond

Halfway through the decade, with the Great Recession slipping farther and farther into the rearview mirror, corporate leaders are pushing onward and upward. Nowhere is this more evident than in the San Francisco Bay Area w…

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New discontinued operations guidance de-clutters reporting

While large valuation acquisitions of entire companies (for example, Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for $19 billion) grab the headlines, the majority of the acquisitions are for just a division or segment of a business, and t…

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Breakfast seminar: Will your IPO or M&A be everything it could be?

RoseRyan is presenting a free breakfast seminar, “Optimizing Your Liquidity Event: Practical Advice From the Trenches,” on June 12 in Palo Alto. It will show you how to maximize the profitability—and minimize the pai…

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RoseRyan in action: keeping an acquisition on track

When your company is growing and changing fast, fine-tuning financials can sometimes take a backseat to managing the business. But think about this: subpar accounting for rev rec, inventory, equity or other areas can affec…

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Evaluating an acquisition target: pay attention to the gray areas

What’s more shocking: HP’s $8.8 billion (yes, billion!) impairment charge recorded in its recently completed fourth quarter, or the fact that it blames the charge on the “accounting improprieties and disclosure failu…

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Will your equity compensation strategy take you from start-up to exit?

RoseRyan, along with the Melita Group, is presenting a free breakfast seminar, “Equity compensation: end-to-end strategies for private companies,” on October 30 in Palo Alto. Your equity compensation plan’s design an…

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M&A–It’s baaack!

Of course, M&A never really went away, but other than the occasional blockbuster deal, there was definitely a lull in activity over the past few years. But here at RoseRyan we’re seeing a decided upturn in M&…

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