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Mike Reid – Being Successfully Acquired

Jens Düing

Jens Düing
Senior Partner

Mike Reid – Being Successfully Acquired

Episode 10

In the tenth episode of How to Scale, host Jens Düing speaks to fellow Senior Partner, Mike Reid about the steps for software companies to follow to increase the chances of ‘Being Successfully Acquired’.

Mike founded Frog Capital in 2009 and has been investing in businesses for over 20 years and overseen the sale and acquisition of over 50 companies in that time.

In our conversation we’ll cover topics including building value sustainably, shareholder and stakeholder alignment, corporate communications, mastering due diligence, and most importantly of all; planning well in advance.

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Toolkit

You can also find Mike’s accompanying toolkit, ’11 Steps to Being Successfully Acquired’ here as well as many other Scale-Up insights and toolkits from our Frog operating partners, here.


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