Get the highest price for your technology company.
Technology is a key component of almost every successful business today. It’s a rare company that doesn’t have a website, use office productivity software, need a social media presence or rely heavily on email. IT is now an important focus of due diligence, even if the target company isn’t a pure technology play.
If you’re thinking about selling your company, you want to get the highest possible price. It’s almost certain that you’ll be asked detailed questions about your technology resources during due diligence. Your investor or acquirer will be trying to identify unexpected expenses and risks. If they find them, it can mean a lower price for your company, assuming the deal isn’t called off completely.
As a business seller, you owe it to yourself to understand the IT due diligence process and the questions you can expect to be asked. If you identify the problems before an investor does, you have time to address them before they can cost you real money.
Smart owners who expect to sell their business in the future realize that performing a self-audit of these IT issues is a prudent decision. Future buyers might find fewer problems during due diligence, and the seller will able to present their technology information is an organized way,
The IT Due Diligence Guide can definitely help.
Understand the Questions You’ll be Asked
The book isn’t a textbook or an academic study of the due diligence process. It’s based on real world issues and real world experience. My goal in writing it was to impart the knowledge that I’ve gained in almost 20 years of helping investors and buyers evaluate their potential acquisitions.
The IT Due Diligence Guide explains the questions you can expect to be asked during technology due diligence on your company, and how your investor or buyer will interpret the responses, from a business standpoint. Even more importantly, it provides the right follow-up questions to ask so that you can get the critical information you need.
I’ve worked on many IT due diligence projects, but I’ve also run real businesses. I’ve written articles for such business-focused websites as allBusiness, Axial and BusinessesForSale. I understand what investors are looking for when they conduct IT due diligence, and it’s all reflected in the book.
You’ll receive data collection spreadsheets that make a self-audit go more quickly and let you collect the data you need in a useful format.
Address Issues Before an Acquirer’s Due Diligence
If you discover areas of concern during your self-audit, you have time to address them before you’re in the middle of the complex process of selling your company. If an investor finds a significant problem during their own due diligence, they may be concerned enough to walk away from the deal, and if not, they may want to reduce the price of the deal more than is necessary to address this single issue, since they’ll wonder if other problems exist. Take care of any issues now and they won’t be up for negotiation later.
Impress Your Investor
If you know ahead of time what your acquirer is likely to focus on during IT due diligence, you can be sure you have your information organized as part of the normal course of your business. Believe me, you’ll stand out as an exception to anyone performing technology due diligence if you’ve considered the issues in the IT Due Diligence Guide ahead of time.
Get the Book
The IT Due Diligence Guide is priced at $195.
You might think that’s a lot of money for a book, but for less than the cost of one hour of a consultant’s time, you can be well on the way to an effective IT due diligence review of your company. And, if the book helps you identify just one issue that you might not have uncovered on your own, it can pay for itself many times over when you sell your business.
The book has helped people from the Fortune top 10 companies, some of the largest technology companies to individual consultants from all around the world.
Here’s what reviewers have said about the IT Due Diligence Guide:
— Michael F., independent consultant
“I would like to thank Jim, for sharing his knowledge and experiences, which were very helpful for implementing an IT due diligence process at my multinational corporation.”
— Gerhard S., German manufacturing company
“My company recently used the IT Due Diligence Guide in considering a potential software partner/merger. The author’s experience and first-hand knowledge of the specific nuances of mergers and acquisitions proved to be extremely valuable. This book has already paid for itself many times over.”
— Guy Evans, Symmetry Healthcare Strategies, LLC
There’s a 30 day money back guarantee if you don’t think the book is valuable. If you’re not satisfied with your purchase for any reason, simply let me know and you’ll receive a full refund.
You’ll be able to download the book immediately once your purchase is complete, since the IT Due Diligence Guide is a PDF document.
Your order will be securely processed by credit card or PayPal.
And, if you’d like some assistance reviewing the information you gather during your self-audit, you can purchase four hours of consulting time along with the book for a total of $895.
+ Consulting
- Book
- Report Template
- Integration Plan Template
- Data Collection Spreadsheets
- 4 hours of consulting time via email to help you review and refine your findings
+ Consulting
- Book
- Report Template
- Integration Plan Template
- Data Collection Spreadsheets
- 4 hours of consulting time via email to help you review and refine your findings
If you’re a larger organization and would like to purchase multiple copies of the book for your team, email me for volume pricing.
About the Author
Jim Hoffman wrote the IT Due Diligence Guide after years of technology and operations experience with companies very active in M&A. He’s worked on IT due diligence projects ranging from a $50,000 investment to a $375M company sale. The tools, information and practices outlined in the book are exactly what he uses himself when he runs due diligence projects.