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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | 12/2/2011 |
| Q: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions I got a Good Document from the net regarding ... A: There's no requirement that companies adopt the names of the predecessor companies- they are always ... | |
| responsible leadership | 8/14/2011 |
| Q: these days we hear a lot about global responsible leadership and I can't quite understand the true ... A: Sorry for the delay in answering, I just noticed this question. There are a few perspectives on ... | |
| Buy Out | 6/14/2011 |
| Q: what happens to an employees ESOP funds when an employer is bought out by another organization? A: An Employee Stock Ownership Plan allows owners to get a fair price for ownership in the company ... | |
| LLC Acquisition of S-Corp | 2/13/2011 |
| Q: I own both an LLC and an S-Corp. I am on the only member of my LLC and I have 3 minority investors ... A: A couple options: 1. Acquire the stock of the S-Corp, or 2. Acquire just the assets of the S-Corp. ... | |
| business | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: sorry i didn't know who else to ask (no one for business major) but I am a high school student and I ... A: It depends on the college- if you want to study business at Princeton or Penn, then take 4 years of ... | |
| valuating a brand | 11/3/2010 |
| Q: I'm in the process of finishing a business partnership in a company and I do need to know how can I ... A: The best way to value a brand/business is to look at projected free cash flow attributable to the ... | |
| DBA to partner with LLC??? | 8/9/2010 |
| Q: I had a question about two different entities coming together to do business and the best way to ... A: Sorry for the delay, I thought I'd answered this already. A contract between you and the LLC is a ... | |
| How to valuate a website | 5/24/2010 |
| Q: How would I value a website as a business? There are no physical assets. Do I use gross or net ... A: The value of anything is its Net Present Value (NPV)- calculated from discounted values of projected ... | |
| BUSINESS MERGER | 12/8/2009 |
| Q: I need to know if a merger of an existing company with a new one to be created can bring benefits ... A: When a public company is acquired by a smaller company, this is generally called a "reverse merger", ... | |
| investment terms | 8/26/2009 |
| Q: Good Evening, I would really appreciate some advice on the setting up of our new business. My ... A: Congratulations on your new business idea and finding an investor who can bring both money and ... | |
| Types of Mergers | 7/16/2009 |
| Q: I have done some cursory-level research about Mergers and Acquisitions but have not been able to ... A: As you've probably seen in your research, synergy and leverage are the key outcomes sought in a ... | |
| Company culture | 11/24/2008 |
| Q: We have recently merged with another company and are trying to combine two companies with fairly ... A: Culture is history- organizations value practices, policies, and attitudes because they have ... | |
| strategic management | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: Explain in what sense the top management makes the company's decisionand in what sense it does not ... A: Organizations operate in an environment crafted by external forces- customers, suppliers, ... | |
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Dirk McCoy
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Expertise
Can: Strategic planning, Negotiating strategy and tactics, Valuation, Funding, Integration Can't: Legal specifics
Experience
As President of a couple manufacturing companies I have negotiated numerous acquisitions and strategic agreements, in US and China.
Education/Credentials
MBA, Northwestern University
BS Engineering, University of Illinois
Awards and Honors
Illinois Manufacturing Association Team Excellence Quality Awards- Judge
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