When we talk about the value of a company there are a variety of factors that play a role, including leadership. In all cases, potential acquirers will gauge the quality of your existing leadership. Note that acquirers are always overlaying the leadership and staffing of the target company onto their own company to determine how they can save costs, or optimize the situation. In other words, who will they retain and who will be let go?

So how do you know if you have the right leadership in place to be acquired? How will you behave as leaders when suitors come around? Are you worried about being eliminated from a job? Or are you part of a team that will be given "golden handcuffs"?

All of these questions need to be outlined and thought through well before an acquisition.

At Ekinix, we have helped over 50 different startups answer these exact questions. Feel free to contact us at any time.