Diligence Matters Best Practices Briefs

The Importance of Product-Market Fit in Commercial Due Diligence

Globalization, digitalization, information access, and an increasingly discerning customer base have been contributing to a business environment that continues to build in competitive intensity year after year. To survive and thrive, companies must demonstrate meaningful growth that outperforms competitors or displaces incumbents. This growth can take the form of enhancement of existing…

Observations on How Financial (PE) and Strategic (Corp Dev) Investors Consider Segmentation Opportunities Differently from One Another

By Mark Stein

Serving a wide-range of clients, one pattern that I have noticed is the degree to which the strongest Corp Dev groups (the “Strategics”) consider customer segments as a means for asset value creation – and do so in ways that outrun what many Private Equity firms consider.