How to act in a company takeover ? at Tech Intelligence

As a consultant I am often hired by companies that are in the middle of a takeover. In takeover situations companies have a lot to deal with - from changing processes and procedures to different mentality and dissatisfied employees and customers. I have often found myself in a situation where unsatisfied employees simply refused to cooperate, driven by emotions. In most of the cases the emotions are very human : [...] Read More


The web is evil. at Tech Intelligence

The web is more and more an open place where writers put up their thoughts, companies gain money thru advertising and webdesigners charge crazy rates to create fabulous eyecandy. And, oh yeah, that's right, there are alos some evil people out there on the net. Those who don't want you do enjoy, but want to stand in your way, taking over your blogs and websites by abusing the beautiful code [...] Read More


Virtual Company - Efficiency to the max at Tech Intelligence

A virtual company is what I have always had in mind to build up and run - I believe putting bunch of people in a building adds nothing to the company's value and will make work less efficient. Some people will probably want to shoot me now - but I don't care. I want nothing to do with oldfashioned thinking. If you run a factory, you're excused, obviously. My idea of [...] Read More


Newcastle Need Takeover at The Soccer Weblog

Newcastle are denying speculation that they're the subject of 200 million pounds plus joint takeover bid from polygon and United Bank of Switzerland. Which is a shame. Newcastle need a takeover more than any other Premiership club. Not because Freddy Shepherd has failed to provide funds, but because Freddy Shepherd has already proven how little respect he has for the club's fans, and for the rest of football. But worst of all [...] Read More


Take Two Takeover...rejected at PCGamers Blog

In the recent days, EA has revealed that it has launched a takeover bid for GTA creators Take Two, worth up to $2 billion, showing just how much money the games industry is really worth nowerdays. However, Take Two have rejected the bid, with no real reason announced, but it is presumed that the value, despite being 63% above the stock worth, is not high enough, seeing as the revenue that [...] Read More