Cultural Alignment in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Key to Successful Integration

The iconic management theorist Peter Drucker made famous the notion that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.”  In other words, the culture of your company is correlated more closely to your company’s ultimate value and success than its strategy.  There is a human factor at every level of every company.  No matter how well-researched, educated, informed, […]

What’s Next for Silicon Valley?

Emerging Technology

As we kick off the summer of 2023, I am bemused at headlines from publications near and far prognosticating about Silicon Valley’s “golden era coming to an end” or that dusk is upon us. The most famous tech hub in the world, Silicon Valley is world renowned for its role in fostering innovation and birthing […]

Texas Becomes Tenth State to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law

On June 18, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed H.B. 4, otherwise known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA). Following substantive legislative action in Tennessee, Montana, and Indiana, Texas now becomes the tenth state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. These regulations will become effective on July 1, 2024, a mere one […]

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