Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of DealRoom, a project management software for complex financial transactions. Kison has over a decade of experience as an M&A advisor and developed DealRoom after experiencing first-hand a number of deep-seated, industry-wide inefficiencies and challenges.
Setting up a holding company for an acquisition that expands the scope of a company's business might make sense temporarily, but integration can make a better long-term solution.
The big thing we are seeing right now is every board room is concerned about digital disruption because a business line that is working today may not be working tomorrow.