Contrary to the “young founder” myth, new research shows that among the very fastest-growing new tech companies, the average founder was 45 at the time of founding. Furthermore, a given 50-year-old entrepreneur is nearly 2x as likely to have a runaway success as a 30-year-old. The “young found...

A strategic buyer will generally be the best bet for acquiring your mid-market tech company, where there is a good strategic rationale, as it is more likely to provide a higher valuation than a financial investor. When strategics want an asset in the current market, financial investors are not going...