Small and startup IT (SSIT) firms are responsible for a lot of important IT innovations in the IT industry. Several SSIT firms are then bought by larger, more established IT companies that want to drive their innovation, add new product and service lines, or limit competition. However, because...

In late 2017, DuraTable received a number of unsolicited inquiries regarding its interest in selling out in a going private transaction, mostly from private equity firms. Since the chairman of the board and founder, Gary Reynolds, was approaching retirement age and the largest single shareholder...