The telltale signs of successful Digital M&A often relies on #technology due diligence according to @McKinsey - I agree and that's one of my raison d'être... | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

In our experience, technical due diligence is the single biggest differentiator of deals done well—or poorly. What’s more, technical due-diligence failures can usually be avoided. Almost always, the disappointed acquirer insufficiently vets the technology and discovers too late that it fails to work as advertised. Or the technology does work, but only in constrained environments, and won’t scale. In other cases, crucial parts of the IP turn out not to be owned by the seller.