One of the things I’ve always loved is a good puzzle, and what better time to start a thought exercise than the end of the week?

With that, I present you the first challenge:

Congratulations are in order. You’re about to close on acquiring an early stage tech company. In this particular case, the product is a unique take on one of your core products and they are involved in the open-source community. You’re much more interested in the people behind it: the technical founder and half a dozen employees. It is engineering heavy, but they do have at least one person full time managing the operations aspect. To keep their infrastructure costs as simple as possible, they do as much stuff as they can on the cloud.

What potential risks or issues do you see once the deal closes?

Hit REPLY and share your take. We can compare notes next week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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