You may not be knowledgeable about every aspect of the business, but learn what you can, then acquire team members that specialize in those areas with which you are unfamiliar.
But Colangelo moved on, Pollin and Davidson died, and as younger owners have acquired teams, most paying inflated sums, they came without a deep reservoir of gratitude to Stern.
This healthy jolt of inspiration can do wonders for morale and productivity in acquiring teams.
Most buying companies check in regularly with the acquired teams to make sure things are running smoothly.
So involve your HR team to answer key questions and help define attractive career paths within your organization for the acquired teams.
Science's approach to startups is pretty diverse — it launches new companies, invests in others, and also acquires teams and products.
In Portugal, we built from scratch, but we were fortunate to have acquired teams like we did in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
But when Major League Baseball and the players association compute a season's payroll, the entire salary is charged to the acquiring team.
Not that one general manager has clearance to hide an injury from another general manager, but it is usually incumbent upon the acquiring team to make sure the player it wants is healthy.
Now the Open Cup can rightly offer a moral equivalence, where a lowly, ramshackle outfit can claim the scalp of an expensively acquired team operating several magnitudes above them.
The only way that can happen is if two clubs agree on a trade, then ask the commissioner's office for permission for the acquiring team to talk to the player about a new contract.
