The trick is having an intense alignment around vision, mission, values and the key strategic priorities.
ADFG has been an LP with 500 for some time and Christine Tsai, who heads the VC firm up, said there is "strong alignment on vision and complementary strengths" between the two.
"Given what's going on in the talent market and sort of the alignment of vision with Dropbox, I think the Mailbox guys could offer a lot in terms of their team and talent," he said.
As a measure of my commitment, I have decided to take a personal bet on the SoftBank Group and ensure an alignment of vision, with our founder and Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son.
Oracle has mastered takeovers but for most others, acquisitions can fail due to a poor alignment of vision for the industry and each company's role, cultural mismatch, geographic distance or lack of integration of systems (once you scale your number of acquisitions, having different divisions or subsidiaries use different software will make your CFO insane).
Moreover, the current alignment of vision between the government, local implementing partners, and external donors serves to reinforce this commitment.
These rubrics assess department or program alignment with Vision and Change recommendations in five broad areas: curriculum alignment, assessment, faculty practice/faculty support, infrastructure, and climate for change.
Relevance: Among respondents to this survey, 90% agreed that alignment with vision and mission was a criterion which they used in resource allocation decisions, and 65% said the same about congruence between options and the organization's corporate values.
The following parameters were registered: final alignment, binocular single vision, variations in vision, refraction, and number and types of complications and retreatments required during the first 6 months after surgery or at the 6 months postoperative visit.
