Investors need to be nimble in balancing respect for the seller's legacy with the practicalities of operating a business, write Carl Bradshaw and Angus Simpson of law firm Goodwin.

Don’t treat the early stages of an acquisition discussion as a business transaction – it should be about nurturing a relationship, writes Seth Collins, managing partner, martinwolf.

Companies that succeed are not those seeking to replace humans with machines, but those combining human intelligence with AI to create a multiplier effect, writes Tim Huber of Maine Pointe.