Corporate Partnering - A How-To Handbook A practical 296 page Self-Help handbook on forming Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Partnerings.

• Includes over 100 partnering examples
• How to use 25 basic partnering agreements and 10 basic partnering structures
• 7 funding techniques, 8 ways to handle deadlocks, the 5 basic buy/sell structures
• The "Deadly Dozen" most dangerous mistakes
• How to use a unique tool called a "deal sheet" - a tool that walks you step-by-step through the deal formulation process. You won't find this anywhere else!
• What the National Review of Corporate Acquisitions has to say about it:"...a concrete, practical, step-by-step guide...over 100 partnering examples... explains how to use 25 basic partnering agreements...outlines the value and use of 'deal sheets'..."

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Sahakian's Key Partnering Checklists Checklists for the 11 most common types of partnering agreements with comments. 165 pages

• Do quicker, easier, better deals. Worth Its Weight in Legal Fees! You won't get what you don't ask for. Learn what to look for and what to ask for! The three most fundamental rules for structuring a successful partnering agreement.
• Checklists for: Marketing and Distribution Agreements, License Agreements, R&D Agreements, Manufacturing/Supply, Outsourcing, Facilities Management, Guarantees, Letters of Credit, Proprietary Rights, and Non-competition Agreements.
• Includes the CPI Legal Fee Guidelines - (including estimated cost/time per task) for the checklisted agreements - to help you manage legal costs.

Sahakian's Due Diligence Checklists A 118 page set of checklists. Questions to ask before you buy or partner with a company.

• The Questions You Should Ask Before You Acquire or Partner With a Company! Uncover hidden "Gotchas". Operations, Distribution, Customers, Products, Suppliers.
• Includes detailed chapters on different types of assets, customers, employee agreements and benefit plans, environmental issues, foreign operations, legal matters, overlooked information sources, product issues, suppliers, tax issues, and matters relating to change in ownership.
• For both experienced professionals and first-timers.

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The CPI Partnering Agreements Set - A collection of Joint Venture, Strategic Alliance and Partnering agreements.

These are real agreements that have been used by a variety of real companies in a range of industries, situations and deal structures illustrating common practices, provisions and deal structures.

There are over 180 agreements organized into 12 modules grouped by subject area:

• Module 1 - Marketing, Sales and Distribution Agreements (26 agreements)
• Module 2 - Supply and Sourcing Related Agreements (26 agreements)
• Module 3 - Financing and Equity Related Agreements (10 agreements)
• Module 4 - Product and Technology Development Agreements (15 agreements)
• Module 5 - Joint Venture Agreements (12 agreements)
• Module 6 - Dissolution, Restructuring and Termination Agreements (5 agreements)
• Module 7 - Letters of Intent, Term Sheets, Letter Agreements and MOUs (11 documents)
• Module 8 - Outsourcing Master Agreements (19 agreements)
• Module 9 - Outsourcing of Information Technology Agreements (10 agreements)
• Module 10 - Outsourcing of Manufacturing Agreements (15 agreements)
• Module 11 - Outsourcing of Business Processes Agreements (31 agreements)
• Module 12 - Outsourcing - General Agreements (14 agreements)

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Includes 6 Letters of Intent, 4 Deal Sheets, 1 Memorandum of Understanding, 8 deal agreements (3 Deal Sheet Agreements, 5 NDAs, a Finders agreement), a Multi-Purpose Addendum and Letter of Amendment and exhibit and schedule forms.

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"Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements - Key Practices & Common Provisions" by Curtis E. Sahakian

The "Russian Roulette" Buy/Sell, the "Texas Showdown", the "Armenian Handshake". Sections on: Managing Shared Control - Key Practices, The Eight Basic Ways to Handle Deadlocks, The Four Basic Types of Business Valuations.

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"Customer Partnering - An Executive Guide to Key Practices" by Curtis E. Sahakian - A step by step methodology to build yourself into your customer's business plan.

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The "One Page Strategy Sheet" by Curtis E. Sahakian - A single piece of paper that communicates to all the people in an organization the information each person needs to coordinate everyday decisions.

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Free Tips on Simplifying Complex Transactions - theLastTHIRD.com has a series of free tips on how to simplify complex transactions. They include much information on how to use intermediary documents such as letters of intent and deal sheets. You can subscribe to this series of tips for free at this link:

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10 Stock Purchase Agreements and 19 Asset Purchase Agreements covering a variety of deals illustrating common practices, provisions and deal structures.

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The CPI Acquisitions Kit

• 3 Different Asset Purchase Letters of Intent
• 3 Different Stock Purchase Letters of Intent
• 2 Different Stock Swap / Stock Purchase Deal Sheets
• 1 Deal Sheet Agreement for a Joint Venture with Equity Investment
• 1 Detailed Term Sheet for Merger of Two Companies into a Surviving Company
• 1 Letter of Intent for a Merger of Two Companies into a Surviving Company
• 3 Different Letters of Intent to purchase bankrupt or financially troubled companies
• 1 Acquisition Due Diligence Information Request Letter
• 1 Acquisition Due Diligence Non-Disclosure Agreement

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"Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements - Key Practices & Common Provisions" by Curtis E. Sahakian

The "Russian Roulette" Buy/Sell, the "Texas Showdown", the "Armenian Handshake". Sections on: Managing Shared Control - Key Practices, The Eight Basic Ways to Handle Deadlocks, The Four Basic Types of Business Valuations.

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• The Questions You Should Ask Before You Acquire or Partner With a Company! Uncover hidden "Gotchas". Operations, Distribution, Customers, Products, Suppliers.
• Includes detailed chapters on different types of assets, customers, employee agreements and benefit plans, environmental issues, foreign operations, legal matters, overlooked information sources, product issues, suppliers, tax issues, and matters relating to change in ownership.
• For both experienced professionals and first-timers.

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"Customer Partnering - An Executive Guide to Key Practices" by Curtis E. Sahakian - Build yourself into your customer's business plan.

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"Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements - Key Practices & Common Provisions" by Curtis E. Sahakian - The "Russian Roulette" Buy/Sell, the "Texas Showdown", the "Armenian Handshake". Sections on: Managing Shared Control - Key Practices, The Eight Basic Ways to Handle Deadlocks, The Four Basic Types of Business Valuations.

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"Business Applications of Propaganda" by Curtis E. Sahakian - Demagogues throughout history have used it. Today those people most successful at marketing and selling use it. Based on University research in the emerging field of Economic Behavioralism.

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The "One Page Strategy Sheet" by Curtis E. Sahakian - A single piece of paper that communicates to all the people in an organization the information each person needs to coordinate everyday decisions.

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The "Delphi Method" by Curtis E. Sahakian - This Business Guide provides a condensed discussion of the use of the "Delphi Method" for strategic planning.

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• CPI Guides
  • "Corporate Partnering - A How-To Handbook" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "Sahakian's Key Partnering Checklists" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "Sahakian's Due Diligence Checklists" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "Customer Partnering - An Executive Guide to Key Practices" (more info)
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• CPI Tools (in MS Word format)
  • "The CPI Acquisition Agreements Set" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "The CPI Acquisitions Kit" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "The CPI Partnering Agreements Set" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • "The CPI Deal Making Kit" (more info) (table of contents)
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  • Shareholder Buy/Sell Agreements - Key Practices & Common Provisions (more info)
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  • The "One Page Strategy Sheet" (more info)
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  • The Executive Guides Series (more info)
  • A Personalized One-on-One Training Session (more info)