Universal Digital Business Acquisition Checklist

This universal checklist covers all critical areas of any digital business acquisition, adaptable to different asset types (SaaS, websites, apps, newsletters, etc.). Includes: pre-acquisition (research, filtering, initial evaluation), financial due diligence (revenue, expenses, metrics, projections, quality), technical due diligence (code, infrastructure, security, scalability), commercial due diligence (customers, market, competition, product), legal due diligence (intellectual property, contracts, compliance), operational due diligence (processes, team, systems, dependencies), negotiation (price, terms, guarantees, structure), structuring (escrow, transfer, integration), and transition (knowledge, systems, stakeholders, operations). Each section includes dozens of verification points, templates, examples, and red flags. This guide serves as a complete reference for any acquisition.