Deal tombstones are necessarily time-bound; they commemorate the closing of a given deal, and celebrate, as well, all the time and effort that went into achieving that closing. But what about the rest of the story? What happens in the weeks,...
Deal tombstones are necessarily time-bound; they commemorate the closing of a given deal, and celebrate, as well, all the time and effort that went into achieving that closing. But what about the rest of the story? What happens in the weeks,...
The tremendous response to our post several months ago on car and motorcycle deal toys prompted us to reach back again into our archives. Because let’s face it: September can be a busy month… and you may not have time this year to join the...
No, we’re not talking about New York souvenirs. Foam Statue of Liberty crowns. Big Apple shot glasses. Ceramic yellow taxi banks. Subway token ornaments… If you’re truly interested in these, there’s a guy selling all this and more...
Currency-themed deal toys can play off a variety of creative options, including symbols, nicknames, maps, and flags. Samurai. Yankee. Bulldog. Rembrandt. Dim Sum. Kimchi… Over the years we’ve designed deal toys reflecting the full spectrum...
The 2015 edition of the World Series of Poker—just getting underway at the Rio in Las Vegas—will feature a number of changes. Open-Face Chinese Poker, for instance, has sadly been eliminated from the competition. One constant at this year’s...
The continuing surge in cross-border deals has, inevitably, led to more cross-border deal tombstones—including some new and imaginative takes on the theme. In the four months since our previous post on cross-border deal tombstones, the trend we...
Bankers have long found ways to incorporate cars and motorcycles into their deal toys—and even if they have no ostensible connection to the underlying transaction itself. Sometimes cars and bikes get worked into the deal toy design by virtue...
Facebook’s landmark IPO also generated an iconic deal toy. The Facebook IPO deal toy---along with those we designed to recognize the IPO's for Google and Twitter---is arguably the deal toy we're most often asked about. At meetings and...
Using Code Names to Enhance Deal Toy Designs Devising a successful code name for a deal takes some foresight. As former M&A banker Scott Rostan explained to the Wall Street Journal last year, code names “have to be secret enough that you can...