Talent Is Critical

In tech, the employee base is very important and very competitive. Organizations going through an acquisition must identify key talent and find a way to lock them in, Yocum says. "There's so much opportunity, it's easy to go from job to job," she says. Companies can create new, bigger, more important roles, especially for engineers. "Engineers are so critical. Why not jump?" Yocum says. "Even the big names are competing with startups. They're going to come and poach key employees."