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Jun 13, 2025 29 min

Behind Acuity 3.0: Inside The Deal Process

from Drink While You Think🍺 Hosted by Kenji Kuramoto & Matthew May

In this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji & Matthew talk through what it looks like to navigate a deal — from stepping out of daily ops to prepping management decks, surviving diligence, and leaning on the right people to keep it all going. (This is episode two in a four-part series, so stay tuned for more to come!) Tune in for topics like... 👉 Why Kenji Stepped Away From Operating (00:00) 👉 Management Presentations & Matthew Taking Over (02:20) 👉 What Happens When Everyone’s Great? (06:05) 👉 Where Shit Gets Real: LOIs (07:13) 👉 Deal Structures Are Crazy (08:55) 👉 The Most Important: Culture & Team (10:29) 👉 Diligence = Tequila Time (14:02) 👉 The Importance of Bankers & Lawyers (16:20) 👉 The Emotional Aspect Of This Deal (18:48) 👉 Our Forums Were So Helpful (21:01) 👉 Being Ready For Deals To Die (22:36) 👉 Until You Sign The LOI…(23:48) 👉 How Your (Future) Partners Work With You (26:00) 👉 Not To Burst Your Bubble, But… (27:10) 👥 CONNECT WITH US 👥 Kenji Kuramoto: @kenjikuramoto, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenjikuramoto/ Matthew May: @TheTechCPA, https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetechcpa/ 👣 FOLLOW US 👣 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acuity.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/Acuity_co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acuity.co/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@acuity_co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acuity.co/ Uptappd: https://untappd.com/user/DWYT/ Website: https://acuity.co/ 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCojjHAe6BqSgq9yZRR-O6ig

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