How to Create a Positive Exit Experience in M&A

Swapnil Shinde, CEO at Zeni  Selling your business is never easy. Aside from the emotional stress that it provides, it can also be detrimental to the business if it's sold to the wrong company. Oftentimes, during the process, it can also serve as a massive distraction to the operations, harming the business in the process.  In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, we will discuss how to create a positive exit experience in M&A with Swapnil Shinde, CEO at Zeni.  Things you will learn: • Reasons for the first exit • Reacting vs Proactive Exits • Hardest part of selling a business • Role of sellers in Integration Planning • Do's and Don'ts of Buying a company Episode Timestamps 00:00 Intro 06:31 Reasons for the first exit 09:19 Venture Exit 12:19 Build to sell 14:03 Reacting vs Proactive Exits 16:28 Using Bankers during Exits 19:09 Hardest part of selling a business 21:30 Managing Diligence 24:28 Lessons Learned on Diligence 28:03 Keeping and building relationships 29:29 Role of sellers in Integration Planning 32:29 Reasons why Integration fails 34:49 Worst exit experience 36:31 Making integration successful 38:25 Do's and Don'ts of Buying a company 39:41 Identifying Cultural Fit   This episode is sponsored by our products DealRoom and FirmRoom. Ready to take your M&A to the next level with software made to manage each stage of the deal process? See how DealRoom can facilitate your next deal at https://www.dealroom.net. FirmRoom provides 80% cost savings over VDRs that bill by page and delivers a far better user experience to boot. Sign up in under 2 minutes by going to https://www.firmroom.com