Top 10 Things That Make M&A Successful

Michael Frankel, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital.  Here at M&A Science, our goal is to bring you the best and most effective techniques to improve your M&A practice. In light of our 300th podcast episode, we have compiled the top 10 things that make M&A successful, together with Michael Frankel, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital.  Things you will learn: Alignment in the shared vision of the end-state Cultural alignment Reverse Diligence Continuous learning and improvement Empathetic leadership This episode is sponsored by FirmRoom. 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://firmroom.com  ****************** Episode Bookmarks 00:00 Intro 05:58 Alignment in the shared vision of the end-state 10:51 Cultural alignment 15:03 Joint Go-to-market planning pre-LOI 20:24 Parallel diligence and integration planning 24:33 Reverse Diligence 27:13 Communication strategy with stakeholders 32:37 Continuous learning and improvement 35:16 Anticipate functional challenges 39:52 Empathetic leadership 44:47 Proper preparation 47:56 Craziest thing in M&A