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M&A Horror Stories
The Vendor Trap That Derails Carve-Outs
How to Build Trust and Leverage in M&A
The Man Who Taught Kison Patel to See M&A Opportunities
Why PE Rollups Fail the People Who Built the Business
Why M&A Integration Fails Without Leadership Enablement
The Seller's Power Shift: How to Defend Valuation After the LOI
The Discount Is the Wrong Question in Private Equity Secondaries
How to Finance Acquisitions Without Giving Up Equity
Where AI Actually Helps and Fails in M&A Legal Work
The Back-Office Surprises Nobody Warned You About When Going Global
How to Structure an Acquihire Deal in the AI Talent Race
What Buyers Want from Bankers and Founders
220 Deals. One Playbook. How to Scale M&A Without Losing Control
How to Build a Deal Model That Beats PE on Price
The People You Lose in M&A: Key Talent Retention Before Close
How to Buy Companies That Aren't Profitable Yet
When Deals Get Weird: Stories You Don't See in the CIM
The Real Work Behind the Close: When Judgment Beats the Checklist
The Nordic Compounder Playbook: How Jörgen Wigh Runs 85 Companies With 22 HQ Staff and No Integration
The Nordic Compounder Playbook: How Lagercrantz Bought 90 Companies and Never Sold One
M&A Integration Technology: What Actually Works
Partner Before You Buy: The Pre-Acquisition Strategy Corp Dev Teams Skip
How M&A Turns a Chemical Company Into a Tech Business
CPG Exit Strategy: How to Build a Consumer Brand Strategics Will Acquire | Keith Levy Part 2
CPG Due Diligence: The Operator Framework Behind a $1B Exit | Keith Levy Part 1
400 Acquisitions and a Failed Process: What Happens When You Don't Integrate
M&A Roll-Up Playbook: The IRR Framework That Replaced Budgets at Zayo | Dan Caruso (Part 2)
M&A Roll-Up Playbook: How Zayo Did 45 Acquisitions and Sold for $14B | Dan Caruso (Part 1)
Cross-Border M&A: Doing Deals in Latin America
Partnering Before Purchasing: How Booz Allen Wins Proprietary Deals Early
Cultural Fit Over EBITDA: How Salas O'Brien Built a 30-Merger Program Without a Single Failure
Cross-Border M&A: How to Do Deals in Italy with Mauro Sambati and Donato Romano
Four Questions That Defined a $1 Billion Deal with Robert Lovegrove
Stop Falling in Love with the Deal: Guardrails for High-Volume Acquisitions with Birgitta and Lars Elfversson
The Next Chapter After 400 Episodes
Integration Focused M&A: Why Execution Should Inform Strategy Before You Sign Part 2 with Ciprian Stan
Integration Focused M&A: Why Execution Should Inform Strategy Before You Sign Part 1 with Ciprian Stan
How Experienced Buyers Actually Make M&A Work with Carlos Cesta
A Founder's Guide to Lean M&A Strategy with Christian Hassold
How Integration Debt, Cultural Friction, and Communication Failures Kill M&A Deals with Donara Jaghinyan
EWhy Integrations Break: TSAs, Carve-Outs, and the Hidden Dependencies That Derail M&A Deals with Donara Jaghinyan
Building Your M&A Reputation: Why Relationships Beat Transactions Every Time with Andrew Cohen
My Daughter Interviews Me About M&A | Holiday Special Episode with Shyla Patel
How to Score Culture Fit in M&A with Sharon Van Zeeland
Making M&A Boring (And Why That's a Good Thing) with Leon Brujis
Integration Starts with Hiring, Not the Deal with Brandon Batt
Strategic M&A Framework: IFS's Acquisition Playbook with Rachel Hindley
Mastering Carve-Out Transactions with Keith Crawford
Integration-Led M&A: Cisco's Approach to Deal Success Part 2 with Johanna Jaakola and Tesia Hostetler
Integration-Led Diligence: Cisco's M&A Approach with Johanna Jaakola & Tesia Hostetle
When Integration Beats Roll-Ups with Tim Hall
Buyer-Led M&A™ Strategy at Snowflake with Stefan WIlliams
Corporate Development Strategy: Notion's M&A Approach with Hilary Shirazi
How Corporate Venture Capital 2.0 is Reshaping M&A with Jennifer Miller
M&A Integration Reality: Deal Economics vs Human Dynamics with Nicole Markowski
Strategic M&A at Scale: Insight Partners' Buyer-Led Approach with Byron Lichtenstein
Think Like a Buyer: Valuation & Deal Structuring with Javier Enrile
Founder Exit Strategy: Xavier Gury on M&A Deal Terms vs Valuation
M&A Execution: Strategy from Skadden Expert Arash Attar-Rezvani
Cross-Border M&A Strategy: Navigating Complex International Deals with Arash Attar-Rezvani
Building Successful Buy-and-Build Platforms: Alpine's Blueprint for Strategic M&A with Haley Van Cleve
M&A in Healthcare with John Palusci
The Secrets to Sourcing Proprietary Deals in Private Equity with Ryan Gable
Why Pendo Buys Startups (And It's Not for Revenue) with Todd Olson
Why Beacon Created an AI Committee for M&A—and What They're Testing Next (Part 2) with Harrison Thomas
Why Beacon Created an AI Committee for M&A with Harrison Thomas
How to Break Into M&A: Lessons from Todd Manley Part 2
Build a Career in M&A: Lessons from Intel's Todd Manley
Buyer-Led vs. Seller-Led M&A with Matthew Person
From Loom to Trello: How Atlassian Scales Through Smart M&A with Sarah Hughes
Building Trust in Acquisitions with Dan Pollock
How Blackstone is Unlocking Lasting Value Across Private Equity with Viral Patel
M&A Lawyers vs. Bankers: What's Changed and What Still Matters with Rob Kindler
CEO Growth Strategy: How Culligan Scaled 300+ Acquisitions with Scott Clawson
Fixing Broken Companies Through Smart Deals with Marc Bell Part 2
Fixing Broken Companies Through Smart Deals with Marc Bell
Inside Soundtrack's Roll-Up Strategy: Building a Global Leader in Background Music with Ola Sars
How to Build Better Deals: Sourcing and Integration with John Romeo
How to Get Investors Onboard: What Founders Need to Know Part 2 with Stew Campbell
Growth Equity vs. PE vs. VC: What Founders Need to Know Part 1 with Stew Campbell
How to Scale Global M&A with Culture, Strategy, and AI with Rob Brown, CEO of Lincoln International
How Private Equity Firms Structure M&A Deals with Jon Dhanawade
Lessons from 90+ Deals: Questex CEO, Paul Miller on Cultural Fit, Value Creation & Post-Close Audits
How ZRG's CEO Built a 17-Deal M&A Engine with Larry Hartmann
4 Ways to Grow a Multi-Site Business While Protecting Core Values with Clare Roberts
Managing Risks and Liabilities in M&A with Tina Kassangana
Buyer-Led M&A: How To with Carson Group's Michael Belloumini
How Barry-Wehmiller Built a $3.6B M&A Machine Fueled by Culture with Bob and Kyle Chapman
How to Build a Global M&A Machine with Local Expertise Part 2
How to Build a Global M&A Machine with Sindre Talleraas Holen Part 1
Transforming M&A: Lessons in Culture, Growth, and Purpose with Ron 'Omani' Carson
Private Equity in Healthcare: Legal Challenges and Best Practices for 2025 with Andrew Bab
Private Equity in 2025: Market Shifts, Strategy, and the Rise of AI
How to Navigate Bankruptcy and Restructuring in M&A
How to be a Serial Acquirer from Scratch
The People-Centric Approach to M&A Success
Mastering Serial Acquisitions
How to Execute Distressed M&A
How to Navigate Antitrust Complexities in M&A