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M&A Science — 422 episodes
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
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
Why 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
How to Build a Roll-Up Machine
Corporate Development Strategy in High-Volume M&A
Navigating Large-Scale M&A Deals and Legal Complexities
Lessons from the Trenches: Mastering Tech M&A, Integration, and Carve-Out Strategies Part 2
Lessons from the Trenches: Mastering Tech M&A, Integration, and Carve-Out Strategies Part 1
Navigating the Current M&A Cycle, Regulatory Impacts, and 2025 Market Dynamics for Corporate Development Leaders
Optimizing Your Corporate Development Team
Synchronizing the Deal Team and Integration Team for Better Outcomes
Mastering M&A Integration Through Leadership Development and Cultural Alignment
Expert Insights into Building an Empire through Strategic M&A (Part 2)
Expert Insights into Building an Empire through Strategic M&A (Part 1)
How a Tech Founder Transformed into a CEO Championing M&A Growth
What Elite Investment Bankers Do Differently in M&A
Mastering M&A Success with Transparent Leadership and Strategic Agility
Navigating Investor Relations and Capital Raising for Sustainable Growth
Execution Insights in M&A
Executing Strategic M&A in Today's Market
Managing Regulatory Compliance Risks in M&A
Strategic Perspectives on M&A
From Silos to Synergy: Best Practices for Uniting Diligence & Integration in M&A
How to Validate the Deal Thesis To Ensure M&A Success
Insights on Portfolio Rebalancing in M&A
In-House vs. External Legal Insights in M&A
The Role of CEO in M&A
How to Execute Successful M&A as a CEO
Dynamic Portfolio Strategy: Rebalancing Using Divestitures
How to Run a Successful Cultural Integration
Unlocking New M&A Strategies: Uniting Venture Capital Insights and Public Equities in M&A
How to Execute a Balanced M&A Integration
Transforming a Company Through Strategic Acquisitions
Uncovering Technical Debt For Better Technology Integration
How to Handle Global M&A
The Art of Executing Programmatic M&A
Executing Transformative M&A to Change Business Models
How to Do M&A Deals in Germany
How to Make AI Practical in M&A
M&A Deal Sourcing in the Tech Space
Top 10 Things That Make M&A Successful
How to Close M&A Deals in 30 Days
Executing the Roll Up Strategy in the Tech Industry
Building Corporate Development Muscle
How to Start Executing the Roll Up Strategy in M&A
How to Create an Executable Integration Plan During Due Diligence
Uncovering Capital Allocation Strategies
Roll Up Strategy in Private Equity
Corporate Diversification Through M&A
Performing Strategic Due Diligence in M&A
How to Stand Up a Venture Capital Arm
How to Achieve Strategic Alignment From Top to Bottom
Performing Cultural Due Diligence to Better Understand the Target Company
Strategic Alignment Between M&A and Corporate Strategy
Overcoming M&A Challenges
How Business Cycles Affect M&A Valuation
Validating the Acquisition Plan
Mastering M&A Integration
Using M&A Best Practices to Get Better Deals
Connecting Diligence and Integration in M&A
How to Bridge Valuation Gaps in M&A
Transforming Existing Staff into M&A Experts
Negotiating Cross Border M&A
Achieving Business Growth Through Strategic M&A
The Challenges of Sell-Side M&A
Pros and Cons for a Growth Company to Take PE Capital
Selling a Small Business Unit
How to Create a Positive Exit Experience in M&A
Realizing Revenue Synergies in M&A
Focusing on ESG in M&A
How Not to Bomb Your First M&A Deal
The Basics of M&A Integration Execution
ChatGPT Interview: AI's Impact on M&A
Automation in M&A
Executing Smaller Deals and Negotiating Key Legal Provisions
The Intricacies of M&A from Start to Finish
M&A Surprises and Horror Stories
How Positive Relationships Can Drive Success in M&A
M&A from a CFO's Perspective Session 2
M&A from a CFO's Perspective Session 1
The Big Shift from Corporate Development to Private Equity
Integration Strategies in M&A Part 2
Integration Strategies in M&A Part 1
Executing M&A in Healthcare
How to Balance Culture During an Integration
Planning and Executing Your Exit as an Investor
How PE Should Support Portfolio Company Acquisitions
The Art of M&A: Striking the Right Balance Between Integration and Autonomy
Ensuring Alignment for Deal Success
How a Public Equity Analyst Evolves to Executing M&A
The Challenges of Cross-Border Deals
Tax Considerations in M&A
How to do Deals in Latin America
The Path to Successful Equal Mergers
How To Create a Value Chain Ecosystem
Buying Carve-outs for Future Exits
How to Execute Product-Based Acquisitions
Building your M&A Muscle
How to Overcome M&A Hurdles
Build-to-Buy and Option Structures
Key Regulatory Considerations for M&A in the Current Market
The Evolution of M&A Functions
Thriving in Times of Change With Flexibility in Your Integration Planning
Best Practices When Selling a Business
How to Focus on Integration as a Corporate Development Professional
The HR Practitioner's Guide to Cultural Integration in M&A
Valuation Principles and Working with Earnouts
Growing through Multiple Roll-ups
The Complexities of Smaller Deals
People-Focused Integration
Preserving Startups During Acquisitions
Executing M&A Without Corporate Development
Setting Up Day One for Success
How to Perform Diligence on Sustainability in M&A
Setting Up M&A for Hyper-Growth Companies
GTM Integration
How Integration Has Changed Over Time
Improving IMO For Efficiency
How to Manage Deals From Strategy to Closing in M&A Part 2
How to Manage Deals From Strategy to Closing in M&A Part 1
Alternative Strategies to Accelerate Growth
First Conversation to LOI Session 3
Setting M&A Governance Up for Efficiency
Executing Acquihires
How to Approach Reps and Warranties Insurance
First Conversation to LOI Session 2
Reps and Warranties from a Business Perspective
First Conversation to LOI Session 1
Starting Up Your Corp Dev Function
Executing Various Strategies and How to Get a CEO on Board
How to Efficiently Execute M&A Integration
Creating an M&A Team Structure
How to Transition Roles in M&A
Accelerating M&A Integration
Tying Up M&A Strategy With Integration
How to Get Alignment From Both Teams During M&A Integration
Go-To-Market Integration Planning Part 2
Go-To-Market Integration Planning Part 1
The Corporate Venture Strategy
How to Run an Accelerated Deal Process
Strategizing and Executing your Exit for the Greater Good of your Team
Successful End-to-End M&A
Bottoms Up Deal Origination Model
How to Execute an Effective M&A Integration Handoff
How to Create an Agile M&A Strategy
Sell-Side Behind-the-Scenes: Preparing a Company For an Acquisition Part 2
Sell-Side Behind the Scenes: Preparing a Company For Acquisition Part 1
Reverse Auction in M&A
How to Properly Lay Off People During an Acquisition
Dissecting GTM for Successful Integration
How to Approach Deal Targets
Introducing M&A to a Larger Company
Carving Out A Competitor
Formulating M&A Strategy for Proactive Sourcing
Realizing Go-To-Market Synergies
How to Convince People to Sell their Business
Proactive Deal Sourcing
How to Improve the Sales Function During Integration
Lessons Learned from Leadership Onboarding
Building an Exit Path
Developing an M&A Thesis
Leadership Alignment and GTM Strategy for Successful Deals
Growing Beyond M&A
How to Stand Up an IMO Function
Secrets to Building an M&A Function
Financial Diligence in M&A
Developing Strategy with Business Leaders
How to Compete in a Competitive M&A Market
Capturing Revenue Synergies
Architecting Communications for Successful Integration
Risk Allocation Between Signing and Closing an M&A Deal
Working with Legal to Dial in Your M&A Strategy
Challenges of Go-To-Market Integration
How to Scale Your Corporate Development Function
Buying Public Companies
How to Execute an Integration Plan (Day1)
The Process of Change Management in M&A
Divestitures from a Legal Perspective
Sourcing Companies that are Not for Sale
Effective Deal Sourcing Through Market Mapping
The Basics of Sell-Side M&A
How to Source Deals and Build Your Pipeline
How M&A Strategy Evolves in Education Technology
From Accounting to an M&A Career
Career Development in M&A
Implementing an Actionable GTM Strategy
How to Run an Integration Led Confirmatory Diligence Process
How to Formulate Your M&A Strategy
How to Stand Up an IMO
How to Grow Purely on Acquisitions
How to Tie Deal Origination to Strategy Development
How to Define your M&A Strategy for Increased Deal Success
Automation Roll-ups & Growing Technical Leadership Talent
How to Pivot to an M&A Integration Career
How to Approach M&A Negotiations
How to Modernize a Process-Based Company
Standing up a Diligence and Integration Management Office
How to Acquire for Capabilities
Creating the Right Governance Structure in an M&A Deal
Successful Acquisitions Through Leadership and Culture
The Complexities of Sell-Side M&A
Hiring A Head Of Corporate Development That Fits Your M&A Strategy
How to Create Better People Experience in M&A
Making M&A GTM Successful
M&A Market Trends From a Banker's Perspective
Overcoming Change Management with Great Leadership
Why You Should Update Your M&A Management Approach
How To Succeed in M&A Integration and Measure Success
How to Structure Teams Approaching Diligence
How To Negotiate And Structure NDAs
Buy or Build Considerations
Engineering Deals for Success
Making GTM Successful
Managing Sourcing, Diligence, and Integration
Staying True to Culture in M&A
How to Commit to Integration Start to Finish
Transformative M&A
Executing a Divestiture Without a Bank
Managing Infrequent Acquisitions
Evolving Your M&A Function
Buy and Build Strategy
Preserving Value in M&A
Assessing Value Realization
Making Partnerships in India Successful
Executing Divestitures
How to Build an M&A Team That Can Support Multi-Vertical Strategies
Managing M&A on a High Scale
How To Successfully Execute Deals With a Small Team
Managing Internal Dynamics of Your M&A Team
Deal Origination from a PE Investor's Perspective
How to Negotiate like a Pro
Conducting M&A without a Dedicated Team
How SS&C Conducts Acquisitions
Hunting Deals in M&A
How to Prepare a Business for Private Equity Acquisition
From Private to Public Company
How to Prevent International Deals From Failing
Developing Leadership in M&A
M&A From Founder to A Board Member's Perspective
Managing Communication Workstream
Executing M&A from a Legal Perspective
How to Cultivate Relationships with Deal Targets
The Legal Team's Role in M&A
Working with the Business Leader to Build an M&A Strategy
Joint Ventures at Scale
Career Paths in M&A
Evolving to Agile M&A at Scale
Transforming M&A to Improve Integration
Conversations From the Frontlines
Agile Value Capture from Initial Deal Prospecting to Integration
Corporate Venture Capital
Why Big Companies Destroy Small Ones in M&A
Creating Successful Deal Outcomes Using Innovation
Managing a Multi-Vertical M&A Strategy
Identifying Risks in Software M&A
Evolving Your Corporate Development Function
Why is M&A Integration So Hard?
How to Evolve Your M&A Workflow Using Agile Principles
Virtual Summit Recap: Why Everything You've Been Told About Integration is Wrong
Virtual Summit Recap: Tone at the Top - Intersection of Leadership and Culture in M&A
Virtual Summit Recap: Post Merger Innovation - Don't Just Integrate, Innovate
Building a Partnership Between the Investment Sponsor and Operating Sponsor
Virtual Summit Recap: Making Integration Successful from Both Sides of the Deal
How Proactive Integration Engagement Can Differentiate Value in Deals
Virtual Summit Recap: Lessons Learned From Large Scale Divestitures
Virtual Summit Recap: Keeping Teams Aligned During M&A Integration
How to Build an M&A Center of Excellence from Scratch
How to Build and Align a Corporate Development Team with Multiple Mandates
Aligning People in M&A for a Better Outcome
Structuring Talent Focused Acquisitions
Virtual Summit Recap: The Future of M&A
Virtual Summit Recap: Dimensions to Cultural Integration
Working With Private Sellers
The HR Practitioner's Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence
Virtual Summit Recap: Positive Employee Experience is Key to Successful M&A
Virtual Summit Recap: Leading M&A with Integration
Winding a Business Down
Virtual Summit Recap: How to Modernize IMO
How To Plan a Divestiture From an Accounting Perspective
Virtual Summit Recap: Aligning Strategy with Your M&A Process
Making Joint Ventures Successful
Summit Recap: Bridging the Gap Between Corporate Development and Integration
Summit Recap: Avoiding Valuation Surprises and Accounting for M&A Transactions
How Successful Diligence and Integration Planning Frames Successful M&A and Valuation
Virtual Summit Recap: Virtualizing the People Experience During Integration
Diligence in M&A
Navigating International Deals
What is Rebadging and How it Works
Assimilating Unique Cultures in M&A
Preserving a Company's Value During Integration
COVID-19's Impact on M&A
Developing International Joint Ventures
Building an Effective Internal Communication Plan for M&A
Building a Corporate Development Function From Scratch
Sneak-Peek: Making Integration Successful from Both Sides of the Deal
The Virtualization of M&A
How to Best Protect a Business Case in an Acquisition
How to Plan a Divestiture from HR's Perspective
Bringing M&A and Business Agility Together
Building a Communications Plan from Scratch
The Impact of People Experience on Deal Outcomes
Navigating Intangible Asset Valuation
The Impact of Leadership in M&A
How to Successfully Build a Corporate Development Function
Demystifying the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Focusing Less on Cost Synergies to Increase Value Creation
How to Plan a Divestiture from HR's Perspective
How to Deliver Maximum Value from Divestitures
How to Drive Transformational Change Through M&A
How to Prepare a Company for an Acquisition
Behind the Scenes: Effective Deal Sourcing and Closing
Evolving Technology Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions
Perspectives on Modern M&A Consultancy and Divestitures
Creating Solutions for Industry-Wide Challenges
The Art of Protecting Value Drivers
The Power of Empathy in M&A
The Importance of Conducting Cultural Assessments
How to Enable a High Performing Deal Team
An Agile Gorilla's Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions
Integration Strategies Suited for Modern Business Landscapes
A Guide to Planning Successful Divestitures
How to Implement an Agile Approach into M&A
Creating Corporate Development Acquisition Strategies
Best Ways to Approach Cultural Integration
M&A in the Technology Industry
M&A, Due Diligence, and Integration from an Attorney's Point of View
The Importance of Communication, Due Diligence and Post-Closing Integration
How to Set Clear M&A Objectives: M&A Advice from a Former Marine
Buy Side and Sell Side M&A Strategies
Wargaming for M&A Integration Leaders
Balancing Legal and Business Concerns in M&A Transactions
How Empathy Makes Mergers and Acquisitions Successful
How You Survive an Unprofitable Business
Advice on Hiring M&A Advisors
Bolt-on Acquisitions from an Expert's Point of View
Important Sell Side M&A Process Lessons
Key Private Equity Criteria for Prosperous M&A
Why Decisive Communication is Vital for a Successful Integration
How Strong Relationships Lead to Successful M&A
The Importance of Conducting a Quality of Earnings in M&A