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Kison speaks with Dawn White, an M&A Integration Manager at Corning. She describes how to best conduct and approach cultural assessments as well as common missteps she’s seen in the process and how to overcome them.

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On this episode Harvard instructor, author, and speaker, Richard Kasperowski, discusses how to build and maintain high-performing teams in any industry.

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Ben de Haldevang and David Boyd, Founding Partners of Agile Gorilla, discuss their modern, agile approach to deal and integration management. Through agile principles, such as backlogs and iterative learning cycles, Ben and David enable industry practitioners to conduct more successful, sustainable and equitable mergers and acquisitions.

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Nitin Kumar, a seasoned C-level operating executive and management consultant in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector, discusses how to create integration strategies better suited to modern business environments.

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Al Ansari, a veteran divestiture and integration advisor currently assisting Cisco with the development of their divestiture methodology, discusses the strategies, decisions and planning behind divestitures.

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In this podcast, James Harris explores the ways in which deal practitioners can implement a more Agile approach to each step of M&A, from due diligence to integration.

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On this episode Sean Peace, the founder of an auction marketplace for music royalty streams called Royalty Exchange, tells a captivating story about selling and exiting an unprofitable business in a unique niche.

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Kison interviews business consultant Joseph Feldman, who works with middle-companies on acquisitions. In this podcast, Feldman discusses acquisition strategies, diligence checklists, company inconsistencies, and post-close surprises.

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In this episode, Kison interviews Judah Karkowsky. They discuss the best ways to approach cultural integration, handling ownership issues, the surprises you can find during preliminary due diligence, international entities’ approach on diligence, being transparent with employees during integration, and confidential data protection.

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In this episode, Kison asks Paul Weiskopf, a professional who has worked over 25 years with companies in the technology industry such as Hewlett Packard, Adobe Systems and smaller companies, about his professional experience on M&A. Weiskopf shares his knowledge about strategy common errors that lead companies to failure and about the best ways to build integration plans for acquisition teams.

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Luke Fedlam, a mergers and acquisitions attorney, shares his knowledge on working with outside counsel, seller representation, LOIs, financial planning, and identifying showstoppers.‍‍

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In this episode, John DeRusso, director of corporate development integration at Cisco, explains that it is vitally important for the employees of an acquired company to feel understood and comfortable.

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In this episode, Armando Biondi, Co-founder, and COO of AdEspresso shares the communication and negotiation involved during Hootsuite's acquisition of AdEspresso.

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In this episode, Ken Marlin, author of The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street and managing partner of the investment bank Marlin & Associates, ‍discusses advising buyers, business strategies, and setting clear business objectives. 

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This special episode of M&A Science is an audiobook written by Nitin Kumar, a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, on the strategy of wargaming. In an era of disruption and uncertainty, developing and executing successful M&A transactions require new strategic approaches.

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Kison speaks with Scott Hile, an experienced M&A professional as he shares his experiences from both sides of M&A, including common transaction concerns and challenges.

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Greg DellaFranco, a Senior Manager of Corporate Development at Deloitte Consulting, shares his knowledge on M&A in the private equity realm.

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Paul Tennola, CFO of Paynet and M&A corporate development professional of 29 years, shares his knowledge on bolt-on transactions as compared to new platforms.