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The Art of Executing Programmatic M&A
“The success of a deal comes down to the execution post-acquisition and it requires initial analysis, expectation and goal setting, due diligence, and creating a thorough integration and execution plan before the deal closes. It’s a lot of preparation, but the more you do it, the better you get.”
Yogesh Gupta
President and CEO of Progress Softwar
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“As an entrepreneur, focus on the fundamentals because that's what really lasts. Trends come and go, but as a business, you need to focus on running a cash-generating, growing company year after year. That resilience is what makes a business strong, no matter what’s happening in the macro environment.”
Tianyi Jiang
CEO at AvePoint
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“Whether or not you're doing concurrent deals, if you want to be efficient, especially with multiple deals, you need a playbook, and you need to stick to it.”
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Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development at Carta
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Live Podcast
Aug 22, 2022
Tyler Rodewald
CPA - VP, Mergers and Acquisitions, EIS Holdings
Strategy
Live Podcast
Aug 22, 2022
No buyer desires an auction process, but if you are ever involved in one, it’s important to know how to handle the process effectively. In this interview, Tyler Rodewald, VP, M&A at EIS Holdings, talks about how to engage in a competitive M&A process.
Live Podcast
Aug 15, 2022
Emma Barton
Director, Alliance and Integration Management at AstraZeneca
Integration
Live Podcast
Aug 15, 2022
Deal failure can often be tied back to a lack of communication and collaboration. Let's discuss architecting communications for successful integration featuring Emma Barton, Director, Alliance and Integration Management at AstraZeneca.
Live Podcast
Aug 11, 2022
Brett Shawn
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at Warburg Pincus LLC
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Aug 11, 2022
In M&A, time is the enemy. The longer a deal takes to close, the more risks it poses for both parties. This episode talks about risk allocation between signing and closing an M&A deal with the help of Brett Shawn, Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at Warburg Pincus LLC.
Live Podcast
Aug 1, 2022
Saurabh Tejwani
Vice President, Corporate Development and Business Operations at Gopuff
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Aug 1, 2022
The more activity, the bigger the corporate development function should be. In this interview, learn how to scale a corporate development function. Saurabh Tejwani, Vice President, Corporate Development and Business Operations at GoPuff.
Live Podcast
Jul 25, 2022
Pranjal Gambhir
Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, Healthcare at Citi
Doretta Mistras
Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, Healthcare at Citi
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Jul 25, 2022
In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Pranjal Gambhir and Doretta Mistras, both Managing Directors, Global Investment Banking, Healthcare at Citi, talk about how to buy public companies.
Live Podcast
Jun 20, 2022
Sabeeh Khan
Director, Corporate Development at Infoblox
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Jun 20, 2022
In order for M&A to be effective, you have to be proactive. It is a great tool and should be a part of your growth strategy. Sabeeh Khan, Director of Corporate Development at Infoblox, talks about effective deal sourcing through market mapping.
Live Podcast
Jun 6, 2022
Jeremy Segal
Executive Vice President Corporate Development at Progress
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Jun 6, 2022
M&A deals don’t just fall from the sky. Proactively sourcing deals is the best way to approach M&A, and in this episode of the M&A Science podcast, Jeremy Segal, EVP, Corporate Development at Progress, teaches us how to source deals and build a pipeline.
Live Podcast
May 30, 2022
Tom Horton
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy at Kaplan, Inc.
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
May 30, 2022
Online education is not new. But because of the pandemic, the entire educational sector was forced to shift in this direction, increasing competition. In this article, Tom Horton, SVP of Corporate Development at Kaplan, Inc., will talk about how M&A strategy evolves in education technology.
Live Podcast
May 9, 2022
Hannah Leung
Senior Manager, M&A at Salesforce
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
May 9, 2022
Implementing your GTM Strategy is one of the most crucial parts of integration. Learn all the challenges of implementation featuring Hannah Leung, Senior Manager, M&A at Salesforce.
Live Podcast
May 2, 2022
Jim Buckley
VP, Strategy, Planning and Operations at Omnissa
Integration
Live Podcast
May 2, 2022
While some companies bring the integration team in the diligence process, some take it even further. In this interview, Jim Buckley, former Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration at VMware, talks about how to run an integration-led confirmatory diligence process.
Live Podcast
Apr 11, 2022
Austin Woody
SVP | M&A and Corporate Development at Upland Software
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Apr 11, 2022
From zero revenue to a billion-dollar market capitalization, Upland Software has been able to grow its business through M&A acquisitions exponentially. Learn from Austin Woody, Senior Vice President of M&A and Corporate Development at Upland Software.
Live Podcast
Apr 4, 2022
Scott Hile
Vice President - Corporate Development at Enviva (NYSE: EVA)
Strategy
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Apr 4, 2022
With so many companies out there, how do you know who to approach as your M&A targets? Helping us learn how to tie deal origination to strategy development is Scott Hile, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy & Development at Enviva.
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