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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.”
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CEO at AvePoint
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Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development at Carta
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Nov 21, 2022
Hannah Elsakr
Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A Integration at Adobe
Integration
Strategy
Live Podcast
Nov 21, 2022
Teams need to understand how strategy can impact the entire process in order to be successful in M&A. In this interview, Hannah Elsakr, Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A Integration at Adobe, discusses executing successful end-to-end M&A.
Live Podcast
Nov 17, 2022
Benjamin Orthlieb
Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at LinkedIn
Sourcing
Live Podcast
Nov 17, 2022
Strategy is arguably the most important aspect of M&A, and strategy alignment across the board is vital. In this interview, Benjamin Orthlieb, Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Linkedin, discusses Linkedin’s bottoms-up deal origination model.
Live Podcast
Nov 10, 2022
Daniel Gittsovich
Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development at L3Harris Technologies
Strategy
Live Podcast
Nov 10, 2022
Having an Agile M&A strategy is a key component of being a proactive acquirer and rapidly growing companies. In this interview, Daniel Gittsovich, Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development at L3Harris Technologies, discusses how to create an Agile M&A strategy.
Live Podcast
Nov 7, 2022
Frederic Lebourg
CEO & Managing Director at Redlands Farm Holding, Corp.- a Subsidiary of the Bollore Group
Diligence
Live Podcast
Nov 7, 2022
This interview is part two of our M&A Science podcast interview with Frederic Lebourg, CEO & Managing Director at Redlands Farm Holding, Inc. During this interview, he discusses what happens after the deal preparation stage.
Live Podcast
Nov 3, 2022
Frederic Lebourg
CEO & Managing Director at Redlands Farm Holding, Corp.- a Subsidiary of the Bollore Group
Diligence
Live Podcast
Nov 3, 2022
Where do you start when selling a business? This is the first of two interviews with Frederic Lebourg, CEO & Managing Director at Redlands Farm Holding, Inc. During part 1, Frederic discusses how to prepare a company for an acquisition.
Live Podcast
Oct 25, 2022
Dustin Delewski
Director of M&A Integration Management at Cardinal Health
Integration
Live Podcast
Oct 25, 2022
Go-to-market integration is more than just combining the sales and marketing teams. In this interview, Dustin Delewski, Director of M&A Integration Management at Cardinal Health, gives a comprehensive view of how you can dissect your GTM for successful integration.
Live Podcast
Oct 17, 2022
Dan Menge
Head of M&A Integration at AMD
Jeff Hennig
Vice President, Corporate Development at AMD
Integration
Live Podcast
Oct 17, 2022
Ever wonder what happens when a first-time acquirer merges with a serial acquirer? In this interview, Jeff Hennig, Vice President, Corporate Development at AMD, and Dan Menge, Head of M&A Integration at AMD discuss how to introduce M&A to a larger company.
Live Podcast
Oct 10, 2022
Mike Kryza
Head of Corporate Development at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Sourcing
Strategy
Live Podcast
Oct 10, 2022
When companies do reactive M&A there is a much lower chance of achieving the intended post-close deal value. In this interview, Mike Kryza, former Head of Corporate Development at the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, discusses formulating an M&A strategy for proactive sourcing.
Live Podcast
Oct 6, 2022
Karen Ashley
Vice President, Corporate Development Integration at Cisco
Integration
Live Podcast
Oct 6, 2022
Revenue synergies are one of the hardest things to achieve during integration. In this interview, Karen Ashley, Vice President, Corporate Development Integration at Cisco, discusses their best practices to realize go-to-market synergies.
Live Podcast
Sep 26, 2022
Richard Dunkel
Global Head of Field Enablement at Celonis
Strategy
Live Podcast
Sep 26, 2022
Having trouble building a sales function? In this interview, Richard Dunkel, Global Head of Field Enablement at Celonis, discusses how to improve the sales function during integration.
Live Podcast
Sep 15, 2022
Siran Tanielyan
SVP Corporate Development at Paramount
Live Podcast
Sep 15, 2022
A good M&A thesis is fundamental to a successful transaction. Learn the steps and challenges of developing an M&A thesis, featuring Siran Tanielyan, SVP, Corporate Development at Paramount.
Live Podcast
Sep 12, 2022
Cole Breidenbach
Head of M&A Integration, Corporate Development and Director, Business Value Consulting at Okta
Strategy
Live Podcast
Sep 12, 2022
Leadership is often overlooked but extremely important in M&A. Getting alignment early from all leaders will help increase deal success. In this interview, Cole Breidenbach, former VP, M&A Integration & Strategic Initiatives at Okta, discusses leadership alignment and GTM strategy for successful deals.
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