How Empathy Makes Mergers and Acquisitions Successful
"This is the first time I've been acquired by a company that felt like it had a soul." That's what John Derusso was told after leading an integration. John is the Director of Corporate Development Int...
15 Sep 201756min
How You Survive an Unprofitable Business
Sean Peace has a captivating story to tell about selling and exiting an unprofitable business in a unique niche: a fintech startup dealing with entertainment in the Southeast. In 2013, he founded Roya...
15 Sep 201729min
How to Choose an M&A Advisor
As former VP at Huron Capital, Mark Miller is very familiar with the start-to-finish private equity process. He's responsible for transaction teams involved in all aspects of deal sourcing, execution,...
15 Sep 201755min
How Synergies Differ in M&A
As a professional with 29 years' experience in M&A corporate development, financial operations, and management, Paul Tennola, CFO of Paynet, is an expert when it comes to M&A. In addition to his exper...
15 Sep 201746min
Sell Side M&A Advice
In 2005, Vamsi started his own company focused on data compliance for the pharmaceutical industry. His company provided technology to support clinical trials to the FDA. "I like to build companies, bu...
15 Sep 201725min
Key Private Equity Criteria for Prosperous M&A
Greg DellaFranco is currently a Senior Manager of Corporate Development at Deloitte Consulting. Prior to joining Deloitte, he served as Director of Corporate Development at KPMG. When combined with 16...
15 Sep 201739min
Why Decisive Communication is Vital for a Successful Integration
Jeremie originally started his career at Goldman Sachs and spent time in investment banking focused on equities, equity sales, and trading. He has experience on both sides of M&A, as an acquirer and "...
23 Mar 201756min
How Strong Relationships Lead to Successful M&A
In this interview, we touch on a range of topics from how Scott handles hurdles to post-closing surprises, deal disasters to integration management, and ultimately, the keys to running a successful pr...
7 Feb 201737min
