Why M&A Integration Fails Without Leadership Enablement
Kim Jones, an HR M&A director with extensive experience at Microsoft and ServiceNow, explains why post-close integration failures stem from a lack of leadershi…
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M&A Science podcast summaries.
Every full M&A Science episode we cover, summarized with verbatim, timestamped quotes: 8 episodes and 34 articles since July 2026. Hosted by Kison Patel. Part of our Private Equity coverage. New summaries every Sunday.
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We Signed the LOI. Then the Buyer Cut the Deal Nearly in Half
Praveen Ghanta, founder of HiddenLevers, joins Kison Patel to detail how his company navigated a high-stakes sell-side acquisition by Orion Advisor Solutions.…
How SS&C Protected Founder Ownership Through 100 Deals
Bill Stone, founder and CEO of SS&C Technologies, discusses how he scaled the company through nearly 100 acquisitions while maintaining meaningful founder owne…
AI in M&A Legal Work: What It Gets Right and What It Gets Wrong
Kison Patel and Aaron Binstock of Cooley discuss the practical integration of AI into M&A legal work, detailing how the firm leverages AI for efficiency in dra…
Cross-Border Acquisitions: The Back-Office Work Nobody Budgets For
Jennifer Lipshultz, Senior Director of M&A Integration at ECI Software Solutions, discusses the complexities of cross-border acquisitions, focusing on the ofte…
What Buyers Want and Why M&A Pitches Keep Missing It
Kison Patel, host of M&A Science, interviews Andrew Morbitzer, VP of corporate development at Life 360, about why M&A deals frequently fail and how pitches oft…
M&A Playbook for High-Volume Acquisitions
Sean Rodri, an M&A and corporate development consultant with over 220 acquisitions, shares his practical operating model for scaling high-volume M&A programs.…
How to Outbid PE Without Overpaying
Kison Patel speaks with Jeremy Segal, EVP of Corporate Development at Progress, about their M&A strategy focused on doubling revenue every five years through i…