Streamline Your Sale to Stop Your Deal From Collapsing
In this episode Jacob Oros hosts M&A attorney Alfonso Villaboa to discuss the role of the "quarterback" in low‑mid‑market M&A deals. They explain how coordinating advisors, managing personalities, and translating cross‑border legal and financial nuances—like working‑capital adjustments and immigration form compliance—can keep a deal from collapsing. Alfonso shares real‑world examples from aerospace and construction transactions, highlighting the importance of pragmatic risk assessment and keeping all parties aligned. The conversation underscores that successful deal‑making is as much about people‑skills and project management as it is about legal technicalities.
Ecommerce Investor on Turnaround Tactics (Encore)
In this episode, Eric Bandholz talks with Maytab, co‑founder of Cardo Ventures, about how they locate, evaluate, and turn around distressed e‑commerce brands. Maytab explains their focus on businesses that can be trimmed to a manageable size—typically $15‑20 million in revenue—and...
Episode 104: Inside the Deal with Heriberto Garcia
In Episode 104 of the Tech M&A Podcast, Heriberto Garcia, founder and former CEO of Vialterna Comunicaciones, recounts building a Mexican telecom firm over 15 years and orchestrating its sale to a search fund. He highlights the importance of early...
The Hidden Mistakes Killing PE Value (And How to Fix Them)
In this episode of the Rural Selection Private Equity Podcast, CFO Paul Brennan shares hard‑won lessons from steering a $250 M manufacturing business through a successful PE‑backed exit. He highlights two hidden mistakes that erode value: (1) private‑equity firms failing to...
Amex Global Business Travel: The World’s First AI Take Private with Long Lake CEO Alexander Taubman
Long Lake CEO Alexander Taubman discusses the company’s groundbreaking AI‑driven take‑private of Amex Global Business Travel for $6.3 billion, positioning it as possibly the world’s first AI‑powered roll‑up. He explains how Long Lake’s Nexus platform, a shared AI infrastructure, automates workflows,...
Why Moving Faster Can Save Your Business Sale
In this episode of M&A Talk, host Jacob Oros interviews Mark Adams, founder of Acquisitions For You, about his "money loves speed" approach to selling businesses. Adams explains how compressing the typical 7‑year private‑equity hold into 6‑18 months can keep...
Phenom Buys Plum, Greenhouse Buys Ezra AI
This episode of This Week in RegTech covers a flurry of HR tech acquisitions, including Deal’s purchase of SaaS procurement platform Sastrify, Greenhouse’s acquisition of voice‑AI interview tool Ezra AI, iSIMS appointing Mark Thompson as its new CEO, and Phenom’s...
Exited Founder Podcast | Vik Tantry: How He Bootstrapped FormSwift to $95M and Sold to Dropbox
In this episode, co‑founder Vic Tantry recounts how he and his partner bootstrapped FormSwift, a document‑creation platform for freelancers and SMBs, to $95 million in revenue and ultimately sold it to Dropbox in 2022. He explains the early decision to self‑fund,...
Building Blackstone, Backing Costco, with Tony James
In this episode, David Haber interviews Tony James, a veteran of DLJ and Blackstone, about the evolution of modern private markets and the principles behind building enduring firms. James recounts how DLJ grew from a tiny boutique to a top‑five...
Forget Earnings Season. It’s Takeover Season.
In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, hosts John Quast, Rachel Warren, and guest Travis Hoyam dissect two high‑profile M&A rumors: GameStop’s audacious $56 billion bid to acquire eBay and a circulating rumor that AI leader Anthropic may buy...
Phenom Buys Plum
In this episode of Speaking of RegTech, host Chris Russell covers three major news items: Windmill's $12 million seed round for its workforce context‑graph platform, Nomad Health's pivot to an AI‑driven staffing software with a new CEO, and Phenom's acquisition of...
Building a Search Fund in China: No Playbook, Local Trust, and What Actually Works - Sally Tian, Snowtide Capital
In this episode, host Nick Law talks with Sally Tian, co‑founder of Snowtide Capital, about building the first search‑fund ecosystem in China—a market without an established playbook. Tian explains how she and her husband leveraged their complementary skills, personal networks,...
Episode 98: 12 Steps to Survive Due Diligence
In this eight‑minute episode of the Tech M&A Podcast, the host outlines 12 practical steps for CEOs to survive the increasingly rigorous due‑diligence phase of tech and private‑equity transactions. Key takeaways include mastering the buyer’s checklist, pre‑building a secure data...
Episode 97: Sell For Free Fallout
In this episode the Coram Group explains its new First Look program, a free‑to‑list deal‑origination platform that connects software and IT sellers with a curated pool of buyers from a 19,000‑member database. The hosts describe the unexpected “fallout” when many...
RECEIPTS: Why the Hell Does Trump Want to Buy Spirit Airlines?
In this episode of Receipts, JVL and Catherine Rampell dissect the political showdown over the Federal Reserve, focusing on Judge Jeanine Pirro’s halted investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the Senate’s blockage of a new Fed chair nomination. They...