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Our mission is to evolve the M&A industry with science

We aim to share qualitative interviews from experienced practitioners. Learn valuable lessons that can be applied to your practice.

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How to Prepare a Business for Private Equity Acquisition

Kison will be speaking with Philip Soar, Chairman, and CEO of CloserStill Group, one of the UK’s largest tradeshow businesses. Philip will share his approach to sourcing opportunities, what does he look for in a company, and the different techniques to cultivate relationships with PE firms.

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Why do International Deals Fail

Join this discussion as Kison and Martin talk about best practices when conducting international deals.

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Developing Leadership in M&A

This episode with Scott Hile, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy and Development at Enviva will be discussing how to develop leadership in M&A, different types of important leadership skills, and how you can develop them.

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The Role of a Board Member in M&A

Kison will be interviewing Allen Gilmer, Founder of Enverus (formerly Drillinginfo) who has an interesting story of starting an M&A function from scratch and hiring a COO so he can step back but still retain control as a board member.

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How to Build a Collaborative M&A Process Across the Deal Life Cycle

In this video, Kison explains what are some of the common challenges that M&A practitioners face within their deals, and how project management software can solve these challenges and improve your overall process.

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Managing Communication Workstream

Jeff Hennig, Senior Director of Corporate Development at Xilinx, shares about how to put an effective workflow in place to manage communication. Learn when to start planning your communication strategy, common challenges, and why having a communication strategy is so important.

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M&A Science Academy

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Architect your ideal M&A practice

Organizations often have a go-to strategy to grow via M&A that is lacking efficiency. We provide the tools, processes, and people to help you create a science-based approach to capture value

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Agile M&A: Proven Techniques to Close Deals Faster and Maximize Value

“Discover actionable techniques to close more efficient and successful M&A transactions.”

Kison Patel

Founder and CEO of DealRoom

The book, Agile M&A, looks at how Agile, the project management technique that propelled Silicon Valley startups, can be scaled and implemented to improve the entire lifecycle of M&A while increasing value and closing deals faster.

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