Why Big Companies Destroy Small Ones in M&A
We see it all the time: a big company acquires a promising startup with innovative technology or unique market positioning, and within months or years, …
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Carlos Cesta is Vice President of Corporate Development at Presidio, with over 15 years of investment banking and private equity experience. He is known for treating integration as a strategic function, not an afterthought. Jeff Desroches served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Atlas Copco, with over 12 years running full-lifecycle M&A processes across industrial and life science markets. He is a practitioner-first advocate for early seller engagement and deal-specific integration planning.
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The Intelligence Hub is where M&A practitioners access Buyer-Led M&A™ playbooks, frameworks, templates, and real-world insights from experienced deal leaders. Courses are taught by practitioners who've run deals — not academics or advisors. Topics include integration planning, due diligence, deal sourcing, valuation, and more.
The Intelligence Hub is available 24/7 through your M&A Science membership. Access them on-demand at your pace, on any device.
It depends on where you are in your M&A journey. If you're building foundational knowledge, start with the M&A Fundamentals Track — five courses covering the full deal lifecycle from sourcing through integration. If you're already running deals and want to build a repeatable, scalable process, explore the Buyer-Led M&A™ Certification. New courses are added regularly as we deepen the curriculum.
