Benjamin Orthlieb, VP and Head of Corp Dev at LinkedIn

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The M&A can be highly inefficient, and inefficiency can lead to failed deals. However, some practitioners have figured out how to increase deal success using new work methods. For example, some practitioners have turned to Linkedin as a different way to approach deal origination. 

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In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Benjamin Orthlieb, Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Linkedin, discusses Linkedin’s bottoms-up deal origination model.

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• The bottoms-up deal origination model
• Gaining market intelligence
• Importance of working with R&D leaders
• Cultural adding at Linkedin
• Post-mortems on every deal

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