Expert Insights: M&A Strategies for Frequent Acquirers

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Introduction: Located in North Carolina, CREO, Inc. is an innovative management consulting firm that provides expertise throughout the M&A process to companies engaging in inorganic growth. CREO is led by Susan Acker-Walsh, who is both co-founder and CEO. Acker-Walsh herself boasts a 35 year background in Corporate Development, leadership, and transactions related work. Though the … Read more

How Deal Scoring Accelerates Pipeline Execution

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In a recent blog post, we covered current trends and best practices for target scoring (a.k.a. deal scoring) — the process that provides programmatic serial acquirers with a methodical way to manage their pipeline of opportunities and rate potential targets against custom criteria. Corporate development teams need to constantly organize opportunities, sorting by deal hypothesis and using … Read more

7 Must-Listen Podcasts for M&A Professionals

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Staying informed about the CorpDev and M&A world can be a bit overwhelming, but podcasts are a great and convenient way to keep up-to-date. Below, we’ve gathered a list of those podcasts that look at the dealmaking process and offer valuable advice and insights for anyone who has an interest in M&A.

Moving Beyond VDRs: 7 Advantages

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Traditional due diligence – which relies heavily on static questionnaires, with an expanse of disconnected documents hosted in a separate virtual data room (VDR) – presents an abundance of inefficiencies. For starters, the acquiring entity runs the risk of having to spend significant resources organizing the data before engaging in analysis that would yield the … Read more