Using M&A Best Practices to Get Better Deals

Brent Baxter, Chief Executive Officer at Association for Corporate Growth, and Jeff Giles, VP, Corporate Development at Core & Main (NYSE: CNM) In a highly competitive market, speed is crucial for companies wanting to do M&A.; Especially with all the economic and market changes that’s happening, professionals must use M&A; best practices to get better deals.  In this episode of the M&A; Science Podcast, Brent Baxter, Chief Executive Officer at Association for Corporate Growth, and Jeff Giles, VP, Corporate Development at Core & Main, share their strategies and experiences when executing successful M&A.;  Things you will learn: • Target outreach • Best practices when building relationships  • Challenges of working with private sellers • Executing agile and efficient Diligence • Role of technology in the M&A; process This episode is sponsored by the DealRoom. Ready to take your M&A; to the next level with software made to manage each stage of the deal process? See how DealRoom can facilitate your next deal at https://dealroom.net Episode Bookmarks 00:00 Intro 07:12 Getting deals faster 10:35 Target outreach 15:54 Best practices when building relationships 19:47 How to best optimize ACG 22:46 M&A; challenges 25:20 Challenges of working with private sellers 29:39 Executing agile and efficient Diligence 34:53 Executing deals during COVID 39:59 Role of technology in the M&A; process 42:06 Role of technology in the future 46:47 Craziest thing in M&A;