M&A
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 7, 2024 by Dean Brauer · across every show →
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Oct 7, 2024
Brauer: Founders must run operations as if pending acquisitions will never happen
“You have to run your business and operate day to day, month to month, like this is never happening, and you have to make decisions like it's never happening. You can't, and you, like, to engineer it, I think, is, is a really difficult thing, and I think your t…”
Oct 7, 2024
Brauer: Fundraising and large B2B sales build the muscle needed for startup exits
“I didn't just know that you're going to build a muscle in fundraising. That's going to be, and you're going to build a muscle particularly for your portfolio companies who are doing big B to B deals, you know, seven figure deals. That muscle is the same muscle…”
Oct 6, 2025
Sherman: Startup M&A decisions are like taking exits off a highway
“There's this metaphor of like exits off the highway that a lot of founders use. And when you get an exit off of the highway, if you say no, then you need to know like the next exit is 50 miles away or a hundred miles away. And I think M&A for founders is Is ab…”