due diligence

4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 4, 2016 by Nathan Latka · across every show →

Everything said about due diligence, oldest first

Mar 4, 2016 negative
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Nathan Latka: Due Diligence Is the Graveyard Where Deals Fall Apart
“Between the LOI signing and the actual money being exchanged when the deal potentially closes, there's this big period of due diligence, and guys, this is like the graveyard. This is where deals fall apart.”
Nathan Latka Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 2:18 My Company Was Just Acquired, Here's Whats Next with Nathan Latka
Mar 4, 2016 positive
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Nathan Latka: Founders Must Maintain Alternative LOI Leverage During Due Diligence
“Due diligence is a pain in the butt, but look, you have to keep leverage when you're doing these deals, and I had a hundred percent confidence that if it fell through, we could very easily go back to one of the other companies who made an offer in one of their…”
Nathan Latka Mar 4, 2016 ▶ 3:24 My Company Was Just Acquired, Here's Whats Next with Nathan Latka
May 3, 2022
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Bhaskaran: Acquirers should lock in price before doing due diligence
“The only, my, only thing that really matters is like, dude, how much are you going to pay? That's it, right? So get that conversation, at least that's what I do, get that conversation out of the way first. And then start worrying about the diligence and everyt…”
Vivek Bhaskaran May 3, 2022 ▶ 20:20 He Acquired Companies through Whatsapp. Bootstrapped with $30m in revenue today.
Feb 4, 2025 positive
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In-person due diligence accelerates M&A timelines and is highly recommended
“So to try to reduce the amount of time for DD, we did a face-to-face, which I'd never done before, but I a hundred percent recommend it.”
Bridget Harris Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 23:51 Capacity Acquires $5m ARR Bootstrapped YouCanBookMe To Build AI Support Mega Platform
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