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random things i've learned about m&a: ​ - corp dev is 80% intelligence gathering and 20% being interested in doing a deal: you can't easily tell which one you are dealing with - ask them to hop on a plane and meet; that's how you know they are serious - if you don't get to speak to the decision maker after the initial intro, don't bother - do not share your numbers with a random corp dev saying they are interested - go to every damn conference for years before you sell, be well-known by everyone in your industry - you are not selling to a company, you are selling to a person - LOI doesn't mean anything - LOI means everything: stuff that is on LOI rarely gets renegotiated - everything is renegotiable - don't let lawyers hijack the negotiation with their bs - your price, my terms - "we close every LOI we issue" is a bs marketing line - there is a surprising number of publicly listed shitcos out there that are not able to finance transactions - if there are any delays after accepting the LOI and the buyer asks to extend exclusivity: walk away, they are not going to close - keep focusing on your business even during the DD - do not take stock unless you are dealing with a $1B publicly listed company - cash is king - hire a banker but do not expect them to do all the work - bankers are lazy bastards who get 5% of your company for 4 months of work - take the offer that is most likely going to close: life is a ladder and it helps to have your foot on the first step - birds fly, fish swim..... ​ .....and deals fall through

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“American politics are so crazy right now!” No they aren’t. 1962. The president’s mistress is openly seducing him at public events. 6 months later, he avoids nuclear war. 6 months later, he’s shot in the head. We’re at like a 3/10 on the crazy American politics scale.

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We are the luckiest 1% of 1% of people to ever live in the entire history of humanity. Anyone putting "progress" in quotes does not realize that life in history was nasty, brutish and short and we are absolutely blessed to live when we live. Some facts for you. A thread (1):

The seven largest companies now have a market cap greater than the Energy, Materials, Industrials, and Financials sectors combined. @NDR_Research

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This is the last straw. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site. help.twitter.com/en/rules-an…

Turns out Twitter can, in fact, be real life.

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U can see Biden thinking “do I even want to be president of a country that elected this guy?”

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You are correct! But you tried to extort a foreign government for personal gain, so here we are.

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