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M&A Lessons from Mars: Better, Faster, Leaner Integration

M&A Leadership Council

By Mark Herndon, Chairman, M&A Leadership Council Some Intergalactic Guidance Remember that 2015 movie with Matt Damon, called The Martian ? It should be "required watching" for all M&A professionals because it offers essential advice all M&A integrators should live by. You just begin. You do the math.

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Understanding the SaaS Financial Model: Key Concepts and Methods

Software Equity Group

At its most basic, a financial forecast model is a summary of your company’s financial position that helps forecast its future performance. At its most basic, a financial forecast model is a summary of your company’s financial position that helps forecast its future performance.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

Technology & Services: This one includes any company that is built on top of sports, such as firms in the gambling, data/analytics, software, and live event sectors. No matter the economic climate, you can always bet on sports fans to show up for their favorite teams. Deals could be done on a corporate level (i.e.,

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. Part of the issue is that many different strategies fall within the “event-driven” category: merger arbitrage , activist investing , distressed investing, special situations, and more. By contrast, an event-driven fund would never bet on such a situation.

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10 Concepts We Can Learn About Raising Capital From How2Exit's Interview Natu Myers, CEO of Raises.com

How2Exit

Ron Concept 1: Raise Capital Intro Raising capital compliantly is an important part of any business transaction, whether it be real estate, business acquisition, or any other venture. To do this, they work with registered broker-dealers that are legally able to raise money on behalf of companies.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. In equity research, the goal is to get clients to pay for the teams research consistently , but revenue does not depend on deals or other specific events.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Depending on your group , you’ll spend time on tasks such as creating 5-year plans, conducting variance analysis, making sure transactions are properly recorded, reconciling the historical financial statements, and managing the company’s cash, cash flow, and borrowing needs.