Nate Lemmerman, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Cast & Crew
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00:00 Intro
06:10 Building an M&A function from scratch
09:05 Steps to building an M&A muscle
12:17 The strategy
15:38 Process and execution structure
22:16 Critical things to consider before signing a deal
26:04 Hiring people for the M&A team
28:30 Building the diligence muscle
30:01 People alignment in M&A
32:20 Building the integration muscle
35:39 Best practices when doing deals
37:55 Craziest thing in M&A