Andrew Bilbao, current CFO of Noble Education Acquisition Corp.
M&A is a massive undertaking that calls for collaboration among numerous individuals. Ensuring alignment with everyone involved is essential for the success of a deal. Yet, with a variety of opinions and personalities at play, achieving alignment can be quite a challenge.
In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Andrew Bilbao, CFO of Noble Education Acquisition Corp, shares valuable insights on how to guarantee alignment for deal success, paving the way for a smooth and fruitful M&A process.
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00:00 Intro
04:47 Areas where alignment is important
07:03 Approach to Alignment
11:19 Prioritizing the pipeline
14:11 Identifying an opportunity to LOI
15:56 Target Market Competitiveness
19:50 Evolving from first conversations
20:59 Go/No-go decision
25:47 Bidding process
28:45 Things to not do when dealing with the Board
29:55 Working with functional leads
33:41 Alignment with functional leads
35:53 Keeping alignment to strategy
38:16 The hardest part of achieving alignment
39:10 How do you not fall in love with your deal?
46:41 Craziest thing in M&A