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Strategy & Leadership

Mergers, Acquisitions & Growth Strategy

Grow by Acquisition, Without Guessing

12 lessons4 modules9h 35m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course demystifies mergers and acquisitions for founders, operators, and managers who are not finance specialists. It covers the strategic logic behind buying a company, the major deal structures, how buyers value targets, what due diligence actually checks, and how integration is planned so the deal delivers the synergies it promised. It also gives equal weight to growth paths that are not acquisitions, so you can tell when M&A is the right tool and when it is not.

Curriculum

Module 1: Why Companies Acquire: Strategy and Growth Levers3 lessons
Module 2: Deal Types and Structures3 lessons
  • Horizontal, Vertical, and Conglomerate Deals🔒45m
  • Asset Deal vs. Stock Deal vs. Merger🔒50m
  • The Deal Process and Its Documents🔒45m
Module 3: Valuation and Due Diligence3 lessons
  • Valuing a Target: Multiples and Discounted Cash Flow🔒55m
  • The Control Premium and Synergy-Adjusted Price🔒45m
  • Due Diligence: Verifying What You Are Buying🔒55m
Module 4: Integration and Choosing the Right Growth Path3 lessons
  • The First 100 Days: Integration Planning🔒55m
  • Why Deals Fail, and How to Improve the Odds🔒45m
  • Alternatives to Acquisition: Organic, Joint Venture, and License🔒45m
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