Acquisitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2024
Podcast

Acquisition Versus Working For Someone Else

Ari Santos and Allan Newman, about to graduate from business school, reflect on the choice between buying their own business or working for someone else. Though there are parallels between their paths, including service in the US Army, these similarities make their... View Details

12 Aug 2024
Podcast

An Acquisition Entrepreneur’s First Months As CEO

In February of 2024, after a self-funded search, Nick Wheeler took the helm at NSCA & Tra-Cal, an enduringly profitable small business that’s been serving the electronics, manufacturing, and telecom industries since 1988. In this episode, he reflects on his... View Details

16 Jun 2017
News

Does Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods Check Out?

01 Jul 2024
Podcast

Acquisition Versus Startup: Weighing The Risks And Rewards

In this episode, Daniella Bertolotti and Steve Goulas discuss the more traditional startup route versus entrepreneurship through acquisition. Just weeks ahead of their graduation from business school, and thinking about what’s next, both are looking for control over... View Details

16 Jun 2014
News

Former Medtronic CEO Shares Perspective On Covidien Acquisition

10 Feb 2025
Podcast

The Acquisition of a Remarkable Recurring Revenue Business

After a brokered search, Jenn Braus became CEO at Systems Design West, a company that provides customized ambulance billing, emergency medical services billing, and accounting services to fire and rescue organizations, and one that Rick and Royce believe is “the... View Details

24 Feb 2025
Podcast

From W-2 Job, To Startup Life, To Acquisition Entrepreneurship

In May of 2024, after a self-funded search, Brian Seeling became CEO of PGM Service, a Florida-based company that focuses on maintenance, service, and repair of commercial food equipment. His journey to become an acquisition entrepreneur is distinct in that he first... View Details

16 Mar 2025
News

How a Female-Led AI Startup Achieved a Successful Acquisition

01 Jan 2020
News

Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

29 Nov 2022
News

How Will Gamers and Investors Respond to Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

15 Jul 2024
Podcast

Why A Long Island Swimming Pool Company Was An Ideal Acquisition Target

As an acquisition entrepreneur, Jackie Kopcho is now CEO of Tortorella Swimming Pools, where she leads a team that engineers, builds, and services pools on Long Island, in southeastern New York State. When searching for a company to acquire, Jackie wasn’t looking for... View Details

25 Nov 2018
News

How This Entrepreneur Went From 200 Investor Rejections To A $300 Million Acquisition

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

09 Dec 2021
News

The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation Announces Pricing of $220 Million Initial Public Offering

22 Feb 2022
News

Picture This

In one of her most treasured photos, the youngest of Hilary Schneider’s (MBA 1986) three sons with classmate Jim Heerwagen is asleep on the stairs: “He didn’t want to go to bed,” she recalls. “That picture captures parenting for me and is evocative of a whole period of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; leadership; manufacturing; acquisitions; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing