Ep012: Mergers & Acquisitions Best Practices Roundtable with Tim LoGrasso of Kickdrum

Tim LoGrasso of Kickdrum and Matt Thompson of AWS host a roundtable sharing best practices for software mergers and acquisitions.

Topic include:

• Karthik Krishnamurthy introduction
• Tim LoGrasso, Kickdrum introduction
• Maturity model for calculating risk in M&A
• M&A changes and challenges in 2023
• Matt Thompson, AWS introduction
• Is architecture a focus when considering M&A?
• Most M&A struggles due to product team misalignment
• Containers, APIs in compute infrastructure easier to integrate than Monoliths
• M&As are often driven by Finance and Business Development, not so much Product Teams
• Time metric to measure success and failure for M&As
• Building a case for M&A vs build
• Preethi Srinivasan (Druva, DataStax) on due diligence for M&A considerations
• Pre-integration Proof of Concepts increase the success rate
• 90 day and 12 month plans with funding models to deliver the joint opportunity
• Understand the ‘white space’ to address with the combination of products
• What can product teams do to accelerate value?
• Identify potential friction points and how to address
• Access to cheap compute power is important
• Guidance on managing customer data during M&A
• The customer data to review
• Managing people risk during an M&A
• Session wrap up