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View From The Tower -On Hold

Mar 26, 2026

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View From The Tower -On Hold

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The Brand You Don’t Own Can Still Build Your Business

Mar 25, 2026

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6 min read

The Brand You Don’t Own Can Still Build Your Business

The quiet strategy behind scaling with someone else’s reputation

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The HVAC Truck That Became a Platform

Mar 18, 2026

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6 min read

The HVAC Truck That Became a Platform

A Texas acquisition shows how investors are quietly rolling up America’s home service businesses.

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The Industry That Never Consolidated... Until Now

Mar 11, 2026

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6 min read

The Industry That Never Consolidated... Until Now

In a sector known for staying small and independent, one acquisition may signal a different strategy.

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The Real Asset in Mid Penn’s $106M Deal

Mar 4, 2026

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6 min read

The Real Asset in Mid Penn’s $106M Deal

Why Deposits and Density Drive Regional Bank Consolidation

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Why Strategic Buyers Pay for Operational Synergy

Feb 25, 2026

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5 min read

Why Strategic Buyers Pay for Operational Synergy

Inside Southern Home Services’ Acquisition of Dunn’s HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical

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Google Didn’t Buy Wiz. It Bought Time.

Feb 18, 2026

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6 min read

Google Didn’t Buy Wiz. It Bought Time.

Buying Speed Instead of Building It

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From $300 Million to $10 Million: The Food52 Reckoning

Feb 11, 2026

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6 min read

From $300 Million to $10 Million: The Food52 Reckoning

This Wasn’t a Sale. It Was a Breakup.

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This Wasn’t a Bank Deal. It Was a Cost-of-Capital Deal

Feb 4, 2026

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7 min read

This Wasn’t a Bank Deal. It Was a Cost-of-Capital Deal

Santander’s $12.2B acquisition of Webster

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The Asset No One Lists on the Balance Sheet

Jan 28, 2026

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6 min read

The Asset No One Lists on the Balance Sheet

Trust

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What $5.9 Billion Actually Bought

Jan 21, 2026

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8 min read

What $5.9 Billion Actually Bought

The Numbers Behind the Citgo Sale

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The Smartest Acquisitions Happen After the Collapse

Jan 14, 2026

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6 min read

The Smartest Acquisitions Happen After the Collapse

Why Michaels Bought IP and Private Labels Instead of a Broken Retailer

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Boeing Didn’t Buy Growth. It Bought Responsibility.

Jan 7, 2026

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7 min read

Boeing Didn’t Buy Growth. It Bought Responsibility.

Boeing Buys Responsibility: Why the Spirit AeroSystems Deal Isn’t About Growth

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When Market Leaders Buy Time

Dec 24, 2025

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6 min read

When Market Leaders Buy Time

Why this acquisition is less about AI hype and more about control

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The Quiet Power of Boring Acquisitions

Dec 17, 2025

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8 min read

The Quiet Power of Boring Acquisitions

How Rent-A-Container expanded its footprint by buying logistics instead of chasing growth

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The $30 Million Side Bet

Dec 10, 2025

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13 min read

The $30 Million Side Bet

How Mammoth turned a niche engineering shop into a cash machine for its balance sheet

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Buying a Wounded Icon

Dec 3, 2025

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9 min read

Buying a Wounded Icon

What Prada Saw in Versace That the P&L Missed

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Buying the Spread, Not the Sign

Nov 26, 2025

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10 min read

Buying the Spread, Not the Sign

Sunoco’s Parkland play is about margins, not makeovers.

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From Spine to Stream

Nov 12, 2025

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8 min read

From Spine to Stream

Why Macmillan Bought Sounds True

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Legacy ≠ Laggard

Nov 5, 2025

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7 min read

Legacy ≠ Laggard

Why Bending Spoons Paid $1.5B for AOL

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Buy Route Density, Not ZIP Codes:

Oct 29, 2025

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7 min read

Buy Route Density, Not ZIP Codes:

Scherzinger x Guarantee Pest Control

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Fire Sale to Focus: Why Jack Took a Haircut on Del Taco

Oct 22, 2025

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7 min read

Fire Sale to Focus: Why Jack Took a Haircut on Del Taco

A $115M exit after a ~$575M acquisition

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When Infrastructure Goes Vertical

Oct 15, 2025

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6 min read

When Infrastructure Goes Vertical

Bird Buys FRPD

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Localize, Don’t Colonize

Oct 8, 2025

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7 min read

Localize, Don’t Colonize

Why Sherwin-Williams Bought Suvinil

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Does the Compass–Anywhere Merger Redraw Real Estate’s Power Map?

Oct 1, 2025

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6 min read

Does the Compass–Anywhere Merger Redraw Real Estate’s Power Map?

Compass & Anywhere Merger

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