Investment Banking and Finance: Why Acquisitions Really Fail

Welcome to Why Acquisitions REALLY fail!

Are you ready to discover why so many corporations and CEOs get it so wrong!

Make sure that you watch the Free Preview Lectures (first 8 course lectures) of this course!

This course will provide you with an in depth framework which you can apply to any acquisition or M&A transaction - this goes well beyond the conventional excuses of overpayment or bad management

With over 30 years of M&A experience, I am sharing knowledge with you that you will not be taught in Business School!

This unwraps this problem layer by layer moving beyond superficial explanations.

We consider the impact of:

1. Business Momentum

2. Ill Judged Incentivisation

3. Inappropriate Performance Measurement

4. Behavioural Economics and Psychology

5. Skewed Investment Banking Advice

We also consider the RIGHT way to make acquisitions following the Berkshire Hathaway Model and we propose more appropriate measures of acquisition success and performance.

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“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”

Warren Buffet, Chairman Berkshire Hathaway

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In this course you will discover:

• Move beyond the superficial: Why conventional explanations of failed acquisitions do not go far enough

• Business Momentum: Understand the Institutional Imperative and why it makes bad deals inevitable

• Incentives: Why CEO remuneration makes the problem worse

• Performance Measurement: Why Yard Sticks of Success are inappropriate and don't work

• Behavioural Economics: The real reasons CEOs make bad decisions

• Investment Banking Advice: Why you have to Wake Up to Wall Street

• How to Make Successful Acquisitions: How the Berkshire Hathaway System Works

• How to correctly measure acquisition success: Better Measures of Success you should use

  
  

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"The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more"

Charlie Munger, Billionaire and Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway

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By the end of the course not only will you have a clear in depth understanding of this complex issue

You will also have a proven framework for making successful acquisitions

There are no pre-requisites or requirements to enroll but just come with an open mind and be ready to immerse yourself in a rewarding, easy to follow, instructive experience.

What makes us qualified to teach you?

This is a Finance course taught by a 30+ year, Managing Director level, Investment Banker - from a practical perspective - I also have an MBA (with Distinction).

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Over 101,000 students have enrolled in my Udemy courses, this is what one of them said about this course:

" I like the course and the approach of Sir John Colley. I believe I shall be able to achieve what I want through this course. I am looking forward to deeper and great understanding of the subject as this course will help me to make a career in Credit Analysis" R.R. Five Star

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Our Promise

I have been teaching on Udemy since 2014 and am fully committed to it. If you have any questions about the content or anything related to any topic, you can reach out with your questions at any time and I always do my best to respond promptly

Don't forget that this course (and all my courses) benefit from Udemy's money back guarantee!

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• Company Valuation, Financial Modelling and Analysis

• Mini MBA - Foundations of Business Strategy Consulting

• Banking and Finance Accounting Statements Financial Analysis

• Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan

• Investment Banking and Finance: Private Equity Finance

• Investment Banking and Finance: Venture Capital Fundraising

• Mergers & Acquisitions - M&A, Valuation & Selling a Company

A Verifiable Certificate of Completion is presented to all students who undertake this finance course.

So enroll today!

We look forward to welcoming you to the course!

Best regards

John