The Importance of Building Personal Relationships In M&A | Matt Blumberg

The Wise Exit

E53: THIS WEEK'S GUEST - MATT BLUMBERG
In this episode, Matt talks about how:

• Creating better personal relationships with acquirers can de-risk M&A transactions
• To bounce back from a failed M&A transaction
• Building a company with a work/life balance in mind can lead to a great outcome

GUEST BIO:
Matt Blumberg, a former management consultant, a venture capitalist and early employee who helped MovieFone move into the Internet age and get acquired by AOL.

With his well-rounded training, Matt’s biggest professional success came by co-founding Return Path, a company that provides email intelligence solutions for marketers. Matt and his team grew the company to 500 employees and a hundred million in revenue. Along his 20 year journey, Matt was approached four times to sell the business, and after four failed attempts for various reasons he finally completed a sale to Validity, a consumer data company, in 2019.

Today, Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Bolster, a talent marketplace to match highly experienced executives with fractional and project based roles to help startups scale.

WHERE TO FIND MATT BLUMBERG:
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EPISODE REFERENCES AND READING MATERIAL:
Validity Acquires Return Path, the leader in email deliverability
The Daily Bolster Podcast, with Matt Blumberg
Startup CEO (by Matt Blumberg)
Startup CXO (by Matt Blumberg)
Startup Boards (by Matt Blumberg)
Someone Just Offered To Buy Your Company: Now What? (blog)