The Evolution of M&A and Corporate Strategy

[00:01:15] – (First Question) –  Motives on both sides for doing M&A

[00:03:26] – Most difficult deal she worked on

[00:04:50] – Biggest value add she brought from her seat on the Fiat deal

[00:05:59] – Biggest changes since she started to today

[00:08:31] – Smartest ways for companies who want to be acquired to be prepared

[00:10:14] – Best M&A banker she’s seen

[00:11:13] – What should businesses looking to make an acquisition be thinking about

[00:15:16] – What does a strategy from her perspective mean

[00:17:16] – Tension between innovation and change

[00:19:46] – Difference between bottom-up and top-down components of strategy

[00:22:15] – Exploration vs exploitation

[00:26:28] – Submission process within accelerate

[00:29:37] – Next step after you see a good idea

[00:31:05] – Her take on FinTech and Industrials and their collision

[00:35:15] – Lessons from elite early stage investors

[00:37:21] – The origins of the LAUNCH program

[00:40:06] – Important pieces beyond just the capital

[00:42:42] – How they market to women starting business

[00:44:56] – Lessons that she has learned about narrative and communications

[00:47:07] – How she handles developing talent internally

[00:49:28] – Managing her time

[00:51:22] – Biggest concerns about OKR’s?

[00:52:09] – Kindest thing anyone has done for Stephanie

[00:53:07] – Kids in the area of competing