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September 30, 2022

How to integrate a new team during an acquisition 

We look at how a company that buys another should bring its team into the fold


70-90% of acquisitions fail globally — and often, it’s because the acquirer and acquired company can’t get along with each other. Buyers should learn about the culture and values of the company they’re planning to purchase from the get-go to understand whether there’s cultural compatibility — and figure out how any friction could be reduced. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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