# The Six Sins of Mergers and Acquisitions

<https://jackwelch.strayer.edu/blog/the-six-deadly-sins-of-ma-listen-up-linkedin-and-microsoft/>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Look, there’s no rulebook for M&A. Fifty years into intense worldwide M&A activity, with thousands of examples to learn from, companies still botch it, too often not realizing the anticipated benefits of a deal. On top of that, many people who live through the “A” part of the process will tell you the whole thing felt a little like a death to them, with their lives turned upside down. Still, no company should shy away from M&A, just from its six most common pitfalls.

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