Eckfeldt + Associates

LinkedIn Live Strategy

Scaling Smarter: Strategic Growth Through Acquisition

September 30, 2025 31 min StrategyPartnerships

How growth-focused businesses can use acquisitions to build capabilities, gain talent, and reach new markets.

LinkedIn Live with Bruce Eckfeldt: Scaling Smarter: Strategic Growth Through Acquisition
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Acquiring companies isn’t just for industry giants. The session explored how growth-focused businesses can use acquisitions to gain capabilities, talent, revenue, and market access.

The conversation demystified the six- to seven-stage acquisition process, discussed why integration planning must start early, and showed how programmatic acquisition strategies can unlock sustained growth.

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