Delivering Offer Letters and Minimizing Uncertainty for a Smooth Transition

Chris Evans is the former Head of Corporate Development Integration at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)

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EPISODE TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 Introduction

5:32 How Important is Day One

10:40 What happens on Day One

14:59 Integration North Star

16:25 What Success on Day One looks like  

21:00 Introducing the Integration Manager

25:43 Engaging the managers

31:08 Keeping the big picture alignment

35:30 Identifying the faces of the acquiring company

37:34 Sharing the Integration Plan

40:45 Connecting the value drivers to integration 

45: 20 The biggest challenge on Day One

48:34 What is Day One of Day One in Amazon 

52: 28 Craziest thing in M&A