{"id":23162,"date":"2021-02-24T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/?p=23162"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:57:04","slug":"startup-health-now-podcast-samer-hamadeh-james-marciano-talk-ma-from-the-entrepreneur-investor-vantage-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/zeel-massage-news\/startup-health-now-podcast-samer-hamadeh-james-marciano-talk-ma-from-the-entrepreneur-investor-vantage-point\/","title":{"rendered":"StartUp Health NOW Podcast: Entrepreneur-Investors Samer Hamadeh &#038; James Marciano Talk M&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\" data-plyr-embed-id=\"ihFuJatWhl8\" data-plyr-provider=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exit Strategies: M&amp;A Wisdom From Entrepreneur-Investors Samer Hamadeh and James Marciano\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ihFuJatWhl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exit Strategies: M&amp;A Wisdom From Entrepreneur-Investors Samer Hamadeh and James Marciano <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health Co-founder Unity Stoakes dials up Samer Hamadeh, CEO and founder of Zeel, and James Marciano, founder of Tuck Advisors, for a candid discussion on mergers and acquisition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to both Hamadeh and Marciano \u2013 who have spent time on both sides of the M&amp;A table \u2013 it&#8217;s important for founders to build their startups as though they&#8217;re going to sell one day, even if they don&#8217;t. 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