<p>Carson Conant is the Founder and CEO of Mediafly. Find him on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsonconant/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CarsonConant" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or check out Mediafly's <a href="https://www.mediafly.com/">website</a>.</p> <p>You can find our host, Ari Salonen on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arisalonen/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/AriSalonen" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Our guest this episode has overseen five acquisitions&nbsp;in the last three years — with two so far in 2022. Ari and Carson begin their conversation by digging into Carson’s philosophy toward M&amp;A, how he got started, and then move on to talk about acquihires, building an M&amp;A engine, and advice he would give his former self.</p> <p>This season of DealLab is supported by <a href="//midaxo.com" target="_blank">Midaxo+</a>, the next-generation M&amp;A software, offering advanced capabilities for frequent acquirers to manage and visualize deal progress from start to finish in a single platform.</p>