In this episode, Hall welcomes Kirk Otis of Merger Partners. Hall and Eric talk about how companies can move their marketing function from a startup stage to a growth stage company. Merger Partners, a mid to lower market Investment bank, focuses on connecting entrepreneurs, business leaders, and management teams with the PE Capital market in order to fund acquisitions and growth initiatives. Kirk has a background in corporate finance at Fortune 100 firms, then 20 years in CorpDev. To date, Kirk has completed 52 transactions, totaling 13.5B, and has done transactions internationally in 10 countries. His deals fill product gaps, acquire customers, gain a position in entirely new markets and open up new market regions.

You can find Merger Partners at mergerpartners.com

Kirk can be reached on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/kirkotis/

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