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Every acquisition model has a synergies line. Almost none of them survive contact with the org chart. Here's the deal that taught me why.
June 8, 2026 · 2 min read
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Every acquisition model has a synergies line. Almost none of them survive contact with the org chart. Here's the deal that taught me why.
June 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Capital Allocation
It's not that dealmakers can't do math. It's that every incentive in the process points the assumptions in one direction: up.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Negotiation
Everyone reads the price. The page that decides whether you'll be happy in two years is the one about what happens between signing and closing.
May 12, 2026 · 2 min read
Essays
Knowledge compounds like capital — but only if you keep reinvesting. Curiosity is the reinvestment rate.
June 1, 2026 · 2 min read
Investing
Income is what you're paid for showing up. Wealth is what works while you sleep. Confusing the two is the most expensive mistake in personal finance.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Decision Making
Information is free, capital is a commodity, and AI is everywhere. The one asset that hasn't been commoditized is trust built over time.
May 4, 2026 · 2 min read
Business
A reading log sounds like bureaucracy for a hobby. It turned out to be the highest-ROI habit in my intellectual life.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Investing
William Thorndike's study of eight unconventional CEOs is the best business book ever written about a job most CEOs don't know they have.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
Business
Not a best-of list — a list of books that left a permanent dent. Each one rewired something specific about how I read companies, deals, and people.
May 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Joshua Snyder is an investor, operator, and dealmaker. He has built, financed, and acquired businesses across Columbia Care, SPACs, consumer brands like Sunny Seltzers, and family office investing at Squares Capital and Radical Capital. He reads constantly and writes about what works, what doesn't, and what looked better in Excel.
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