Keno Vigil has been through eight corporate acquisitions, and was twice hired into integrations that were already failing.
He wrote Acquired: Now What? for the people a merger happens to. The 1st edition was published in 2018 by Vigilant Press. The 2nd edition, with an audiobook, is coming in 2027.
He also makes type. This site is set in Vigil, a typeface he drew.
Why this book
Most M&A books are written for the people who sign the deal. This one is for everyone else: the team that learns about it at a 9 a.m. all-hands, the manager asked to “keep morale up,” and the candidate weighing an offer from a company that was just bought.