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Conduct M&A due diligence. Checklist: 1. Financial (3+ years statements, audit). 2. Legal (contracts, litigation, IP). 3. Commercial (customers, retention, pipeline). 4. Technical (code quality, tech debt, security). 5. Team (org chart, key person risk). 6. Operations (scalability, dependencies). 7. Cultural fit. 8. Synergies identification. Use data room. Bring advisors (legal, financial, technical). Red flags: declining metrics, customer concentration, legal issues.