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Gwen Whiting

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
487 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Like I got to protect everybody and protect my tribe here.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

But I kept waiting for like, where's the system of Unilever?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Like, where is it?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And this is where things went off the rails, which was, I said, we had this perfect plan in the deal room to execute, follow.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Like it was so perfect.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

It was just like, here's like the path to success.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Like, this is amazing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And then that literally got like left in the deal room.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Never surfaced.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And there was no one in charge or like, this is your person or this is the process.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

There was this like enormous, like ambiguity of you don't own it, but we don't have anyone.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

You're not in charge, but you are in charge.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

But it was like a disaster.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

There was no process at all.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And that basically the same ish.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

It was the same, but you're like floating in the Unilever sea.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

Like if they were just like, you are here and just like, we'll call you, we'll have like a monthly call.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

So it was like, where's the lane?

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
A Multimillion Dollar Deal, a Product Recall and a New Chapter: Gwen Whiting on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Acquisitions

And then they start like throwing garbage at you, like unqualified people and processes that make no sense and like accounting firms for like no reason.