Experience Dealmakers
The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference (formerly ASPIRE) connects thousands of local dealmakers - from middle-market CEOs to top investors and lenders to leading M&A advisers. With sessions ranging from raising capital to buying and selling companies to alternative asset investing, our conference covers the breadth of the M&A landscape. To experience Dealmakers, take a look inside last year's event.
- VillageMD’s Tim Barry: Investors Want To Give You Money >
- John Rowady's rEvolution Accelerates Growth Through Deals >
- GovQA's Growth Equity Deal: It's About Insight, Not Money >
Speakers
Agenda
- 8:00 A.M. Breakfast
- 8:15 A.M. Welcome Address
- 8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M. All-Attendee M&A Roundtable
- 9:30 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. True North: Charting a Plan to Sell Your Business
- 9:30 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. So, You Want to Buy a Business?
- 10:15 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Networking Break
- 10:45 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Building Strong Capital Stacks: Raising Capital to Fuel Your Organization’s Growth
- 10:45 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Maximizing Returns: How to Prepare for Life After Business Liquidity Events
- 11:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Networking
- 12:00 P.M. Lunch
- 12:30 P.M. - 1:10 P.M. Chicago: The Food Industry Hub of America
- 1:30 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Buy, Buy, Build: A Deep Dive on the Buy Side
- 1:30 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Before, During and After the Sale’s Process: Some Key Issues
- 2:15 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. Refreshment Break
- 2:30 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. Transaction Preparedness: Checking the Boxes on Deal Readiness
- 2:30 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. Critical Decision-Making in Liquidity Events
- 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Cocktail Reception & Dealmaker of the Year Awards