Smart Business Dealmakers

Mark your calendars, Boston! The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference, presented by Bank of America | Merrill Lynch, returns on Thursday, March 20, 2025, with an all-new lineup of entrepreneurs, investors and advisers discussing the latest trends in middle-market M&A. Register now to network with and gain valuable insights from hundreds of middle-market CEOs and M&A experts. USE CODE EARLYBIRD TO SAVE 50% on tickets! https://lnkd.in/dTUS3sHh #DealmakersBoston #mergersandacquisitions #middlemarket #privateequity #pe #venturecapital #vc #boston Bowditch & Dewey, LLP Brown Rudnick LLPCambridge Savings BankCharles SchwabCMBG3 Law Gray, Gray & Gray Insperity KLR Katahdin Group Main Street Bank Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Sullivan & Worcester LLP Twelve Points Wealth Management

* NEW PODCAST EPISODE * Believe it or not, social media can have an effective role in the world of venture capital. Carrie Colbert of Curate Capital, Aquila Mendez-Valdez of Haute in Texas and Darek Woodward of ROI VENTURES talk about how to craft a captivating online brand that attracts investors, builds a thriving community of future deal flow, and uses influencers to skyrocket the value of your investments. #DealmakersHouston #socialmedia #venturecapital #vc #houston #branding #podcast https://lnkd.in/g4xZRk7U

“If you are a platform company, they undoubtedly are going to want you and your management team to stay on board. So, if you say you want to leave, you've probably taken the value of the company down 10 to 20 percent.” Catemer’s Barry Arkles on the complexities of the decision to roll over. #Philadelphia #DealmakersPhiladelphia #integrations #selling #dealprep Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/g97xfUGv

“We don't see a path forward on getting to true scale without doing some acquisitions along the way.” 424 Capital’s Kyle Stanbro on the firm’s value creation process. #Boston #DealmakersBoston #buying #selling #dealprep Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gwyqVctQ

The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference, presented by Bank of America | Merrill Lynch, returns to St. Louis on March 5, 2025, with an all-new lineup of entrepreneurs, investors and advisers discussing the latest trends in middle-market M&A. Register now to network with and gain valuable insights from hundreds of middle-market CEOs and M&A experts. USE CODE EARLYBIRD TO SAVE 50% on tickets! https://lnkd.in/eupUMvT #DealmakersStLouis #mergersandacquisitions #middlemarket #privateequity #pe #venturecapital #vc #stlouis Armstrong Teasdale BDO CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Polsinelli Thompson Street Capital Partners

“Groups are more willing now to take a pretty good outcome over a greater and outstanding outcome because there are some of those pressures at the fund level to perform.” Resolute Capital Partners’ Tyler Augusty on the state of lower middle market M&A and the changes he’s seen in the past few years. #Nashville #DealmakersNashville #buying #investing Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ggRg9-yc

“If you’re exclusively focused on what's trying to drive value up, you may not see what's pulling value back down.” Bloom Engineering Company’s David Boyce on maximizing value and preparing for a deal. #pittsburgh #DealmakersPittsburgh #buying #selling #dealprep Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gzKVek94

Podcast Alert: Colorado is emerging as a national hub for biotech, life sciences and healthtech. At the Denver Smart Business Dealmakers Conference, panelists Elyse Blazevich of Colorado BioScience Association and Colorado BioScience Institute , Kimberly Muller of CU Innovations and CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, Afshin Safavi of Colorado Health & Tech Centers, and Blake Unterreiner of Agilent Technologies explore the flow of capital into the state, the success of innovative businesses, and the groundbreaking technologies spun out of universities. #biotech #medech #healthtech #lifesciences #colorado #denver #DealmakersDenver https://lnkd.in/ghxyrhKG

“It never perfectly goes smoothly, but if you can get ahead of any bumps, that's a big thing for us in making things go smoothly.” Huron Capital’s Cale Kaczmarek on the steps his firm takes to improve efficiency when buying family-owned companies. #detroit #DealmakersDetroit #dealprep #buying #familybusiness Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gS7W5Qst

The Pittsburgh Smart Business Dealmakers Conference, presented by Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe LLC, returns to Western PA on Feb. 27! Register now to network with and gain valuable insights from hundreds of middle-market CEOs and M&A experts. Last year's event sold out, so get your tickets now! USE CODE EARLYBIRD TO SAVE 50% on tickets! https://lnkd.in/eh8fQ2g #DealmakersPittsburgh #mergersandacquisitions #middlemarket #privateequity #pe #venturecapital #vc #pittsburgh