M&A Forum

Name: M&A Forum
Start: 2022-03-31
End: 2022-03-31
Location: Brookfield Conference Center

Join us along with many of the region’s business buyers and sellers, for BizTimes’ annual M&A Forum and learn about best practices and the latest in what’s trending as it relates to mergers and acquisitions.

Thursday, March 31, 2022
2:00 – 6:30 PM
Brookfield Conference Center

$40/person, $35/BizTimes Insider

The M&A Boom: Are We Nearing the End?

Attention – Business Owners, CEOs & Executives of Growing Companies. If you’re thinking about selling your business or growing through an acquisition, now may be the best time to take action to make it happen. On March 31st, join us along with many of the region’s business buyers and sellers, for BizTimes’ annual M&A Forum and learn about best practices and the latest in what’s trending as it relates to M&A. Whether you’ve never sold or purchased a business or if you’re a seasoned expert, this program is for you. You’ll hear from a sell-side and buy-side panel filled with local executives who have just gone through a sale or acquisition. You’ll learn best practices, lessons learned and other actionable information that will help you navigate your way through these important issues which for some – is a once in a lifetime event. Following the sell and buy-side panels, the concurrent interactive breakout sessions will dig deeper and provide you with additional valuable insights. Panel Discussions: Selling Your Business – From Strategy to Execution – Company owners will share best practices, lessons learned, biggest surprises and other experiences from the sale process • Shane Vaughn, President & CEO, KDV Labels, LLC [1] • John Topetzes, Former Owner, President, Sanborn Tube and Fab [2] • Tim Reardon, Shareholder, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren [3] • Steve Flynn, CEO / Owner, S. Flynn & Company [4] Moderator: Ann Hanna, Managing Director & Founder, Taureau Group [5] Growth Through Acquisition – A Look at the Why of Buying a Business, Differences Between Needs and Wants and Insights on What’s Next? • Kristin Dufek, President, Eppstein Uhen Architects [6] • Dan Druml, Vice President, Strategic Partners, FirstService [7] • Keith Smith, President, Vonco [8] • Jake Hansen, Principal, Jacsten Holdings [9] Moderator: Inge Plautz, Senior Vice President and Executive BDO, Old National Bank [10] Following the sell and buy-side panels, the concurrent interactive breakout sessions will dig deeper and provide you with additional valuable insights.

Breakout Sessions

Building Sustainable Business Value – Value drivers that endure despite market cycles and attract the most desirable buyers

Tyler Carlson, MBA, Director & Owner, Taureau Group [11]
John Tokarz, Shareholder, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren [12]

Buying a business, how to start strategically and wisely funding the purchase – Process, risk management and funding the transaction including SBA options