Navigate buying or selling a business with clarity, confidence, and the right industry connections.

Business Exits & Acquisitions Summit is a premier full-day event designed for business owners, buyers, and industry professionals engaged in the world of business transitions. Whether you’re preparing to sell, planning to buy, or guiding clients through the process, this event provides the insights, resources, and relationships to help you succeed.

Who Should Attend

• Business owners considering retirement, selling or another exit within the next 5 years (you should be preparing now!)
• Entrepreneurs and investors exploring acquisition opportunities
• Financial professionals, advisors, and consultants supporting clients in business transitions
• Lenders, accountants, attorneys, and brokers specializing in M&A transactions

What to Expect

• 2 Buyer-Focused Workshops
  Roll your sleeves up on the nitty-gritty of buying a business including including how to source opportunities, structure offers, and securing financing
• 2 Seller-Focused Workshops
  Learn everything you need to know about buyers and their lenders so you can prepare your business in advance for smooth sailing when you exit
• 2 Expert Panels
  Dive into the good, bad and ugly of buying or selling a business and how to come out if it with your sanity in-tact and create a win-win for everyone involved as you hear directly from lenders, legal experts, accountants, and M&A professionals about current market trends, financing options, and best practices in due diligence and more.
• 1 Riveting Keynote
  Avoid the trials, pitfalls and challenges along throughout the buy/sell process all while having a good laugh about the bloopers our keynote speaker has seen over years of deal making.
• Deal Row: 40 Highly Qualified Exhibitors
  Connect with fellow entrepreneurs, advisors, and 40 highly specialized service providers positioned to help you through every step of the buy/sell process.

Why Attend? You’ll Leave with:

• Actionable buy / sell strategies
• Trusted contacts
• A clear roadmap for your next steps — whether that means preparing your business for sale, buying into a new opportunity, or expanding your professional network in the acquisitions ecosystem!

The better question is: why aren’t you attending? If you’re buying a business or looking to exit your business in the next 5 years, now is the time to prepare and there is no other place in San Diego where you’ll be able to gain access to this amount of knowledge and resources in one day.

Thristy for more? Scroll down to see the full agenda and description of the sessions.