Best Practices in Acquiring a Business

Entrepreneurial Roundtable

September 21, 2006, 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Are you thinking about possibly buying a business? Don�t miss this full-day seminar presented by the Midwest Business Brokers and the American Management Association. Learn more.

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Where

Fountain Blue Conference Center
2300 South Mannheim Road
Des Plaines, Illinois

Driving Directions: Two miles north of O'Hare Airport on Mannheim Road

Cost

$125 if you register by 8/31;
$150 after 8/31

Program

All day seminar, including lunch and cocktail hour

Registration

Register Online

To get the special pricing when you register, sign in as an MBBI member and use:
username: universities@mbbi.org
password:�alumni

Please register early; seating is limited

Questions

Bill Wentz (XP-57), '88
630.527.8552, ext. 304

Event Details

The Entrepreneurial Roundtable has obtained special pricing for its members and for all GSB alumni, faculty and students. They get the same discount as the members of the sponsoring associations.

The seminar will address all the key issues involved in buying businesses:

• Assembling your deal team
• Getting to a price
• Due diligence
• Deal Structure
• Financing Alternatives
• Tax Considerations
• Final Steps to closure

The speakers and presenters are a "who�s who" of deal-making professionals with a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions. Throughout the program, two case studies will be utilized; one focused on a main street business and the other on a larger business to be purchased in conjunction with a Private Equity Group.

The Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI) is the largest organization of M&A advisors in the Midwest. Its members include business brokers, M&A intermediaries, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, banks, SBA lenders, valuation service providers, private equity groups and individual and corporate buyers.

The American Management Association (AMA) provides a full range of management development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide, including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies. The AMA has strong expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions, providing top-level management with relevant learning solutions to the entire M&A process.

For more information or to register, go to the MBBI website and click on Events.