For operators ready to build something bigger, acquisition is one of the most powerful and most misunderstood tools available.
Organic growth is slow. The right acquisition compresses years into months.
This session breaks down how sophisticated buyers evaluate targets, structure deals, and integrate businesses without destroying the value they paid for. We connect the succession crisis directly to the acquisition opportunity: the thousands of Arizona businesses at a crossroads, and the right buyer with the right framework creates wins for sellers, employees, communities, and investors alike.
This is where the series comes full circle, from understanding the problem to becoming part of the solution.
Speakers:
- Erik Schlesinger, CEO, Build Scale Prosper
- Malcom Marzett, CEO & Founder, MZT:1990
Programming In Partnership with: Build, Scale, Prosper
Be sure to pre-register for this event to recive the google meet link via email.
Sponsored by Legacy Sponsor: The City of Phoenix
This summer at Venture Café Phoenix, we’re inviting you to go on a journey with us, into the real, unfiltered stories of entrepreneurship.
Launching June 25th and running weekly through September 3rd, our Founder Journeys Summer Series will feature a different founder from our community each week in an intimate fireside chat format, moderated by the Venture Café Phoenix team.
Together, we’ll explore how they got started, the challenges they’ve faced, where they found funding, and what they’re building next. But beyond the startup story, we’ll go deeper, into the role community has played in shaping their path.
We’ll ask founders how engaging with Venture Café has impacted their journey, where they are today because of those connections, and what support has mattered most along the way. And just as importantly, we’ll explore how they want to give back, how they can support the broader ecosystem as it continues to grow.
This series is designed to be a two-way conversation between founders and community: learning from those building in real time, and strengthening the network that helps them (and all of us) move forward together.
Sponsored by: Extraordinary Network
In Partnership with Club Lumen and The Morning Rave™
Sponsored by Legacy Sponsor:
Most owners spend years building something without ever asking the most important question: What do I actually want from this?
This session brings everything together. Using the frameworks from the prior five sessions, you'll map your real options:
- Scale it
- Step back
- Transfer it, or
- Buy something
We'll show you how to build a 90-day plan aligned with where you actually want to go. No generic advice, no pressure to decide. Just clarity on where your business stands, what it's worth in its current state, and which move creates the most options.
Your endgame is your choice. This session helps you make it real.
Speakers:
- Erik Schlesinger, CEO, Build Scale Prosper
- Malcom Marzett, CEO & Founder, MZT:1990
Programming In Partnership with: Build, Scale, Prosper
Be sure to pre-register for this event to recive the google meet link via email.