NEW! EVENING EVENT
WED 11/13/24, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Innovate New Albany’s NEW LOCATION:

7775 Walton Pkwy, 3rd Floor, New Albany, OH 43054

Be ready to interact with our panel members & your fellow participants. Enjoy light bites & making new connections, starting at 6:00 pm.

“So You Want To … ?” is a new event series designed especially for people with an interest in exploring new professional opportunities, including new gigs, new side hustles, investor roles, board roles, or or any other innovative new pathways.

Each event will focus on one potential pathway that attendees may be curious about, with the focus especially on roles that involve technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, business investment, and other avenues to business ownership.

This is the FIRST event in this new series and its specific theme is:
“So You Want to … Buy a Business.” 

Maybe you have a friend who’s interested in best practices for finding a great existing business that could be acquired and then acquiring it?

If so, do them a favor and forward this email to them!

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Panel Moderator:

Michael Butler, Senior Director at Columbus-based Footprint Capital. Michael is also a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA), Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and has deep experience as a venture capitalist.

Panelists:

Jordan Campbell, VP & SBA Product Specialist Senior at Huntington National Bank. Jordan has deep experience helping prospective business owners buy existing businesses thru the smart deployment of borrowed capital.

Matt Starkey, CEO of CRDN of Greater Columbus, a franchisee of a network of disaster restoration companies in the US, Canada, and the UK. Also, Managing Partner of Union Station Capital Partners.

Ryan J. Vonderbrink, Chief ‘Treat’ Officer and Owner of Barkley HQ. Barkley HQ is business management platform that enables Pet Grooming businesses to be more efficient in their business operations, creating more enterprise value.

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This event is FREE, but please register to help plan food quantities and the right number of seats.

Timeline:

6:00 – Light Bites / Informal Connecting

6:30 – Panel Discussion Begins

7:30 – 7:40 – Panel Ends & Connecting Resumes

8:00 – Event Concludes

This event has passed so registration is closed.