ACG Tampa Bay's Value Proposition - The Tampa Bay Chapter of the international Association for Corporate Growth is the premier organization for business leaders in the Tampa Bay area. Providing high quality networking and information on corporate growth best practices, ACG Tampa Bay attracts the area’s top private equity groups, corporate executives, financial intermediaries, attorneys, accountants, commercial and investment bankers, valuation specialists, and other professionals as members. Programs present industry experts who offer objective, real time information in a collaborative, professional setting that supports corporate growth and operational excellence.

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations, belong to ACG. The Tampa Bay Chapter was formed in 1997 and has quickly become one of the fastest growing ACG chapters in the United States.  We currently have over 220 members and average over 100 attendees at the regularly scheduled ACGTampaBay monthly meetings.

ACG Tampa Bay membership is open to middle market business executives, investors and related professionals involved with corporate growth.  Membership dues are $295 per year for each individual.  You may click on the Join tab to complete your application and pay online.  For more information on membership, please contact Sherry Smith, Chapter Administrator, at 813-205-0776 or acgtampabay@acg.org.

Non-Solicitation Policy

ACG events are for starting new relationships and nurturing existing ones.  While nearly everyone joins ACG with some business development goals in mind, we put those aside at our events and concentrate instead on getting to know and understand our fellow members and guests.  At ACG events we make and receive introductions.  Our group grows because we are gracious hosts.  Our members are active and our guests become members because it is comfortable to be in our presence.

People that we meet at ACG events may become customers, indeed, we hope so.  But at our events, no one is a prospect and everyone is a friend, and we act accordingly.

For these reasons, ACG Tampa Bay has developed "Helpful Networking Tips" for appropriate and inappropriate activities (in question/answer format) in an effort to make the fine line between professional networking and solicitation clearer and easier to recognize: