Why Join?
According to our members:
- 75% of ACG Members do deals with other members
- 86% of ACG Members are either very or extremely likely to recommend ACG to a friend or colleague
Take advantage of the following benefits:
- Member-Exclusive Events and Programming - Collaborate with other members and benefit from expert panels and industry insights. (Some events are just for fun.)
- Member-Only Discounts for all ACG-hosted events
- Access to the ACG Member Directory: Search for and connect with fellow ACG members with our exclusive directory of middle-market professionals
- A Subscription to Middle Market Growth® Magazine: Keep up to date on news, trends, best practices and thought leadership in the middle market
- Middle Market Insights Webinars - Relevant knowledge-shares from thought leaders
- GrowthTV – Videos that cover trends and breaking news, highlight noteworthy deals, and have in-depth conversations with top Middle Market professionals
- ACG JobSource® - Post or search for a job on ACG’s job board for middle-market professionals
- Earn your MMP via ACG’s Middle-Market Professional Certification Program at a discounted rate
- Member-Only Offers courtesy of ACG’s Partners
- 6-Month Free Trial for FoundersCard
- 2-Month Free Trial for CLEAR
New Ways to Advance Your Career
Cement your place within the community with a middle-market M&A certification course! With the Middle Market Professional certification program, you'll quickly master critical concepts centered on M&A, private equity, investment banking, accounting, corporate finance advisory, valuation and other financial services fields. Then, pass the certification test, improving your visibility within the middle market.
Expect the Middle-Market Professional certification program to cover:
- Financial Markets Overview
- Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Projections
- Comprehensive Valuation Analysis
- How to Create Robust Financial Models
- Merger Modeling
- The M&A Process, A-Z
- Regulatory, Legal and Ethical Considerations
Strength In Numbers
Teams do it better when they're prepared–and the Middle Market Professional certification program offers the lessons and preparation required to help you and your team exceed in the middle market. What's more, you can all excel at a STEEP discount. Test your team’s knowledge, and each member of your team will have a rewarding certification and an improved acumen. Best of all, join with four other peers, and you'll pay $1,500 each instead of $1,895. Join with nine other peers, and you'll each pay just $1,250—a savings of more than $600.
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ACG Denver Highlights
Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference
The annual conference is designed to be a catalyst for corporate growth in Colorado’s middle-market by showcasing speakers experienced in mergers and acquisitions as well as organic growth strategies and by providing direct access to deal flow, capital sources and robust opportunities for developing and nurturing relationships across the business community.
Dealmakers' Forum - Private Equity / Intermediaries
This popular event targets dealmakers from local and national firms to gather for educational content and networking.
Leadership 20
Leadership 20 is a seven-week leadership development program designed for rising stars in professional services industries who are on track to assume additional leadership responsibilities. The sessions are interactive, challenging, and practice-based. Participants are able to immediately apply what they learn in each session to everyday situations and develop life-long relationships with key members of the local business community.
Membership Forum Luncheon Series
These luncheons are open to members and nonmembers, focus on a variety of topics and offer an opportunity for networking and education. Topics vary from digital transformation, cannabis, food & agriculture and much, much more. Attendees include private equity, intermediary, service provider and C-Level corporate members.
Fly By Networking
This casual networking series of quarterly happy hours brings together ACG Denver members and their guests at your favorite local waterhole to connect with those in the Colorado middle market.
PODs (Professionals Opening Doors)
PODs are networking events led by any ACG Denver member who volunteers to organize one. That could be you. ACG Denver members have led bike rides, hikes, clay shooting and ski trips.