ACGIE | The Private Equity Playbook | 04.02.26

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The Private Equity Playbook
Private equity is no longer just for billion-dollar companies. Join ACG for The Private Equity Playbook, a high-impact discussion designed to give middle-market business owners and leadership teams a behind-the-scenes look at how private equity firms evaluate, invest in, grow, and ultimately exit companies and, more importantly, how business owners can position themselves for premium outcomes. As capital has become more selective, private equity firms are raising the bar on what they underwrite. Today’s successful investments are built on strong fundamentals, scalable operations, leadership alignment, and a clear value creation roadmap.

What You’ll Learn

• What Private Equity Is Looking For - How PE firms assess management teams, financial performance, growth levers, operational discipline, and risk and what truly drives valuation multiples.
• Common Mistakes Business Owners Make - Misalignment on timing, underestimating preparation needs, over-reliance on a single customer or individual, and misconceptions about control, governance, and post transaction life.
• Red Flags That Can Slow or Kill a Deal - Issues uncovered in diligence that lead to retrades, delayed closings, or failed transactions and how to proactively address them.
• Types of Capital & Resources Available - An overview of growth equity, minority investments, recapitalizations, majority buyouts, and how PE firms support companies with strategic guidance, operating partners, add on acquisitions, and infrastructure investment.
• How Value Is Created and Realized - A candid discussion on post close expectations, performance improvement, governance changes, and how PE thinks about exits from day one

This session is ideal for founders, owners, and executive teams who want to better understand private equity, not as an abstract financial concept, but as a strategic partner and potential catalyst for the next phase of growth.