ACG NJ Breakfast Meeting | September 15, 2026

ACG NJ Fall Roundtables: Inside the Deal: What Business Owners and Advisors Need to Know

If you own a middle-market business, or advise one, growth gets more complicated as the stakes get higher. At some point, questions around capital, taxes, leadership, legal risk, technology, marketing, and a future transaction start to matter more.

The challenge is knowing who to talk to, what to ask, and how all the pieces fit together. That is exactly what makes this ACG NJ breakfast different.

In one morning, business owners and advisors will get access to experienced professionals from across New Jersey’s dealmaking community and join small-group conversations designed to help you better understand what drives growth, readiness, and better business decisions.

Featured Roundtable Topics

• Private Equity + Exit Strategy
  Thinking About an Exit? What Buyers Want You to Have Ready
• Investment Banking + Deal Readiness
  Deal-Ready or Not? What Buyers and Advisors See Before a Transaction
• Legal + Deal Strategy
  Before You Sign: Legal Issues That Can Make or Break a Deal
• Financial + Tax Strategy
  Growth, Deals & Taxes: What Middle-Market Leaders Need to Know Now
• Banking + Technology Strategy
  AI + Banking: How Better Data Is Changing Growth and Capital Decisions
• Marketing + Growth Strategy
  Is Your Marketing Helping —or Hurting—Enterprise Value?:
• Leadership + Organizational Readiness
  Can Your Leadership Team Keep Up With Your Growth?

And because these are roundtable discussions, you won’t just listen. You can ask questions. Compare perspectives. Hear what others are seeing in the market. And start building relationships with the people who help companies navigate growth, change, and transactions every day.

• For business owners, it is a chance to better understand the ACG NJ ecosystem before you need it.
• For business advisors, it is an opportunity to broaden your perspective, deepen the value you bring to clients, and connect with other professionals across the deal community.

You do not have to know exactly what your next move is. You just need to get in the room.

Agenda
8:00AM - Breakfast & Networking
9:30AM - Interactive Roundtable Discussions (rotate every 15-20 minutes)
Event will conclude by 10:30AM

Event Host
J. Michael Fischer Jr., Managing Director, DBD Investment Bank

Roundtable Leaders

• Andrew Mabey, Director, DAK Group
• Wolfgang Tsoutsouris, Managing Director, MAST Advisors, Inc.
• Robert L. Johnson, Partner, FBT Gibbons
• Bridget Mackolin, Manager, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
• Blake Balsamo, Executive Director, Americas, i2ilogic
• MJ Jolda, Principal + Chief Marketing Officer, CMO + Company
• Laura Crothers, Founder + CEO, Crothers Consulting

Bring your questions. Meet the people. Learn how the deal community works.

Kick off the fall with ACG New Jersey.