About
About
About
SMBash is the national summit for entrepreneurship through acquisition. Every April, hundreds of buyers, operators, lenders, and investors come to Dallas for three days of keynotes, events, workshops, parties, and the kind of networking that actually leads to partnerships. Between events, the conversation keeps going through a growing community of people doing this work every day.
SMBash is the national summit for entrepreneurship through acquisition. Every April, hundreds of buyers, operators, lenders, and investors come to Dallas for three days of keynotes, events, workshops, parties, and the kind of networking that actually leads to partnerships. Between events, the conversation keeps going through a growing community of people doing this work every day.
HISTORY
SMBash started in 2022 with a simple idea: the real ETA community deserved its own stage. Not a track at someone else's conference. Not a virtual panel. A real, dedicated room for the people buying, building, and operating small businesses through acquisition.
THE COMMUNITY
Who it's for
SMBash is built for the people who make ETA deals happen. Whether you're hunting your first acquisition or managing a portfolio, this is your room.
Searchers
You're actively looking for a business to buy. Meet the operators, lenders, and advisors who'll help you find it and close it.
Searchers
You're actively looking for a business to buy. Meet the operators, lenders, and advisors who'll help you find it and close it.
Operators
You've closed. Now you're running it. Find the peer group and the playbooks for what comes after the wire hits.
Operators
You've closed. Now you're running it. Find the peer group and the playbooks for what comes after the wire hits.
Investors
You write checks into search funds, self-funded deals, or hold-cos. Get an unfiltered look at where the deal flow and returns actually are.
Investors
You write checks into search funds, self-funded deals, or hold-cos. Get an unfiltered look at where the deal flow and returns actually are.
Independent Sponsors
You source deals and raise capital one at a time. Connect with the investors, lenders, and co-sponsors who back independents.
Independent Sponsors
You source deals and raise capital one at a time. Connect with the investors, lenders, and co-sponsors who back independents.
Micro-Private Equity
You're building a portfolio of small businesses. Compare notes on structure, integration, and the capital strategies that let you keep acquiring.
Micro-Private Equity
You're building a portfolio of small businesses. Compare notes on structure, integration, and the capital strategies that let you keep acquiring.
Service Providers
You're the lawyer, QoE firm, lender, or broker that ETA deals depend on. Meet every buyer and operator in your pipeline at once.
Service Providers
You're the lawyer, QoE firm, lender, or broker that ETA deals depend on. Meet every buyer and operator in your pipeline at once.
Our goal is simple: make SMBash the place where the entire ETA community comes together. The stage where the best thinking happens. The room where the best relationships start. And the party where the whole industry lets loose.
Our goal is simple: make SMBash the place where the entire ETA community comes together. The stage where the best thinking happens. The room where the best relationships start. And the party where the whole industry lets loose.