Hear from experience
Buyers, operators, investors, lenders, and advisors talk past the polished outcome and into the decisions behind it.
The Rocky Mountain Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference
RMETA2026
- Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Limelight Boulder, Boulder, CO
- 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration is open.
Register for RMETAWhy RMETA? One day, three kinds of conversation.
The program is built around the moments that actually move an idea, a deal, or an operating problem forward.
Interactive workshops
Small-group workshops make room for the live sourcing, diligence, financing, and leadership problems people walk in carrying.
Leave with names, not just notes
The value of the room shows up months later, in the call you can make because you met someone in November.
Two tracks run through the day.
The program runs at two depths, alongside hands-on workshops. Come at the level that matches the work actually in front of you.
Search Curious
For people still weighing the path, or early enough in it that the fundamentals matter most.
- Whether acquisition suits your career, your finances, and your appetite for risk
- How a search actually runs, from thesis to first conversations with owners
- What carries a deal from initial interest through to closing
Advanced
For people searching right now, running a company they bought, or advising the people who are.
- Building a deal team, and knowing what to ask of each seat at it
- Valuation and diligence judgement applied to real numbers
- The legal and earnings-quality detail that decides how a deal lands
Built by a regional network that already shows up.
Universities, entrepreneurship communities, and partners across the Rocky Mountain region collaborate to make this a useful meeting place for the whole acquisition ecosystem.
University & Ecosystem Partners
Community Partners
Why RMETA exists
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An owner spends countless years building a successful venture.
At some point, the owner explores transitioning or selling their venture, while others are excited to buy. What are the options to create a transaction that is beneficial for both?
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The opportunity to buy or sell a venture is exciting to explore.
Entrepreneurship through acquisition is the path that allows sellers and buyers to write the next chapter: for sellers to exit with soul, and for buyers a chance to grow an existing venture instead of starting from scratch.
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And nobody gets there alone.
A search needs capital, a lender, an attorney, an accountant, a broker, and at least one operator who has already survived the first year after closing.
Come with a question. Leave with people to call.
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · Limelight Boulder