Our Programs

A vast array of support 

Promise Partners offers a wide range of programming to help you reach your goal of business ownership.

Quarterly Meetings 

Be inspired and learn from the featured speaker's journey to business ownership. These gatherings give members the opportunity to take ideas from and ask questions about a successful business owner's path to ownership. Plus, have dinner and connect with fellow members along their individual ownership journeys.

Flights 

Promise Partners Flights are small peer groups of 7–10 aspiring business owners who support each other on the journey from employee to owner. Guided by experienced ETA mentors, each group meets monthly to share progress, refine plans, and stay accountable to their goals. Members are placed in one of three Flights based on their stage. Bronze is for new members who are preparing for a future acquisition search and focused on building clarity, capability, and credibility. Silver is for those planning to launch a search within the next 24 months, working to develop a legitimate, fundable, and executable plan. Gold is for highly credible buyers who are actively searching for a business to acquire. Flights provide structure, mentorship, and community to help you move confidently toward owning your own company.

LEARNING LABS

Our valued sponsors provide members only learning opportunities based on their service specialty including: accounting, advisory, banking, brokerage, insurance and legal.  

Social Event 

Promise Partners provides opportunities for members to get to know other members in the organization that could help along one's journey to business ownership at all our events, but you won’t want to miss the annual Icarus Cup where members compete in friendly games at venues like TopGolf.

Runners 

These are members who are actively searching for an acquisition and get the most support from fellow members. Runners get direct support from members who have successfully achieved their dream of owning a company (known as Heroes in our group) and from peers on the same journey. Get help and advice on how to structure your deal, your operating agreement, valuation, recommended attorneys/accountants, discussing the deal with your family, how to approach a seller, what to do after a deal closes, etc. The Runners program acts as an advisor to your search to buy a company.

RIGHT HAND PERSON PROGRAM 

There are many Promise members who have promise but are not yet ready to quit their job and conduct full-time business search. The Right Hand (RH) program is designed to provide a framework to support Promise members in securing a position where they are employed as a private business owner’s "right hand. " By doing so, the Promise member will gain real life experience in running companies and accelerate their development towards the ultimate goal of business ownership.

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