For the 16th year in a row, Intrepid is proud to be a part of ACG LA’s Business Conference, which is host to more than 2,000 business leaders. Featured speakers this year include: Peyton Manning, Superbowl Winning Quarterback; Captain Scott Kelly, Astronaut; Dave Grohl of Nirvana, 15-time Grammy winner; and James Carville, Political Consultant.

Intrepid will host a Healthcare-focused panel moderated by our own Head of Healthcare, Jonathan Bluth.

Intrepid’s Technology & Digital Media Group is proud to be a Gold Sponsor

The Summit aims to bring together LA technology companies, investors, incubators and startups. Attended by 900+ members of the LA tech community since 2013, the summit is Southern California’s premier technology event.

Meet the hottest companies in Los Angeles and learn what makes “LA Tech” the most innovative technology ecosystem in the nation.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016

Where: Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica

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Private Equity Outlook: Preparing to Sell Your Middle Market Business

Adam Abramowitz, Managing Director and Co-Head of Commercial & Consumer Technology, will be a featured speaker at Nixon Peabody’s private equity round table discussion for corporate executives, private equity professionals, investment bankers, and professional advisors focused on middle market transactions.

The interactive discussion will include:

• Preparing your company to become “transaction-ready”
• Assembling the deal team
• Due diligence and accounting issues
• Strategies for a successful sales process
• Choosing the right acquisition partner
• Common deal issues and how to address them

When: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016

Where: Nixon Peabody LLP, 300 S. Grand Ave., Suite 4100, Los Angeles

When it comes to mergers, acquisitions, and financing, too many entrepreneurs wait until an opportunity comes along and then react to it. But beware—there are dangerous implications in the opportunity-driven approach! What’s the alternative? Have a plan before leaping ahead.

There are a few critical questions you need to address before moving forward, including:

• Where do you want to be in three to five years?
• How much are you willing to put at risk?
• What is the budget?

Learn how to address these considerations at the CEDIA Capital Summit on Wednesday, September 14th. Join a panel of experts, including representatives from private equity firms, to learn how to find qualified investors, how to solve the problems with investing in our industry, and more.

Intrepid will host this third annual event to be held in Dallas. Our Co-Heads of Commercial & Consumer Technology, Adam Abramowitz and Gary Rabishaw along with Stiernberg Consulting’s Founder and President John Stiernberg will host a high-profile panel that includes:

• Jeremy Burkhardt, CEO of Origin Acoustics
• John Heyman, CEO of SnapAV
• Tom Jacoby, CEO and Chairman of AVAD Distribution
• Jamie Siminoff, CEO and Chief Inventor of Ring
• Jim Young, Director of Corporate Development at LEGRAND North America

All six members of our Beauty & Personal Care team just got back from a few very full days at Cosmoprof in Las Vegas. In addition to countless meetings on and off the trade show floor, we hosted a well-attended cocktail party at Border Grill, where old friends and new friends gathered for drinks, conversation and fun.

Some of the themes and topics heard over and over again included:

• Rash of recent billion dollar beauty care acquisitions, including Dollar Shave Club by Unilever; OGX by Johnson & Johnson; and It Cosmetics by L’Oreal (which was announced as the conference was kicking off);
• Reemergence of strategic buyer activity with the re-entry Shiseido in the M&A game and the recent aggressive acquisition moves by J&J and Unilever;
• Continued and growing private equity appetite for beauty and personal care deals; and
• Explosion and attention around the Korean beauty care market, as evidenced by recent investments from Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, and L Capital Asia (each of which was announced just days before the show).
  

  Andrew Colmar, Intrepid Associate, on the COSMOPROF Las Vegas 2016 showroom floor.

To top off a great event, we had a chance to catch up with some old friends and new friends at our well-attended after event party. We celebrated with former clients like: Dave Berglass from L’ANZA who won three NAHA awards, spent time with the Chatters and LORAC teams, and witnessed an amazing and bigger than ever booth by our friends at JD Beauty/WetBrush.

What a time to be part of this exciting industry!

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Intrepid’s Healthcare team took part in this year’s Healthcare Leadership Forum & Awards. Among award recipients was Verity Health System CEO Mitchell R. Creem who was honored as Los Angeles’ Health System CEO of the Year.

The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized individuals and organizations that lead the front lines of healthcare and those that protect the bottom lines in helping Angelenos receive better healthcare.

Intrepid’s Chairman Jim Freedman moderated “Money Matters—How Food Companies Are Scaling, Creating Profit and Growth.” The panelists discussed how the food industry presents a lot of opportunity right now, especially in the organic and health-food sectors.

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Intrepid’s CEO Ed Bagdasarian was a featured speaker at ACG LA’s investment banking panel: “M&A and Capital Markets in 2016: Predictions from the Investment Bankers’ Viewpoint,” hosted at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The discussion centered on in-the-trenches insights and advice for successfully completing M&A transactions, and assessed strategic alternatives and opportunities for accessing the capital markets.

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