The EtA Forum LIVE! - an intro to Australia’s first EtA event with Pete Seligman, EtA Forum Host

Last year we brought you the inaugural EtA Forum, and were thrilled with the response. The idea was that we would give our growing and dynamic part of the Australian investment and acquisitions space a chance to come together and share some great insights, and the response was overwhelming.

To help further spread the insights that came from that event, the content from the presentations will form the core of this season of the Next Step Podcast. As you’ll see, this introductory episode is really meant as a statement of record. It covers some of the housekeeping that came at the start of the very first session of the event, and some quick insights on the purpose and value of the forum. This is a shorter episode, but I thought it was important to share the full context of the EtA Forum, to preserve its value for future audiences.

As I mention in the introduction, investors and advisors alike need to understand that entrepreneurship through acquisition is understood as a viable pathway towards business ownership and success in Australia. It’s a niche, certainly, but it’s also one that more Australian entrepreneurs are finding success with, and it will continue to grow as an opportunity in the years ahead.

Enjoy this podcast, and the rest in the series, and we hope to see you at the next EtA Forum, later this year!

Connect with Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteseligman/

Watch this recording, download speaker presentations or register for the next EtA Forum here: https://www.peteseligman.com.au/etaforum

What we discussed:

00:00 – Introduction to the podcast.

01:09 – ETA is a pathway to business ownership.

02:13 – Presentation from the EtA Forum begins.

06:13 – Our space is a new market.

08:07 – The core purpose of the EtA Forum – Networking.

Quotes:

“It’s important for investors, both domestic and offshore, to know that this is a viable asset class and viable investment.”

“It’s important that advisors know that this is a great niche for them to build their own business so that our searchers and investors have all the support they need.”