2026 Rocky Mountain Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us picked up the idea that owning a business is for other people: people with deeper pockets or a better idea. Most of us never question it.

Neil Pollard, Professor in the Center for Entrepreneurship, sees it differently. He believes we’re in one of the best times in history to buy and grow a business, maybe the best, and he’s watching his own students prove it.

Jamie McClintock is a current MBA student. Last semester, during an ETA class, he bought his business. Most students leave a class with a grade and a bit more knowledge. Jamie left with a company.

Trey Richardson used to be a student at MSU Denver. Today he owns Motorado, a local motorcycle dealership. Somewhere between the classroom and the showroom, he decided that owning a business wasn’t reserved for other people. If a former student can do it, the door may be open wider than most of us think.

That’s the heart of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition. You don’t have to begin with a blank page, you can step into something already built and make it your own.

The 2026 Rocky Mountain ETA Conference brings together people who are curious about buying and growing businesses, and who want to learn from those who’ve done it. Come with questions. Leave with a plan, and a few new contacts who speak fluent “letter of intent.”