Lisa Hightower Presents
Stop just starting businesses.
Learn how to buy them.
THE WOMEN’S
BUSINESS ACQUISITION
INTENSIVE
One powerful day designed to introduce women to the strategy, structure, relationships and realities behind acquiring substantial businesses.
Learn how to structure capital, source opportunities, build the right teams and understand what it actually takes to pursue businesses generating $20MM+ annually—globally.
In Person + Virtual
Arizona Biltmore
A Waldorf Astoria Resort · Phoenix, Arizona
THIS ISN’T ABOUT STARTING ANOTHER BUSINESS.
It’s about learning how ownership is built.
This is not a motivational business seminar. This is an acquisition intensive focused on understanding ownership, capital, dealmaking and building institutions.
This is an intimate learning environment for women ready to understand how larger transactions actually come together—and the people, capital, strategy and relationships required to make them possible.
ONE ROOM.
REAL DEALS.
REAL STRATEGY.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- 01
How to buy businesses generating $20MM+ annually—globally
Explore how larger acquisition opportunities are identified and approached.
- 02
How to structure your capital stack
Understand the different layers and potential sources of capital involved in an acquisition.
- 03
How to pick the right deal team
Understand the professional expertise required around a transaction.
- 04
How to pick the right investment team
Understand why the people surrounding the capital can be just as important as the capital itself.
- 05
The real cost of searching for and buying a business
Address the real financial commitment involved in searching for, evaluating and acquiring businesses.
- 06
Dissect a real active deal
Participants will examine a real active acquisition opportunity currently being worked and begin understanding how the pieces of the transaction come together.
- 07
Source, negotiate & build deal flow
Explore how opportunities are sourced, relationships are developed and transactions are negotiated on fair terms.
- 08
Building institutions vs. buying businesses
Explore the difference between simply acquiring a company and building an institution capable of creating long-term wealth, impact and legacy.
- 09
Community. Relationships. Impact.
Why relationships, collaboration, trust and community matter in building meaningful ownership.
The Deal Room
DON’T JUST TALK ABOUT ACQUISITIONS.
LOOK AT ONE.
One of the signature experiences of the Intensive will be the opportunity to dissect a real, active deal currently being worked.
Participants will begin seeing how acquisition thinking works in the real world—from opportunity and valuation to capital, people, negotiation, risk and structure.
Lisa Hightower Presents
MEET LISA HIGHTOWER
I created The Women’s Business Acquisition Intensive because too many brilliant women are told to start over from scratch, when the faster path to real wealth is buying what already works.
My work sits at the intersection of ownership, capital and community — bringing women into rooms where deals actually get done, and making the language of acquisitions plain, practical and usable.
Own differently. Build wealth.
NOAH CARMICHAEL
Facilitator • Operator • Investor • Infrastructure Builder • Bestselling Author
Noah Carmichael isn’t teaching acquisition from theory—he has built and acquired businesses himself and helps structure opportunities for other operators and companies. His work spans business acquisition, private credit, capital deployment, real estate, technology, media and global capital formation.
As Managing Partner of Carmichael & Russ Capital, Noah leads a growing ecosystem that acquires profitable businesses and builds the infrastructure around them, including capital, technology, media and operating systems. His background includes more than 25 years of executive and operational experience, founding and scaling Esquire Marketing Group, and authoring the bestselling A Lawyer’s Guide to Marketing.
At The Women’s Business Acquisition Intensive, Noah brings that real-world experience into the room—helping women understand what it actually takes to identify, evaluate, structure and acquire businesses.
Learn more about Noah at NoahCarmichael.com
WHO THIS IS FOR
For women who are ready to think differently about wealth, ownership and what is possible through strategic acquisitions.
- 01Women entrepreneurs ready for their next level of ownership.
- 02Executives exploring business acquisition.
- 03Professionals interested in moving from income to ownership.
- 04Women interested in investing, acquiring and building with others.
- 05Women who want to understand larger transactions before pursuing one.
- 06Women interested in building lasting institutions, impact and legacy.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE MILLIONS.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DEAL.
Registration
EARLY REGISTRATION
Early Registration
$900
Regular Investment: $1,500
- Full-Day Intensive
- Intensive Workbook
- In-Person or Virtual Participation
Standard Investment
$1,500
The investment once early registration closes.
- Full-Day Intensive
- Intensive Workbook
- In-Person or Virtual Participation
Payment Options
CHOOSE HOW YOU PAY
Three early-registration options. The total investment is shown for every plan.
Pay In Full
$900
Total Investment: $900
2-Pay Plan
2 × $500
Total Investment: $1000
3-Pay Plan
3 × $400
Total Investment: $1200
Secure online payment is not yet connected. Choose an option and join the interest list or email us and we will follow up as soon as registration opens.
Early Registration Bonus
THE ACQUISITION STARTER KIT
- Acquisition Readiness Assessment
- “What Would I Buy?” Worksheet
- Personal Acquisition Criteria Worksheet
- Deal Team Checklist
- Capital Stack Worksheet
- Deal Analysis Worksheet
- 90-Day Acquisition Action Map
Also Included
PRE-INTENSIVE ACQUISITION CONVERSATION
Registered participants receive access to a private virtual pre-event conversation designed to prepare them for the Intensive.
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CURIOUS ABOUT BUSINESS ACQUISITION?
Start the conversation.
You don’t have to decide today.
Join the Women’s Business Acquisition Intensive interest list to receive event details, early access, acquisition insights and registration updates.
THE FUTURE ISN’T JUST BUILT.
IT’S ACQUIRED.
Connect. Learn. Acquire.
Build Legacy Together.