Speaking & Media
Buy a business. Scale through acquisition. Build a company someone wants to own. Exit on your terms.
Bring Erika Baez-Grimes, CM&AP to your stage for a powerful conversation about The Silver Tsunami, The Opportunity, Business Ownership, Scale, Capital & Exit.
A Certified M&A Professional, founder, acquirer & dealmaker, Erika brings experience from the negotiating table to keynotes, workshops & executive sessions. She makes complex decisions accessible, challenges owners to think bigger & gives audiences practical frameworks they can put to work.
For aspiring buyers, that means understanding the path to business ownership. For CEOs, it means exploring acquisition as a growth strategy. For founders, it means recognizing what makes a business valuable long before they decide to sell.
Give your audience more than a moment of inspiration. Give them a next move.
Share your event date, audience & goals. Let’s build a session around the decisions that matter most to your room.
Seen On These Stages:
Buy. Build. Scale. The Next Generation of Business Ownership.
A historic generational transition is reshaping the future of business ownership, creating extraordinary opportunities for entrepreneurs, established CEOs & investors who understand how to capitalize on it.
As Baby Boomer business owners prepare for retirement and ownership transitions, the Silver Tsunami is creating opportunities to acquire established companies, accelerate growth & build enterprise value.
In this signature keynote, award-winning M&A advisor Erika Baez-Grimes challenges traditional thinking about entrepreneurship and reveals how acquisitions can serve as a powerful strategy for wealth creation, business expansion & long-term ownership.
From identifying acquisition targets and accessing capital to negotiating transactions, executing successful transitions & scaling through strategic acquisitions, Erika delivers a roadmap for turning market opportunity into ownership.
The opportunity isn’t just to participate in the Silver Tsunami. It’s to understand how to leverage it.
Key Audience Takeaways
Book Erika On Your Stage
Erika Baez-Grimes brings the perspective of a founder, sales leader, acquirer and M&A advisor to the stage. She speaks nationally on buying, building, scaling and exiting businesses, alongside the sales, relationships and leadership skills that make growth possible. Her keynotes, workshops and executive conversations connect experience across business development, entrepreneurship and dealmaking with practical strategies audiences can apply to their own businesses.
From winning clients to closing acquisitions, Erika explores how to communicate value, earn trust, navigate objections, negotiate with confidence and move important conversations toward a decision. Her topics include sales strategy, relationship building, strategic partnerships, referral networks, personal positioning and leadership. She connects these disciplines to the broader work of growing revenue, strengthening teams and building a business whose value extends beyond its founder.
At the center of Erika’s work is helping people turn expertise, relationships and opportunity into lasting business value. Whether addressing CEOs, founders, sales teams or aspiring acquirers, she challenges audiences to pursue growth with intention, recognize the opportunities ownership creates and prepare for what comes next. Her message spans the full entrepreneurial journey, from establishing credibility and winning business to scaling through acquisition, preparing for an exit and creating pathways to generational wealth.
KEYNOTES • EXECUTIVE SESSIONS • CONFERENCES • WORKSHOPS • PRIVATE EVENTS
15+ Years
Dealmaking Experience
$400M+
Processed + Scale & Exit Activity
National Stages
Conferences & CEO Events
Award-Winning
M&A Advisor
Founder & Investor
Real-World Experience
CM&AP
Certified M&A Professional
Buy. Scale. Exit.
Signature Expertise
Keynotes & Workshops
Speaking Formats
CEOs & Entrepreneurs
Audiences Served
Beyond Inspiration
Strategy Into Action
15+ Years
Dealmaking Experience
$400M+
Processed + Scale & Exit Activity
National Stages
Conferences & CEO Events
Award-Winning
M&A Advisor
Founder & Investor
Real-World Experience
CM&AP
Certified M&A Professional
Buy. Scale. Exit.
Signature Expertise
Keynotes & Workshops
Speaking Formats
CEOs & Entrepreneurs
Audiences Served
Beyond Inspiration
Strategy Into Action
My 6 Signature Topics
Every talk is built around the full entrepreneurial journey — from winning business to scaling it, exiting it & building wealth from it.
1
Velocity 2026 - ETA Discussion
The Business Ownership Shift Creating the Next Generation of Wealth.
A generational transfer of businesses is creating extraordinary opportunities. Erika reveals how entrepreneurs, CEOs & investors can leverage acquisitions to accelerate ownership, expand enterprises & build wealth.
2
Enterprising Women 2026 Succession Panel
Succession. Exit Strategy. The Future of Everything You’ve Built.
Every business owner will eventually face a transition. The question is whether they will control it. Explore succession planning, ownership transitions, strategic exits & the decisions that protect enterprise value while shaping what comes next for the founder, the business & future generations.
3
Women’s Capital Summit NYC 2026
The CEO Playbook for Building Companies That Thrive Beyond the Founder.
Growth without structure creates complexity, not necessarily value. Discover how CEOs build scalable operations, strengthen leadership teams, create accountability & move from founder-dependent businesses to enterprises designed for sustainable growth.
4
W.E.W & W.P.O 2026
Build Relationships & Strategic Partnerships That Open Doors Money Alone Cannot.
Access changes everything. The right relationship can change the trajectory of a business. Erika reveals how to build trust, cultivate influential relationships & create strategic partnerships that build powerful ecosystems & turn meaningful relationships into capital, opportunity & long-term business growth.
5
Bank of America Merchant Service 2014
The Art of Sales, Influence & Closing.
The right conversation can change the trajectory of a business. Erika reveals how to command high-stakes conversations, influence decision-makers, overcome objections & close with confidence — turning the art of sales into a repeatable, profitable skill.
6
GHCC Iconic Atlanta Power Players Reception
We’re Not Just Building Businesses. We’re Building Economic Power.
Representation opens doors. Ownership changes economies. Erika challenges Latino entrepreneurs, executives & investors to think beyond starting businesses and focus on acquiring assets, accessing capital, scaling enterprises & creating generational wealth.
Hands On Learning
Erika leads interactive workshops that turn acquisition, growth & succession strategies into working plans. Through guided exercises, deal scenarios & practical tools, participants apply what they learn to the businesses they want to buy or already own.
The Business Buying Blueprint
Half Day Workshop
Know what to buy, what to evaluate & how to take the first step.
For aspiring buyers, executives & entrepreneurs exploring business ownership through acquisition. Learn how to define your ideal business, screen opportunities, understand financial fundamentals & explore potential funding options.
Outcome
Leave with a clearer acquisition strategy, defined buying criteria & practical next steps for pursuing business ownership.
Inside the Workshop
What You Take Away
A draft buyer profile, acquisition criteria, a deal screening checklist & a prioritized action plan.
Buy, Fund, Close & Scale
Full Day Business Acquisition Intensive
Build your acquisition plan, from the first search to the first 90 days of ownership.
For serious buyers preparing to pursue an acquisition & business owners exploring growth through acquisition. Work through an illustrative deal to connect sourcing, financial analysis, capital planning, due diligence, closing & the transition into ownership.
Outcome
Leave with a coordinated acquisition roadmap & clear priorities for evaluating a business, planning the capital, preparing for closing & taking ownership.
Inside the Workshop
What You Take Away
A draft acquisition roadmap, capital planning worksheet, due diligence tracker, closing preparation checklist & first 90 day ownership plan.
Build Your Revenue Engine
Half Day Growth Workshop
Turn growth goals into a repeatable sales & execution plan.
For business owners ready to strengthen sales systems, establish accountability & create more consistent execution. Examine how your business attracts customers, converts opportunities, retains accounts & expands relationships.
Outcome
Leave with a focused plan to address a priority revenue bottleneck, supported by clear responsibilities & measurable actions.
Inside the Workshop
What You Take Away
A revenue engine map, a prioritized growth initiative, a sales scorecard & a 90 day execution plan.
Scale, Succession & Legacy
Full Day Owner Intensive
Build a business that can grow, operate beyond you & support your next chapter.
For established owners preparing to expand, develop a leadership team, transition ownership or explore a future sale. Assess your business across 8 core owner skills & prioritize improvements that support growth, transferable value & continuity.
Outcome
Leave with clear priorities for strengthening your business today & a draft roadmap for a future leadership or ownership transition.
The 8 Core Skills
Apply the Skills
What You Take Away
An assessment of the 8 core skills, an owner dependence map, a draft succession roadmap & a 90 day action plan with assigned responsibilities.
Bring Erika to your conference, leadership retreat, business community or private cohort. Choose a half day working session or a full day intensive tailored to your audience’s stage of ownership & next business decision.
Executive Education
Beyond keynotes and workshops, executive programs offer a deeper, more sustained format for leadership teams and ownership groups working through growth, acquisition, or transition strategy together.
Under Construction. Additional information about our executive programs is being developed.
Multi-City & Series Engagements
Beyond a single appearance, Erika partners with banks, economic development organizations, counties, municipalities, chambers of commerce, associations, franchise networks & conference series on multicity tours & recurring event circuits, bringing a consistent message on buying, building, scaling & exiting businesses to audiences across the country.
Multi-city Tour
For Event & Program Organizers
The media kit includes Erika’s bio, headshots, speaking topics, past engagement highlights & booking details — everything your committee needs to bring her proposal to your organization.
Erika Baez-Grimes Media Kit
Download Media KitBooking & Investment
Every engagement is tailored to your event, audience size & format. Below is a starting guide — Erika’s team will confirm final pricing once they know more about your event.
Keynote
$4,997+
A signature 30–60 minute keynote on Entrepreneurship & Scale Through Acquisition, sales strategy, or exit planning — tailored to your audience.
Most Requested
Keynote + Workshop
Custom Quote
Pair a keynote with a hands-on breakout or half-day workshop so attendees leave with a plan, not just inspiration.
Multi-City Tour / Series
Custom Quote
Association conference circuits, franchise tours & recurring event series — priced per engagement & travel schedule.
All speaking engagements begin at $4,997. Travel & accommodations outside a 50-mile radius of Orlando, FL or Vienna, VA are billed separately.
Tell us about your event & Erika’s speaking team will follow up with availability, topics & next steps.
