ACG Cup 2025 -- Competition Details

During our popular Career Conversations Networking Mixer, student competitors meet one-on-one with company leaders and decision makers looking for new talent. This year we're pairing this informal Career Conversations with our popular trivia night -- Finance Feud! Competitors will be able to meet and greet judges, advisors, and others at our Friday afternoon mixer on February 21, and stay to take part with fellow Cup competitors and company representatives at Finance Feud! Order of Events:
 

• 3:30 - 5:30 PM -- Career Conversations Networking Mixer
• 5:30 - 6 PM -- break for transition
• 6 - 8 PM -- Finance Feud trivia
  
  These events will be held together in one convenient location: the Embassy Suites Widdicomb Ballroom and Foyer in the second-floor event space just a few blocks north of downtown Grand Rapids. Attendance is free for ACG Cup competitors and their professors. ACG Cup teams can indicate their desire to play Finance Feud trivia directly on their ACG Cup team registration forms. (Finance Feud presents a fun way for teams in business and related industries to try to one-up each other in a friendly trivia competition. This high-energy trivia night pits teams from accounting and law firms as well as corporations and universities against one another. The winning team takes home the trophy and bragging rights for the next year.) 

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Cup competitors have the opportunity to connect and network with representatives from Michigan companies, as well as competition judges, who represent many prestigious local and regional firms. ACG Western Michigan members are actively looking for graduate and undergraduate students with a finesse for finance who possess the skills and qualities that enable them to become experts in corporate finance, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity. Career Conversations connects participants with employers in the greater West Michigan region. Every year, student competitors are hired as a direct result of participating in this competition!

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Career Conversations presents an opportunity for participating companies and Cup sponsors to create awareness about the deal making community and to expose students to potential career openings in this field. Career Conversations represents a chance for our competition's participants to GET CONNECTED with high-profile local firms looking for new, diverse finance and M&A talent!

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ACG Western Michigan is a local chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. The Western Michigan chapter was founded in 1999 by a group of West Michigan business leaders who recognized the need for a local organization to serve as a resource to executives actively involved in deal making and internal and external growth challenges in their companies.

Today, ACG Western Michigan is where change makers come to connect, share, and learn, and create an environment to foster growth for West Michigan business and all the markets our members serve. 

Our global community serves a diverse membership of business leaders who bring perspectives from various disciplines, industries, and leadership experiences. Our programming features a vast array of thought-provoking and experiential content focused on the concerns of growing businesses.  Our events foster a productive exchange of ideas, build critical relationships, and create conversations of consequence. 

From driving growth to navigating change, from developing talent to investing in the West Michigan business community, your concerns form our agendas.