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The Private Business Roundtable

Owners, operators and investors from across North Carolina. Coffee at 7am, honest conversation, no pitch deck. We started it because deal talk is better over coffee than in a boardroom.

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1,000+

Owners, operators and investors on the list

3

Cities — Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem

12+

Events a year, from coffee socials to CEO lunches

$0

Cost to attend

This year’s calendar

All of it, in one place. Event listings used to be split between here and the news page — that is fixed.

Mar	Coffee socials — Raleigh, Winston & Charlotte	7am, 90 minutes, roughly forty owners in each city.
Apr	CEO AI panel — Charlotte	Four operators on what they have actually deployed, not what they plan to.
May	Tariff & trade — Zoom	Forty-five minutes, for anyone importing anything.
Jun	Coffee social — Charlotte	Same format, different room.
Jul	Charlotte FC — CEO box	The most oversubscribed event we run. Ask early.
Fall	Happy hours — Winston & Charlotte	Less structured, usually the most useful.
Nov	CEO lunches	Eight to ten owners, one table, one topic.
All year	Introductions	Need talent, capital or a customer? Ask and we will point you at someone.

What we run

All of it in one place, and all of it free. Join the list and you will get one email when the next one is near you.

Coffee socials	Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston. 7am, 90 minutes, roughly forty owners in each city.
CEO panels	Operators on what they have actually deployed, not what they plan to.
CEO lunches	Eight to ten owners, one table, one topic.
Zoom briefings	Forty-five minutes on one thing — tariffs, trade, financing conditions.
Happy hours	Winston and Charlotte. Less structured, usually the most useful.
Charlotte FC box	The most oversubscribed event we run. Ask early.
Introductions	Need talent, capital or a customer? Ask and we will point you at someone.

Who is actually in the room

Not a networking group and not a lead-generation funnel. If you turn up selling, it will not go well for you.

Owners of $5–100M businesses

Mostly second-generation or founder-led, mostly trades, manufacturing, healthcare services and software.

Operators who have exited

The most valuable people in the room, and the reason we do not charge — they would not come if we did.

Investors and family offices

Quietly, and not pitching. Several of our co-investors came from this list.

Join the list

One email when there is an event near you. Nothing else, and nothing sold to you.

Also on privatebusinessroundtable.com — same list, same events.

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People gathered in a modern, well-lit indoor space with large windows, a brick pillar, and contemporary decor, socializing and holding drinks.

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