Dayton Engagement Breakfast: February 2026

Registration Now Open!

NVSBC offers our Dayton Engagement Breakfast event and guest speaker for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for the networking, breakfast, and speaker presentation!

NVSBC invite you to the Dayton Engagement Breakfast, where ALL (NVSBC Members + Non-Members) are invited if interested in joining us for this government contracting focused event.

• Location: The Pentagon Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Blvd., Beavercreek, OH 45431
• Parking: Venue Parking Lot
• Event POC: Engagement Director, [email protected]

Dayton Engagement Breakfast Agenda: 

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Registration, Networking
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Call to Order
• Opening Remarks - Zack Armstrong, COO, NVSBC
• 8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Provider Spotlight: Val Beerbower, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program Manager
• 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Around the Room Introductions
• 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM Breakfast Served (Buffett)
• 9:30 AM – 9:35 AM Speaker Introduction (Zack Armstrong, NVSBC)
• 9:35 AM – 10:15 AM Guest Speaker Presentation + Q&A
  
• Guest Speaker: Tom Prokop, Managing Director, Kraken Federal
• Topic Discussion: "From Operator to Owner: Designing a Business That Can Scale - or Exit"
  
  Many small business owners say they want scale or an exit, but they’re still operating like senior employees inside their own company. In this session, Tom challenges founders to rethink their role, their decision-making, and their endgame. Attendees will learn how disciplined financial systems, operational clarity, and intentional design allow founders to step out of day-to-day execution while increasing enterprise value. This talk focuses on building optionality before urgency forces bad decisions.
  Key Takeaways:
  • The signs you’re stuck in operator mode
  • How scalable companies structure finance, hiring, and delivery differently
  • Why exits are built years before buyers appear
  • How clarity around exit strategy improves daily decisions
  • How to stop being the bottleneck without losing control
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Closing Remarks & Networking

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