# UCLA Anderson: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

Hosts the SoCal ETA conference.

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Last checked: 2026-09-04

## At a Glance

- Club: An ETA group inside the Entrepreneur Association, whose pages lead with what it runs rather than a mission: the roundtable and the conference.
- Money: No funding that UCLA Anderson publishes.
- Conference: The SoCal ETA Conference, whose third annual edition ran in April 2026 at the Luskin Conference Center.
- Its own page: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/clubs-and-associations/institutions/entrepreneur-association-ea/entrepreneurship-through-acquisition

## The Classes

- Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, an Executive MBA capstone taught by Kent Weaver

## Who Teaches It

- Kent Weaver, whom the school's ETA pages name as its search fund and ETA lecturer, and an investor

## What It Publishes for Anyone

- A public news feature on ETA as the middle path between a startup and private equity, on the school's own site.

## What Else It Runs

- An annual ETA Roundtable: panels across the journey from sourcing a deal to building value after the close.
- Kent Weaver's class on alternative paths to entrepreneurship, which the school's own feature names as the first door before the capstone.

## Where to Read It

- ETA at the Entrepreneur Association: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/clubs-and-associations/institutions/entrepreneur-association-ea/entrepreneurship-through-acquisition
- The SoCal ETA Conference: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/alumni/event-details?eid=9932
- What Is Your ETA?, the school's feature: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/what-your-eta
- The ETA capstone: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/degrees/executive-mba/academics/capstone

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