One day.
Five acts.
This isn't a lineup of unrelated talks. The day is built as one story — and it ends on one question.
"What are you building, and who are you becoming while you build it?"
- IMorning — Act I
The Calling: Why you started building in the first place.
The day opens on the thing nobody says out loud: why you took the risk, what you were chasing, and who you were trying to prove something to.
- Founder origin stories
- Purpose and calling
- The cost of the decision to build
- IILate morning — Act II
The Struggle: Failure, pressure, betrayal, family, money.
The part conferences edit out. Founders who lost it, rebuilt it, nearly lost their marriage doing it — and what they'd do differently.
- Business failure and recovery
- Partnership betrayal
- Marriage, kids and pressure
- Cash-flow crises
- IIIMidday — Act III
The Build: Sales, marketing, operations, leadership, capital.
The heaviest business block of the day. Real numbers on screen, real playbooks, real operators taking questions.
- Scaling systems
- Sales and acquisition
- Leadership and hiring
- Capital, M&A and exits
- IVAfternoon — Act IV
The Future: The AI Floor — live demonstrations, on the clock.
Workflows built live. Voice agents taking real calls. A human task and an AI task, side by side, with a stopwatch on screen.
- The 60-Minute Company
- AI vs. Employee
- Voice AI Live
- The Automation Teardown
- VClose — Act V
The Purpose: What all of it is actually for.
Legacy, stewardship, generosity, family — and the one question the entire day has been building toward.
- Legacy and stewardship
- Generosity and giving
- What machines can't do
- What are you building, and who are you becoming while you build it?
The room doesn't stop when the stage does.
VIP Workshop — June 17
A private working session the day before with a small group and direct access to speakers.
The AI Floor
Hands-on stations open all day. Bring a real use case from your business and work it live.
Elite Cocktail Reception
The evening room where the introductions actually happen — founders, investors and operators.
Optional Morning Gathering
A short gathering before doors for anyone who wants it. Entirely optional, never pushed.
Inspiration wears off. Plans don't.
A written growth plan for your company
Not notes. A one-page plan for the next four quarters — revenue, margin, hiring, and the two constraints actually holding you back.
An AI implementation shortlist
Three to five automations you can start within 30 days, ranked by payback, from workflows you watched run live.
Clarity on what your business is worth
How buyers and investors value companies like yours today, what moves the multiple, and what a real timeline looks like.
Operator playbooks you can hand to your team
Sales, marketing, hiring and ops frameworks from founders who are running them right now at scale.
Relationships you'll still have in ten years
A curated room of 500. Founders, CEOs, investors and operators who will pick up the phone when you call.
Answers to the questions underneath the business
Purpose, family, integrity, and what you're actually building toward — asked honestly, answered honestly.