Events
Rooms worth being in.
Rooms worth being in. Workshops, dinners, and retreats. Small by design. A seat is held when you register. A room runs when it reaches its threshold.
What it is.
A handful of people, one room, a real conversation about decisions you are actually facing.
Who it is for.
Founders, executives, and senior operators. Selection is light by design; if it is for you, the description will say so.
How registration works.
You hold a seat by registering. The room runs when enough people have committed. If a room does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically and we move you to the next one.
Operator Dinner: The Execution Problem
An intimate operator dinner during VivaTech on the gap between an AI plan and real execution for founders and enterprise innovation leaders.
- Who this is for:
- Founders & enterprise innovation leaders
- What you will leave with:
- Examples of how other operators have turned AI strategy into running systems, and a clearer view of your own execution gaps.
- Why now:
- Co-located with VivaTech. The AI narrative is loud; the execution stories are quiet. This dinner is built around the latter.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
June Office Hours
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- One decision untangled and a concrete recommendation you can implement immediately.
- Why now:
- Space on the calendar to get unstuck before the next month of execution begins.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Founder Tech Clarity Sprint · Summer Cohort
A four-week working sprint to audit your stack, score AI readiness, and get a build/buy/fix roadmap you can execute without guessing.
- Who this is for:
- Founders
- What you will leave with:
- A prioritized technology and AI roadmap, clear build vs buy vs fix calls, and language to explain those decisions to investors and your team.
- Why now:
- AI and platform decisions made this quarter will decide whether you are rebuilding in 18 months or compounding on the right foundation.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
$1,500
View and registerOffice Hours · July
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- A sharper view of one blocking decision and a neutral operator read on your options.
- Why now:
- A low-friction way to get Copper & Vine eyes on a question before it compounds into a rebuild.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Activation House · Martha's Vineyard
A month-long August activation house and meeting space designed to put founders into the rooms and conversations that move their year.
- Who this is for:
- Founders (curated)
- What you will leave with:
- Warm introductions, working sessions on the operating record, and a pipeline of investor and partner conversations shaped before you arrive.
- Why now:
- August is when most founders finally have space to zoom out, this house makes sure that time translates into relationships and decisions that count in Q4.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
$200 deposit
View and registerOffice Hours · August
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- A clear recommendation on one operating, technology, or revenue question that has been sitting on your list too long.
- Why now:
- You do not need a full engagement to get unstuck, sometimes you just need one well-governed answer.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
90-Day Business Modernization Accelerator · Fall Cohort
A 90-day accelerator to document operations into SOPs, install a revenue system, and modernize lead infrastructure so the business can scale without rebuilding.
- Who this is for:
- Founders
- What you will leave with:
- A living operating document, a governed revenue system, modernized lead capture, and founder time freed from the day-to-day.
- Why now:
- If your next year of growth runs on today’s systems, you will be rebuilding in the middle of momentum. This is the window to fix that.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
$1,500
View and registerOperator Room @ Dreamforce
A curated room of senior data and Salesforce leaders during Dreamforce for an off-the-record conversation about execution, governance, and independence.
- Who this is for:
- Salesforce ecosystem leaders
- What you will leave with:
- Peers who understand your constraints, language for your internal stakeholders, and practical ideas you can take back to your roadmap.
- Why now:
- Co-located with Dreamforce. Dreamforce is where every vendor is pitching vision. This dinner is where operators compare what actually shipped and why.
Confirms when 10 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach 10 by September 2, 2026, your card is refunded automatically.
Office Hours · September
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- One material decision moved from “I am not sure” to “this is the next step.”
- Why now:
- A simple way to pressure-test a call before year-end planning and fundraising conversations.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Curated Dinner @ ICMA Annual Conference
An operator dinner for public-sector and municipal innovation leaders on modernization, data, and governance that survives leadership cycles.
- Who this is for:
- Public-sector & local-gov leaders
- What you will leave with:
- Examples from peers, a clearer view of what modern digital infrastructure looks like in government, and language you can bring back to your council or board.
- Why now:
- Co-located with ICMA Annual Conference. Public-sector digital decisions made this cycle will define trust, continuity, and capacity for the next decade.
Confirms when 8 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach 8 by September 15, 2026, your card is refunded automatically.
Founder Tech Clarity Sprint · Fall Cohort
A four-week sprint to audit your stack, score AI readiness, and get a build/buy/fix roadmap you can execute without guessing.
- Who this is for:
- Founders
- What you will leave with:
- A prioritized roadmap, clear calls on where to build vs buy vs fix, and a scored view of your AI and data readiness.
- Why now:
- End-of-year budgeting is where most tech commitments get locked in. This sprint makes sure those decisions are informed, not reactive.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
$1,500
View and registerCurated Dinner @ HLTH
A curated healthtech operator dinner during HLTH on the realities of getting AI and data products live in clinical and payer environments.
- Who this is for:
- Healthtech founders & leaders
- What you will leave with:
- Candid stories from other founders, a sharper sense of your own roadmap risks, and operator language for regulators, investors, and partners.
- Why now:
- Co-located with HLTH. Healthtech is absorbing AI at speed. The companies that win will be the ones who can ship safely, not just talk about potential.
Confirms when 8 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach 8 by October 5, 2026, your card is refunded automatically.
Office Hours · October
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- A governed recommendation on one technology, operating, or revenue question you have been postponing.
- Why now:
- October is the last clean window to correct course before the year closes.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Operator Dinner: Build, Buy, or Fix
A curated Web Summit dinner on the only three answers, build, buy, or fix, for founders, investors, and operators facing structural technology decisions.
- Who this is for:
- Founders, investors, enterprise leaders
- What you will leave with:
- A more honest view of your current stack, and a build/buy/fix decision you can explain to your board, partners, or team.
- Why now:
- Co-located with Web Summit. Conference weeks magnify both hype and FOMO. This room is built for grounded decision-making instead.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Operator Dinner · November
Ten operators, one table, and a candid conversation on the decisions you need to close before the year ends.
- Who this is for:
- Founders & executives
- What you will leave with:
- Clarity on one end-of-year decision, peer calibration on your 12-month plan, and relationships with operators facing similar stakes.
- Why now:
- The wrong decision now shows up as a painful constraint next year. This dinner is designed to help you avoid that.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach 6 by October 29, 2026, your card is refunded automatically.
Office Hours · November
Open monthly office hours for founders and operators. Bring one decision you are stuck on and leave with a clear next move.
- Who this is for:
- Mixed (founders, operators)
- What you will leave with:
- A read on one year-end decision from an operator who has seen the pattern before.
- Why now:
- A quick chance to check your plan before the calendar, and your commitments, are locked.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Operator Dinner: Before You Raise
A founder-and-investor room at Slush on the decisions to settle before you raise, independence, readiness, and what actually scales.
- Who this is for:
- Founders & VCs
- What you will leave with:
- A pre-raise checklist for your operating system, and real talk on terms, timing, and what the next round commits you to.
- Why now:
- Co-located with Slush. The best funding outcomes are decided before the pitch deck is opened. This dinner is about that work.
Confirms when 6 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach the threshold, your card is refunded automatically.
Working Session: Build, Buy, or Fix
A half-day working session on naming whether you are building, buying, or fixing before you spend a dollar on technology.
- Who this is for:
- Founders & operators
- What you will leave with:
- A map of your core systems, a build/buy/fix decision for each, and a short list of vendors or internal moves to explore next.
- Why now:
- Most rebuilds start as unclear decisions. This session is about preventing that before budgets are committed.
Confirms when 20 people register. We will email everyone the moment the room is set. If it does not reach 20 by November 5, 2026, your card is refunded automatically.
$1,500
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