The Are You a Builder Summit Series

ARE YOU
A BUILDER?

A four-hour working Summit for independent business owners who create more value than they consume.

One Summit Format · Multiple Cities · One Builder Movement
Builder Mark

Why the Builders Summit Exists

Builders create businesses, jobs, opportunity, stronger families, and stronger communities. Yet too many independent business owners are expected to build alone.

Four Hours. Four Acts.

One Clearer Path Forward.

Every Summit follows the same practical four-act experience, built to move a Builder from understanding to clarity, from clarity to action, and from action to leadership.

Act I

The BIG Setup

Understand the economic, technological, demographic, and competitive forces reshaping independent business.

Act II

The BIG X-Ray

See the strengths, weaknesses, risks, constraints, and opportunities inside your business.

Act III

The BIG Playbook

Turn insight into priorities, practical systems, and a focused 90-day operating plan.

Act IV

The BIG Owner

Strengthen the financial, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual capacity of the Builder.

The Summit Promise

This Is Not Four Hours of Information.

It is four hours designed to change how you see your business, your priorities, and yourself as the Builder.

See your business more clearly.
Identify what matters most.
Build a practical 90-day plan.
Meet other independent Builders.
Enter the Builder community.
Stop trying to build alone.
The Founding Series

Choose Your Summit

Select the city that works for you. Each Summit delivers the same four-hour Builder experience.

Founding Series No. 2

Naperville, Illinois

October 2026
Final date and venue forthcoming

The Builder Movement continues in Naperville. Event details, local partners, and final venue information will be added as they are confirmed.

  • The complete four-act Summit
  • Builder working materials
  • First month as a Builder included
  • Registration now available
Our Partners

Organizations Standing With Builders

The Builder Movement is strengthened by organizations committed to independent business, practical guidance, and stronger communities.

Founding and Preferred Partners
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase Gurnee Founding Builder Partner
SCORE
SCORE
SCORE Preferred Partner