CBC Combined Event · August 14, Edina
Creative Business Council · Combined Event

The owners, and the people who run it.

Once or twice a year, both rooms meet.
Once a year, bring one or two of your leadership teammates into the room.

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DateFriday, August 142026
Time7:30 to 12:30 Centralbreakfast + lunch
WhereEdina, MNVenue sent on confirmation
Per seat$300Guest seat, by invitation
The room

CBC runs these groups separately all year. Once or twice a year, they sit at one table.

1

The owners

The CEO Roundtable. The people carrying the direction of the business, and the weight that comes with it.

2

The operators

GMs, Presidents, VPs, and Heads of Operations. The people who run the day to day.

3

The outside leaders

A select group joins this round to meet CBC and see the format firsthand. That's the seat you're reserving.

4

What happens next

Groups reconvene in September, 8 to 12 leaders per group pursuing similar targets.

Once a year

Bring the leaders you are counting on.

All year, the owners meet apart from the people who run the day to day. This is the one day they sit at the same table, and the only day you can bring one or two of your own leadership team into it.

They do not watch from the back. They work the burning issues, shape your next 6 to 12 months, and leave with the same clarity and accountability the owners do. For the people you trust to run the business without you in it daily, a day in this room is worth a quarter of meetings.

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Speaker

The hats I had to take off.

Laketown started as a merit shop, low-voltage electrical contractor and is now expanding fast into new markets and new lines of business. Matt's team and culture are scaling with it. His talk covers how his own role has changed over three to four years to make that growth possible, and what's next.

Q&A follows
Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann
Laketown Electric

How the day runs.

Friday, August 14 · 7:30 to 12:30 · breakfast and lunch provided

Welcome and context

Where the day is headed, and why this room matters.

Introductions and the thought of the day

Meet your table, and the idea that frames it.

Burning issues

An open table discussion on what is pressing right now.

The next 6 to 12 months

The leadership team you are building, and where the demands of the business are pushing it to change.

The horse race

Results from the midyear Waypoint Assessment.

Featured presentation

A talk and Q&A with Matt Bergmann.

Accountability

Commitments for the next three quarters, and for the month ahead.

Plus a closing gift and September announcements. Full run of show at the door.

The one rule

Make someone else's business stronger for the time spent with you.

This is not a networking lunch. That's the whole job for the day.

You leave with

A task tied to running the business without the owner in it daily.

Not theory. One concrete thing to go execute, and a group that expects to hear how it went.

Before you come

A few practical things, so you can show up ready to work.

Breakfast and lunch provided Business casual 7:30 to 12:30 Guest seat, by invitation
Location

Edina, MN

Venue on your confirmation
The exact address is included in your confirmation email, along with the calendar invite.
Friday, August 14 · Edina, MN

Come see the format from the inside.

Guest seat, by invitation. Breakfast and lunch provided.

$300 per seat
Reserve your seat

This is the one round each year your leadership teammates can join. Choose the quantity at checkout, then forward your confirmation so each can add the event to their calendar.

$300 / seatCombined Event · August 14
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