Thursday, November 5, 2026
Online Fireside Chat — AI and business building
18:00 – 19:00 CST · Online
Free
A weekly conversation on AI development and building the business around it. Bring a question.
Events
Summits, fireside chats and AI sessions
Every event is hybrid — join in the room or online. Free fireside chats every Thursday at 6pm CST from October 22, Saturday sessions from November 7, pop-ups from the West Coast to the East Coast, and summits in Kansas City and Indianapolis.
Calendar
Gold dates have events. Pick one to see it.
Coming up
Saturday, November 7, 2026
AI Session — AI development and business building
10:00 – 13:00 CST · Hybrid — Kansas City and online
$75 ticket
A working Saturday session on putting AI to use in a real business: what to build, what to buy, and how founders turn it into revenue.
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Online Fireside Chat — AI and business building
18:00 – 19:00 CST · Online
Free
A weekly conversation on AI development and building the business around it. Bring a question.
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Online Fireside Chat — AI and business building
18:00 – 19:00 CST · Online
Free
A weekly conversation on AI development and building the business around it. Bring a question.
Thursday, November 26, 2026
Online Fireside Chat — AI and business building
18:00 – 19:00 CST · Online
Free
A weekly conversation on AI development and building the business around it. Bring a question.
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Selling into a regulated buyer
17:00 – 18:00 ET · Virtual, members only
No charge for members
One founder and one buyer-side operator on what a compliance review really asks of an early product, and where founders lose a year.
Saturday AI Session
AI Session — AI development and business building
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 10:00 – 13:00 CST · Hybrid — Kansas City and online
A working Saturday session on putting AI to use in a real business: what to build, what to buy, and how founders turn it into revenue.
$75
Sign in first so your ticket is attached to your account. Joining details are emailed before the session.
Free every Thursday
Online fireside chats — $0
Every Thursday at 6:00 pm CST starting October 22, 2026. One hour on AI development and business building, hosted by Luke Medvegy. Don't miss it.
Sign up freeThursday firesides
Every Thursday, 6:00 pm CST — free
Speakers
Supporting speakers
Founders, operators and investors join Luke at each event. Names are announced to registered guests ahead of each date.
Agenda
Saturday AI Session
Saturday, November 7 · 10:00 – 13:00 CST.
10:00
Where AI actually pays
Luke Medvegy opens with the use cases producing revenue for founders right now — and the ones still burning budget.
10:45
Build, buy or partner
A working framework for deciding what to build yourself, with real examples from Business Navigators clients.
11:45
Hands-on workshop
Bring one process from your business; leave with an AI plan for it you can start on Monday.
12:30
Questions and introductions
Open floor, in the room and online. Introductions made the following week.
Agenda
Thursday fireside chat
Timings from the start of the call.
00:00
Framing
Five minutes on why the topic matters this quarter and who is in the room. No slides.
00:05
The conversation
Thirty-five minutes with two guests — usually one founder and one person on the other side of the table. Specifics, named constraints, real numbers where they can be shared.
00:40
Member questions
Fifteen minutes, unmoderated. Questions are taken live rather than pre-screened.
00:55
Follow-ups
Members who want an introduction from what they heard say so before the call ends; we make it in the following week.
Agenda
Summit day
Kansas City, April 10, 2027 · Indianapolis, October 9, 2027.
08:30
Registration and private breakfast
Seated by sector, not by title. Members receive the attendee brief on arrival — who is in the room, what they are building, and what they are looking for.
09:30
Opening brief: where capital is actually moving
A working read of the quarter across defense, AI, aerospace, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, energy and logistics. Numbers and mandates, not predictions.
10:45
Sector roundtables
Six simultaneous tables of twelve, each led by an operator who has sold into that buyer. Founders bring one live problem; investors bring one live question.
12:30
Working lunch — buyer's view
A former program or procurement lead walks through how a decision is actually made inside their organisation, including the parts that kill deals late.
14:00
Readiness clinics
Thirty-minute private reviews against the nine Venture Readiness dimensions. Founders leave with a written list of what to fix before their next raise.
16:00
Introductions block
Pre-matched one-to-one meetings, scheduled from what members marked in advance. No booth floor, no pitch queue.
17:15
Closing remarks and reception
Short close, then an unstructured hour. Most of the useful conversations start here.
Registration
Sign up for an event
Pick the events you want. We confirm by email with the joining link or venue.
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