Big-picture perspective
Keynotes from David Phelps and outside voices who challenge conventional thinking about ownership, leadership, success, and what comes next.
FREEDOM FOUNDERS · OCTOBER MEMBER EVENT
Freedom is easier to build in the right room.
Spend two days with successful practice owners and couples who are asking bigger questions about business, investing, relationships, time, and what they want their success to make possible.
Reserve Your Seat
$1,497 · Spouse included
2026 Event Theme: The Exit-Optional Summit
30
guest seats
October 16-17, 2026Friday & Saturday
Delta Hotels Dallas Southlake20 minutes from DFW
Bring your spouseIncluded with registration
THE FREEDOM FOUNDERS DIFFERENCE
The content matters.
The community changes what you do with it.
Most successful owners do not lack information. They lack a trusted room where they can say what is really happening, challenge the assumptions that built their current life, and learn from people a few steps ahead.
01
People who understand ownership
No need to explain the pressure, complexity, or identity that comes with building something valuable.
02
Conversations without an agenda
Learn from peers, operators, and specialists without being pushed toward someone else’s product or prescribed path.
03
Success in the context of life
Business, investments, relationships, health, time, and legacy belong in the same conversation.
INSIDE THE COMMUNITY
The most valuable conversation may not happen from the stage.
THE OCTOBER EXPERIENCE
Designed for insight, conversation, and better decisions.
The agenda deliberately moves between keynote perspective, practical panels, table discussion, shared meals, and workshops. You will have time to absorb the ideas - and test them against the lived experience of the people around you.
Real member conversations
Barstool interviews, table discussions, and candid stories from owners navigating the same decisions in real time.
Business and investment insight
Curated panels on building stronger businesses, creating income beyond the practice, and protecting your options in a changing economy.
Relationships and legacy
Honest conversations about how business decisions affect your spouse, family, identity, relationships, and the life you are building together.
Decision-making workshops
Practical filters and facilitated table work that help you translate a weekend of insight into clearer priorities and next moves.
Time with the community
Networking breakfasts, shared lunches, hosted dinners, and unhurried conversations with people who understand the weight of ownership.
VOICES YOU'LL HEAR
Fresh perspective, grounded in the real world.
David Phelps will lead the weekend alongside members of the Freedom Founders community and guest contributors including Steven J. Anderson, Schuyler Williamson, Ben Glass, Mike Hambright, and Rob Swanson.
Their sessions span leadership, stewardship, entrepreneurship, relationships, legacy, decision-making, community, and building a life with more options.
Different backgrounds. Different pathways. One shared question: How do we make success serve the life we actually want?
THE 2026 THEME
Exit-optional is not the same as ready to leave.
One important thread through the weekend is building enough financial and operational freedom that your work becomes a choice. That may lead you to sell, scale, bring in an associate, simplify, or keep practicing from a position of greater control.
The goal is not to prescribe an exit. It is to expand your options while you still have the time, health, and energy to use them.
COME AS A COUPLE
The practice may carry one name. The life around it belongs to both of you.
Members consistently tell us that some of their most valuable breakthroughs happen when both spouses hear the same conversations and finally have shared language for the choices ahead.
- Your spouse attends at no additional cost
- Meet couples navigating similar seasons
- Create space for conversations that get crowded out at home
THE SETTING
Step away from the noise.
Two days to think clearly, build meaningful relationships, and return home with a wider view of what is possible.
Dates
October 16-17, 2026
Venue
Delta Hotels Dallas Southlake
Address
251 E State Hwy 114, Southlake, TX
Airport
DFW · Approximately 20 minutes
OCTOBER 16-17 · SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
Come experience the Freedom Founders community.
Join a carefully built room of owners, couples, and trusted voices for two days of candid conversation about building a business - and a life - with more freedom.
Reserve Your Seat · $1,497 Spouse included at no additional cost.