A Free Virtual Summit · Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
How to Replace Your Corporate Income, On Your Terms
Real stories. Real strategy. Real talk from entrepreneurs who've built businesses on their own terms.
Five live sessions with the people actually living it, our Biz Club and Mastermind members, alongside trusted partners who support their growth.
Why this summit
Nobody teaches you how to think like an owner.
Leaving a job to build your own HR or Talent consultancy sounds simple until you're actually doing it. The truth is nobody teaches you how to sell, how to market, how to choose the right tools, or how to think like an owner instead of an employee. Most of what you learn comes from getting it wrong first.
That's why we built this summit. We're pulling back the curtain with the people actually living it: our Biz Club and Mastermind members, alongside trusted partners who support their growth. Across five sessions, you'll hear the highs, the lows, and the practical lessons that come from building a consultancy from scratch.
This isn't a highlight reel. It's the real story of what it takes.
What you'll walk away with
Five things you can use the same week.
A clearer sense of the shift required to go from employee to owner.
A filter for cutting through the noise of tools and “experts” flooding your DMs.
Room to lean into the parts of your work you actually love.
A marketing process that goes beyond posting and hoping.
A real view of where AI and automation actually fit, without the hype.
The agenda
Five sessions, one evening.
All times listed in UK / EST / CT
The Importance of Mindset - Shifting from Employee to Business Owner
When you leave an organisation, you leave behind more than a job. You leave behind an employee mindset. Learning to sell, pitching in front of people who already know you, and going out to find clients on your own all require a different way of thinking. This session gets honest about what that shift really takes.
Speakers: Barbie Winterbottom, Sam O'Neill, Zoe Walters, Tracey Abut, Jen Miller
Avoid the Shiny Objects - Lean Into Your Tribe & Find Your Experts
The moment your LinkedIn title changes to Founder or CEO, your inbox fills with people promising you the world. This session is about learning to navigate those first couple of years: which tools you actually need, and why building a network of trusted experts matters more than chasing the next shiny promise.
Speakers: Alex Seiler, Phil Strazzulla, Tina Ullman, Dominic Le Fort
Nerding Out on Your Area of Expertise
You don't have to niche down to succeed. Sometimes the thing that makes you unique is exactly the nerdy corner of the work you love most. This session features business owners who've built their consultancies by staying in their zone of joy and getting paid well for it.
Speakers: Bryan Driscoll, Laurie Smith, Sam O'Neill, Victoria Dale, Sara McConnell
Marketing 101 - How to Build a Process That Actually Works
Marketing is more than a few LinkedIn posts, and that's usually where people get stuck feeling like “nothing works.” This session brings in a marketing expert alongside business owners who've grown their consultancies through marketing that's built with intention, not guesswork.
Speakers: Aman, Debbie, Carly Jenner
Why AI Won't Take Over the World, and the Importance of Automation
AI is here to stay, and HR and Talent entrepreneurs are in a unique position to guide their clients through it. This session explores what hybrid really means now, how AI and automation can work on your terms, and why putting the human back into your workflows matters more than ever.
Speakers: Zoe Walters, Monyca Brown, Jeremiah Farris, David Collier
Who this is for
Built for HR and Talent professionals building something of their own.
Whether you've already left the corporate world or you're seriously considering the leap, in your first year or several years in, you'll find something here that speaks to where you are right now.
Five sessions. Real entrepreneurs. No fluff.
Join us live on Tuesday, October 6th, 2026, and start building your consultancy with the mindset, tools, and clarity to do it on your own terms.
Register for free →In partnership with our trusted network of tools and experts supporting HR and Talent entrepreneurs everywhere.