Aileron Summit 2026

The small business leadership conference built for owners who are ready to do the work.

Connect. Recharge. Elevate.

As a small business owner or strategic leader, you know the noise never stops. Summit is your chance to step away from it — to find your people, gain clarity, and leave with proven ways to elevate yourself, your team, and your business.

September 22–23, 2026 | Aileron Campus | Tipp City, Ohio

Early-bird offer: Business owners, Presidents, and CEOs who register before July 1 receive a complimentary one-on-one coaching session ($300 value) — so you arrive knowing exactly what you’re there to work on.

Aileron Summit 2026

The small business leadership conference built for owners who are ready to do the work.

Connect. Recharge. Elevate.

As a small business owner or strategic leader, you know the noise never stops. Summit is your chance to step away from it — to find your people, gain clarity, and leave with proven ways to elevate yourself, your team, and your business.

September 22–23, 2026 | Aileron Campus | Tipp City, Ohio

Early-bird offer: Business owners, Presidents, and CEOs who register before July 1 receive a complimentary one-on-one coaching session ($300 value) — so you arrive knowing exactly what you’re there to work on.

Who should attend Summit?

Summit is built for small business owners, Presidents, and CEOs of privately held companies — and the senior leaders who help move the business forward.

If you’re carrying decisions that don’t stop coming, leading a team that’s counting on you, and wondering when you’ll finally get time to think — this is for you.

Not a general business conference. Not a seminar.
Two days of leadership development designed specifically for the people running small businesses.

What makes Summit different?

This isn’t another conference where inspiration fades on the drive home. Summit is built around action. Our team supports you before, during, and after — so the work you do here stays meaningful long after you leave Campus.

Connect

At Summit, you’ll find your people. There’s a kind of feedback you can only get from another small business owner — from someone who has stood exactly where you’re standing and will tell you the truth. That’s the room you’re walking into.

Recharge

Sessions and peer learning built around the challenges you’re actually carrying, in an environment built as a true retreat from the chaos of your day-to-day.

Elevate

Leave Summit with a clear mind and the tools you need to elevate yourself, your team, and your business.

Agenda and What to Expect

September 22 — Business Owner Retreat

For: Business Owners, Presidents and CEOs

Day 1 is yours alone as an owner. Step into a room of peers who understand where you’re coming from. You’ll reflect, process real challenges, and find the clarity that’s hard to come by when you’re deep in the day-to-day. Cap the evening with dinner, drinks, and the kind of conversations that don’t happen in a conference room.

  • Focus on leading yourself and your business
  • Space to reflect, process, and work on real issues
  • Be in a room with people who stand in your shoes
  • Tools and inspiration for getting unstuck
  • Evening experience with dinner and drinks

September 23 — Leadership Accelerator

For: Business Owners and Strategic Senior Leaders

Day 2 is about alignment and momentum. Come alone or bring your leadership team and work on real issues together. Retreat from the day-to-day and recharge on Aileron’s Campus, all while building the clarity and shared direction your business needs to move forward. You’ll leave with concrete direction, not just good intentions.

  • Grow your ability to lead yourself and others
  • Work on real challenges alongside your team or peers
  • Build alignment and shared direction with your leadership team
  • Walk away with a clear mind and new ideas to take back with you

“Having local business leaders share was extremely impactful”

— Summit 2025 participant

Tickets and Pricing

Business Owner Tickets

Both Days (Day 1 & 2)

$795

  • Owner-only Day 1 experience
  • Evening event with dinner and drinks
  • Day 2 with your leadership team
  • Post-event coaching session to process and plan for what’s next

Day 1 Only

$395

  • Owner-only Day 1 experience
  • Evening event with dinner and drinks

Senior Leader Ticket

Day 2 Only

$395

  • Grow your ability to lead yourself and others
  • Work on real issues alongside your team
  • Gain clarity and alignment with your business owner

A look inside Summit

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Summit FAQs

Summit is a two-day small business leadership conference held each year on Aileron’s Campus in Tipp City, Ohio. It’s designed for small business owners, CEOs, and the senior leaders who help run privately held companies — not a general business conference, but a focused leadership development experience built specifically for people carrying the weight of running a business.

Summit is priced to be as accessible as possible — we’d rather keep the cost low for every business owner than build in room for discounts. What we do recommend is coming with one or two members of your leadership team. The experience is designed for that. An owner and their senior leaders doing the work together leave with something a solo attendee simply can’t — shared language, shared direction, and ideas you built together.

While anyone is welcome to attend, Summit is designed for for-profit, privately owned small business leaders. You can register, but some of the content may not be relevant to nonprofit management. We also invite you to join us on January 14, 2027 for Founder’s Day, our free community event open to all leaders.

Aileron’s Campus is located in Tipp City, Ohio, about 20 minutes from Dayton International Airport. The greater Dayton area has plenty of hotel and Airbnb options nearby. Learn more →

Yes, we will be providing lunch both days, and free snacks and beverages are available at the Café on Campus throughout the event.

Are you ready to Summit?

You’ve been meaning to carve out time for this.

Summit is where that happens — two days of peer learning, leadership development, and real work alongside other small business owners who get it.

Register before July 1 and receive a complimentary one-on-one coaching session so you arrive knowing exactly what you’re there to work on.

You’ve been meaning to carve out time for this.

Summit is where that happens — two days of peer learning, leadership development, and real work alongside other small business owners who get it.

Register before July 1 and receive a complimentary one-on-one coaching session so you arrive knowing exactly what you’re there to work on.