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2026 Keynote
Paul Hutchinson
Exec. Producer, Sound of Freedom
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
Houston · June 18, 2027Faith. Business. Future. · One day · 500 seats, hard capRegistration open
One Day · June 18, 2027 · Houston
The American Dream 2027
Faith. Business. Future.
Build Boldly. Lead Faithfully.
One day in Houston for entrepreneurs building something that matters — scaling, capital, leadership, and AI demonstrated live on stage. Rooted in Christian faith. Open to everyone.
GA $497 · Elite $997 · VIP $1,997 · 500 seats, hard cap
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90 seconds inside the room — tap the player to unmute
$1.4B+
Combined portfolio value in the room
1,200+
Founders across four editions
500
Seats — hard cap, one day only
Doors open in—
4 editions · Past stage: Mario Lopez · Michael Gerber · Tommy Mello
"What are you building, and who are you becoming while you build it?"
2027 Seats · LiveUpdated weekly · Hard cap of 500
47of 500 claimed453 seats remaining
1,200+
Founders across 4 editions
$1.4B+
Combined portfolio in the room
92%
Return rate year over year
500
Seats — hard cap, one day
Why 2027 mattersBusiness is changing fast.
Business is changing fast.
Some things shouldn't.
AI is rewriting how companies sell, hire, serve and operate. Whole departments are becoming workflows. The founders who understand that early will build things their competitors can't touch.
But no model replaces the things that actually decide a founder's life.
- Character
- Purpose
- Faith
- Leadership
- Family
The American Dream 2027 is built at that intersection — the future of business, and what stays human inside it.
The three pillars
Faith. Business. Future.
Three pillars, one day. Nothing bolted on, nothing performative — this is how the whole event is built.
01
Faith
The part of the story most conferences skip.
Real founders, real decisions, real cost. Not motivational language — the honest intersection of Christian faith and building a company.
- ·Faith during uncertainty
- ·Hard calls without losing your integrity
- ·Success without losing your identity
- ·Money, ambition and purpose
- ·Marriage and family while building
02
Business
Numbers, systems and playbooks you can run Monday.
The practical engine of the day. Operators who have actually scaled, sold, recapped and rebuilt — showing the mechanics, not the theory.
- ·Scaling past the founder ceiling
- ·Sales systems and customer acquisition
- ·Marketing that compounds
- ·Hiring, teams and culture
- ·Operations and profitability
03
Future
AI, demonstrated live — not explained on a slide.
Nobody on this stage will tell you AI is the future. They will show you a company running on it, on the clock, in front of you.
- ·AI agents and AI employees
- ·Voice AI answering real calls
- ·Automated sales and lead follow-up
- ·AI advertising and marketing
- ·Customer service and back-office automation
The experience
One day, built as one story.
Not a lineup of unrelated talks. Five acts that move from why you started to what it's all for.
- IMorning
The Calling
Why you started building in the first place.
- IILate morning
The Struggle
Failure, pressure, betrayal, family, money.
- IIIMidday
The Build
Sales, marketing, operations, leadership, capital.
- IVAfternoon
The Future
The AI Floor — live demonstrations, on the clock.
- VClose
The Purpose
What all of it is actually for.
The AI Floor — Pillar 03Nobody will tell you
Nobody will tell you
AI is the future.
We'll show you a company running on it. Live workflows built from zero on stage. Voice agents taking real calls from the audience. A four-hour human task against the machine, side by side, with the timer on screen.
01
Built live on stage
The 60-Minute Company
A real business's marketing, lead follow-up and intake stack rebuilt from zero in front of the room — every step visible on the screen.
02
Stopwatch on screen
AI vs. Employee
A task that takes a person four hours, run side by side against AI. Same brief, same data, timer running. You watch the gap.
03
Real inbound calls
Voice AI Live
An AI agent answers live calls from the audience — books appointments, handles objections, updates the CRM while you listen.
04
A volunteer's real operation
The Automation Teardown
One attendee's business audited on stage: what to automate this quarter, what to leave alone, and what it's costing to wait.
05
Hands-on stations
The AI Floor
Working stations across the floor all day. Bring your own use case, sit down, and try the tools with the people who built them.
06
Closing panel
What Machines Can't Do
Purpose, judgment, character, relationships, responsibility. As technology gets more capable, what stays uniquely human?
What you leave with
Inspiration wears off. Plans don't.
A written growth plan for your company
Not notes. A one-page plan for the next four quarters — revenue, margin, hiring, and the two constraints actually holding you back.
An AI implementation shortlist
Three to five automations you can start within 30 days, ranked by payback, from workflows you watched run live.
Clarity on what your business is worth
How buyers and investors value companies like yours today, what moves the multiple, and what a real timeline looks like.
Operator playbooks you can hand to your team
Sales, marketing, hiring and ops frameworks from founders who are running them right now at scale.
Relationships you'll still have in ten years
A curated room of 500. Founders, CEOs, investors and operators who will pick up the phone when you call.
Answers to the questions underneath the business
Purpose, family, integrity, and what you're actually building toward — asked honestly, answered honestly.
From the NewsroomAll stories →
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The Operator BriefRecap · 2025
Home Service WireIndustry · 2026
Operator WeeklyFeatured · 2026
PE InsiderRoll-Ups · 2026
Editorial coverage, partnerships & stories from the room
Partners & Sponsors
Backed by companies founders actually use
Not a crowded vendor hall. AI and software platforms, capital and fintech partners, insurance, marketing, and the home-service brands that helped build this room in the first place.
Curated, Not Sold
Every seat is earned. The room you walk into is the room we promised.
We turn away more applicants than we accept. Operators, advisors, and capital are hand-vetted before they ever receive an invitation — so when you sit down, the person across from you belongs there too.
Pay Over Time
3 payments. Zero interest. No credit check at checkout.
Split any ticket — GA, Elite, or VIP — into three equal monthly installments at checkout. Your seat is locked in the moment the first payment clears.
Built On A Decade Of Receipts
4 editions. 1,200+ operators. $1.4B+ in the room.
You're not the first to take this bet — you're joining a room that has already produced acquisitions, PE deals, and 9-figure exits for owners who sat exactly where you're sitting now.
Why this room is differentMost conferences teach tactics.
Most conferences teach tactics.
This one rebuilds the founder.
Where scaling and capital, live AI, and faith, family and character sit on the same stage — because in real life, they sit in the same chair.
We started with home-service operators. We've grown into a room of founders from technology, real estate, finance, construction, services and beyond — same standard, wider table.
Purpose Beyond BusinessWe're not just building businesses.
We're not just building businesses.
We're building a legacy.
Anyone can host a conference. We're after something bigger. Every ticket you buy, every sponsorship signed, every seat filled in our room funds something far beyond the stage — it funds kids being rescued from trafficking and kids learning how to build real businesses of their own.
Because if we're going to build generational wealth in this industry, we have a moral obligation to do something with it. That's the room we're building. That's the legacy we want to leave behind.
2024Food Bank of Central America
Feeding kids across Latin America.
Our community raised money for the Food Bank of Central America — putting meals on the table for kids across Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
2025Lemonade Stand
Teaching kids how to build real businesses.
Our community raised funds for Lemonade Stand's youth entrepreneurship programs — putting real businesses, real capital, and real mentors in the hands of the next generation of founders.
2026Child Liberation Foundation
Standing on the front line against child trafficking.
The room rallied behind Child Liberation Foundation — funding rescue operations and aftercare for kids who deserve a chance at the kind of life every one of us is here trying to build.
Come for the business. Stay for the purpose.
Read the stories →Previous Events
Four editions. Each one sharper than the last.
The room has gotten sharper, the checks bigger, the owners more serious. Here's the trajectory.
- 20231st Annual
Tommy Mello & Carlos Reyes headline the inaugural year.
- 20242nd Annual
Nehal Kaiser, Joe Jordan & Gabriel Najeras headline year two.
- 20253rd Annual
Mario Lopez, Sean Mike Kelly & Kirt Linington keynote — PE buyers and $1B+ operators fill the room.
- 20264th Annual
Paul Hutchinson & Adley Kinsman headline — Justin O'Neal & Sam Stilley anchor the Billion Dollar Panel.
Inside the Room
This Is What It Looks Like When You Show Up
The handshakes, the keynotes, the late-night conversations that turned into eight-figure deals. Real moments from past American Dream Events.
Headliners From Every Year
Four years. One stage. The names that built it.
The keynotes that have walked the American Dream stage — celebrities, category-defining authors, $200M+ operators, and the PE buyers actively writing checks in home services.
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2026 Keynote
Adley Kinsman
CEO, Viralish (1B+ monthly views)
'26
2026 Keynote
Justin O'Neal
Billion Dollar Panel — Founder, FairClaims Roofing
'26
2026 Keynote
Sam Stilley
Billion Dollar Panel — CEO, Amstill Roofing
'25
2025 Keynote
Mario Lopez
Celebrity & Entrepreneur
'25
2025 Keynote
Sean Mike Kelly
Founder, Digital Social Hour (100M+ monthly views)
'25
2025 Keynote
Kirt Linington
Founder, Linington Enterprises
'24
2024 Keynote
Rene Rodriguez
Keynote Speaker & Author, AMPLIFII
'24
2024 Keynote
Nehal Kaiser
CEO, Blue Hammer Roofing
'23
2023 Keynote
Michael Gerber
Author, The E-Myth (15M+ copies sold)
'23
2023 Keynote
Tommy Mello
Founder & CEO, A1 Garage Door Service ($200M+)
And dozens more operators, advisors & investors across four editions.
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Classified
2027 Headliner — Coming Soon
Who will you hear in 2027?
We're locking in the biggest keynote in American Dream history — a name our past attendees have been begging us to bring to the stage. Lock in your seat before the reveal — prices rise once it goes public.
Why founders fly in from every state
You didn't build this to feel stuck.
You built it to give your family a different life. To create opportunity for the people who work for you. To one day look back and know the work was worth it.
This is the room where that future stops being a dream and becomes a plan.
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Stop guessing what it's worth
Walk out knowing your number.
Sit across from investors, acquirers and advisors writing real checks right now. Leave with clarity on your EBITDA, your multiple, and the timeline that actually changes your family's life.
No more wondering if you're leaving millions on the table.
02
Run the company on less
Put AI to work in 30 days.
The agents, automations and sales systems the sharpest founders are already running quietly — demonstrated live, then handed to you as a shortlist you can implement this quarter.
Build a company that runs whether you show up or not.
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The room changes everything
Be surrounded by who you're becoming.
One full day shoulder-to-shoulder with $3M–$15M+ operators, founders prepping for exits, investors, and acquirers. The conversations between sessions are worth more than the stage.
You'll never look at your business the same way again.
If even one of these hit you in the chest — you already know you're supposed to be in this room.
Testimonials
The Investment That Pays Back in Multiples
Featured · Past Keynote
Mario Lopez
The mainstage moment that put The American Dream on the industry map.
"What separates The American Dream Event is the caliber of information. Sales frameworks, AI integration, marketing strategies, wealth planning — it's all actionable. I implemented just two strategies I learned and increased our margins by 12% in one quarter. It paid for itself 10x. This is where serious home service entrepreneurs level up."
Anthony Cirino
[ CEO, Lifetime Restoration ]
"I've been to industry events before, but nothing compares to this room. 85–90% of the attendees are actual owners doing $3M–$20M+. I had real conversations with investors, founders who exited, and operators scaling fast. The connections I made here will impact my business for years. If you're serious about growth, you need to be in this room."
Joe Jordan
[ Co-Founder, SIRO ]
"I've spoken at events all over the country — from industry conferences to large-scale entrepreneurial summits — and I can honestly say The American Dream Event stands out. The caliber of business owners in the room, the depth of conversations around private equity, valuations, and scalable systems, and the intentional curation of serious operators makes this different. This isn't a motivational conference — it's a strategic room. If you're a home service owner who wants to build a real asset, you need to be here."
Nehal Kaiser
[ CEO, Blue Hammer Roofing ]
Watch — From Inside the Room
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Sizzle reels, mainstage moments, VIP nights, and past keynotes — straight from the American Dream stage.
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Attendee Testimonials
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Don't come aloneBring your partner.
Bring your partner.
Bring your C-suite.
The owners who get the biggest ROI from this room don't show up solo. They bring the people who'll actually execute on what they hear — their spouse, their business partner, and their executive team.
When your CEO, COO, CMO and CFO sit through the same PE conversations, valuation breakdowns, and operator playbooks live — alignment back at HQ goes from months to days. Decisions get made on the flight home, not in next quarter's off-site.
Your Spouse / Life Partner
They live the wins and the weight with you. Let them see the vision firsthand — and meet the spouses of operators who've already walked the path to exit.
Your Business Partner / #2
No more re-selling the strategy on Monday morning. You both hear it, you both feel it, you both align in real time.
Your COO & CFO
Where PE conversations, valuation multiples, and exit-ready financials get demystified. They leave knowing exactly what to build toward.
Your CMO & Revenue Lead
The brand, demand-gen, and sales playbooks running the fastest-growing home service brands in America — direct from the operators behind them.
Team pricing available
Bringing 3+ seats? We offer partner and team rates so your whole leadership table can be in the room. Talk to our team →
Let's save you a flight
This room isn't for everyone.
We turn away more applicants than we accept. Here's who we ask to apply somewhere else — and who absolutely belongs in this room.
Not For You
If you are
- ✕
Here to work the room and pitch instead of build relationships
- ✕
Looking for a trade-show floor and a tote bag
- ✕
Hoping for a hype rally instead of real numbers and real stories
- ✕
Not willing to be honest about what isn't working
- ✕
Expecting a church service — this is a business conference
- ✕
Expecting us to hide that faith is part of who we are
Built For You
If you are
A founder, CEO, owner-operator or executive running a real company
In any industry — home services, technology, real estate, finance, construction, services
Serious about scaling, capital, acquisitions or an eventual exit
Ready to put AI to work instead of reading about it
Comfortable sharing real numbers with founders ahead of you
Open to the harder conversations — faith, family, character, purpose
Strict adherence to criteria required for admission
Investment RangeA seat at this table isn't cheap.
A seat at this table isn't cheap.
Neither is missing it.
We price the room to match who's in it. Tickets for the 2027 Houston event are live now at early-bird pricing — lock in your seat before public release.
General Admission
$497
Early-bird pricing
Full-day access · All five acts + the AI Floor · Houston
Elite
$997
Best value
Everything in GA + VIP cocktail reception + resource pack
VIP
$1,997
Limited seating
Front-row seating · cocktail reception · VIP workshop (June 17, 12–3 PM)
Early-bird savings · 2027
Early-bird pricing is live now — up to 40% off public release. Prices rise once the keynote reveal goes public. Get your ticket →
The room
Every industry. One kind of person.
500 seats, hard cap, curated. Home-service operators built this room and still fill the front rows — now alongside founders from technology, real estate, finance, construction and services.
- Founders, CEOs and owner-operators
- Home-service operators — our roots, still front row
- Technology and AI founders
- Real estate, construction and trades
- Finance, insurance and professional services
- E-commerce, healthcare and services
- Investors, PE and acquirers
- Emerging entrepreneurs on the way up
Where we stand
Rooted in faith. Open to everyone.
The American Dream was built by people whose Christian faith shaped how they lead, hire, give and carry pressure. We don't hide that, and we don't perform it. Faith shows up here the way it shows up in real life — in the stories, the hard decisions, and the reason any of this matters. You don't have to share it to belong here. Come for the business. Nobody will be preached at, put on the spot, or asked to be anything other than honest.
- A business and technology conference first — faith is the foundation, not the format
- Optional morning gathering before doors for anyone who wants it
- No requirement, no altar call, no pressure — ever
- Every industry, every background, genuinely welcome
Before you ask
The questions every serious founder asks first.
Founders, CEOs, owner-operators and executives running real companies — in any industry. Home-service operators built this room and still fill the front rows, and they're now joined by founders from technology, real estate, finance, construction, professional services and beyond. If you're serious about scaling, capital, AI and leading well, this is your room.
Ready to commit? Get your ticket →
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June 18, 2027 in Houston. One day, five acts, 500 seats — the founders, investors and AI builders shaping what comes next.
- Early-bird pricing — up to 40% off public release
- The AI Floor: live demonstrations all day
- Elite reception + VIP private workshop (June 17, 12–3 PM)
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