What to Expect at Compound Conference 2027

The short version

Compound Conference is a 3-day, all-inclusive gathering of 150 operators at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah. Everyone stays on-site, eats together, skis together, and attends sessions together. The ticket covers everything — lodging, meals, lift pass, evening activities. You show up, you're present, you leave with relationships and frameworks you'll actually use.

It runs from the evening of February 8th through the morning of February 11th, 2027. By design, there's nowhere to escape to. That's the point.

The format, day by day

Sessions: what actually gets covered

Compound Conference doesn't do motivational keynotes or theory-heavy panels. Every session is run by someone currently doing the work. The topics covered at past editions — and likely to appear in 2027 — include:

• Holdco structure: how to set up entities, shared services, and management layers when you're running 3+ businesses
• Capital allocation: where to deploy next, how to think about cash flow across a portfolio, when to reinvest vs. distribute
• M&A integration: what happens after you close a deal and why most operators underestimate the first 90 days
• Moving from operator to owner: building management teams that run without you, and what breaks first
• Programmatic acquisition: building a repeatable deal sourcing machine instead of hunting one-off
• ETA structures and outside capital: how search fund structures work, when to take on investors, and how to think about alignment
• AI inside real businesses: specific use cases from operators who've actually implemented them, not hypotheticals

The breakout format is where a lot of the value lives. Sessions of 10–20 people with a practitioner who's willing to go specific. These aren't polished presentations — they're working sessions where attendees push back, share their own versions of the problem, and arrive at frameworks together.

Who's in the room

The $7,500 ticket price is deliberate — it functions as a filter, not just revenue. The result is a room without first-timers, tire-kickers, or people who are "interested in entrepreneurship." Past attendees include:

• Multi-business owners operating 2–8 companies simultaneously
• Operators building holdco or family office structures
• CEOs and GMs inside PE-backed platforms navigating bolt-on acquisitions
• Acquisition entrepreneurs who've closed their first deal and are thinking about the second
• Independent sponsors and small PE funds doing deals in the lower middle market

The hard cap at 150 people means you can realistically meet everyone. By day two, you'll know who's in the room and have identified the five conversations that matter most to you. That's intentionally designed — it's not a happy accident of a small conference.

What's actually included in the $7,500

Everything. The ticket covers:

• 3 nights lodging at Sundance Mountain Resort (Feb 8–11)
• All meals — breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily
• Full ski pass and equipment rentals for the duration
• All sessions, main stage and breakouts
• Evening activities and events
• Access to resort amenities (spa, hiking, etc.)

Spouse tickets are available at checkout and include full event access — not a "significant other program" running in parallel. Full conference access.

Getting there

Sundance Mountain Resort is at 8841 N. Alpine Loop Road, Sundance, Utah 84604. Two airport options:

• Salt Lake City International (SLC): ~1 hour drive via I-15 S and US-189 S. Direct flights from most major US cities. Uber available.
• Provo Airport (PVU): ~33 minutes from the resort. Fewer routes — check availability from your city.

February is peak ski season in Utah. Book flights early. Once you're at the resort, everything is taken care of.

How to get the most out of it

Three things that separate attendees who leave with ten actionable things from those who leave with a pile of generic notes:

• Come with specific questions, not general curiosity. "What's the right holdco structure for three businesses generating $5M combined EBITDA?" gets you a better conversation than "I want to learn about holdcos."
• Treat informal time as primary. The chairlift conversation between sessions is often worth more than the session itself. Stay for dinner. Don't disappear to your room.
• Share, don't just receive. The best attendees contribute their own experience and failures. The more specific you are about what you've tried and where you got stuck, the better the room responds.

Is it worth $7,500?

That depends entirely on where you are in building. If you're a first-time operator still figuring out the basics, it's not the right room yet. If you're three-plus years in, running revenue-generating businesses, and trying to figure out structure, capital, and what to build or buy next — the question isn't whether $7,500 is a lot. The question is whether one conversation that changes a decision worth $500K makes it worth it. For most operators who've attended, the answer was yes before they landed back home.

150 spots. February 8–11, 2027. Tickets are available now.