Dinner with people who get it
On Lake Ontario
An evening of real conversation with other owners. One talk, no pitch, no name tags.
Seating is deliberately limited · Dinner, open bar and ferry included
Why we are doing this
So we are taking a small group of owners to an island for one evening. Dinner, drinks, and four conversations with people at your stage — the kind you cannot schedule and rarely get.
5
Per table
Small enough that everybody actually talks
4
Conversations
A new table with every course
1
Ferry ride
Far enough from the office to switch off
The format
talk, and that is the whole programme
name tags — we will already know who you are
The best conversation you have tonight
still will not come from the stage.
Four courses. Four tables. A new mix every time.
One question
Pick whichever is closest to the truth.
Why most of these evenings do not work
A room full of pitches is not a room full of conversation.
Twenty introductions and not one real exchange.
Advice from people solving completely different problems.
You collect a few cards, and then nothing happens.
How the evening works
Five to a table, reshuffled with every course. One question each time. Tap a card.
Who is on
The evening opens with a keynote, and after that nobody presents anything. The rest of the night is four courses and four tables.
Keynote
Author, Blindsided!
One of North America’s foremost thinkers on AI, disruption and innovation, and a working keynote speaker at more than sixty events a year. He is the reason this evening has a stage at all.
Founding sponsor
Cloud Business Services · Bookkeepers’ Bootcamp
An award-winning Canadian bookkeeper who built a practice and then built the training programme she wished she’d had. Bookkeepers’ Bootcamp is a thirteen-week course for bookkeepers across North America who want a bolder, more ethical practice of their own.
The room
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto Island. Far enough that the phone stops mattering. Close enough to be home the same night.
You will leave with
Included
Dinner + open bar + ferry
Tables of five, reshuffled each course Optional 5 PM Island Reset Guided walk before dinnerStudents
If you’re a CPA or CPB student, you don’t pay. A number of seats at every Lake Effect are held back for people who are still qualifying — because the conversation is more useful to you than to anyone else in the room, and because you shouldn’t have to be established to get into it.
By application
We seat the tables by hand. Tell us a little about your business so we can put you with the right people.
We will come back to you within two business days.
Thanks — we have your details. We read every application and will come back to you within two business days with next steps.
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