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Nov 3-5, 2026 | the ai edition

                                                   

                        — that allows for more human connections

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Three days. Three themes. Founders opening their laptops to show you, live, exactly how they use AI to build a business that doesn't need them in every seat.

Kathy Guzmán Galloway

Should You Build It? 4 Questions to Answer Before Creating an AI Tool

BUILD A BUSINESS

I'M READY
ready to lead in a new way?

Blending AI and human team members into one functioning unit. Leadership, not just automation, so quality stays high and you're no longer the bottleneck.

Blending AI and human team

Day 3: Building an AI-Supported Team

Growth breaks businesses that aren't built to hold it. This day is about backend, tech stack, and automations that keep running without you touching them daily, without turning your business into a corporate snoozefest.

Backend, tech stack, and automations

Day 2: AI-Built Systems That Scale

Because "more willpower" isn't the answer when you're already maxed out. Learn how to evaluate and choose AI tools without chasing shiny releases, and how to hand off real tasks instead of just adding another tab to your browser.


Tools, prompts, and workflows

Day 1: AI as Your Delegation Layer

No theory. Just the systems
that actually

Three days. Three tracks. One clear outcome

You've heard enough AI theory. This summit is founders opening their actual laptops and showing you the exact system, tool, or workflow that changed how they run their business. What it does. What it produces. What it makes possible. No pitch disguised as content, no hype, just proof.

The Sustainable CEO Summit is a reset

this is a working session, not a highlight reel. 

This summit was built for you if...

You're capable and curious, but every time you try a new tool it becomes one more thing to manage.

You've watched enough AI demos. You need to see it running inside a real business, not a slide.

You don't need more tools. You need fewer of them working harder, clearer systems, and proof it's actually possible.

a quick gut check

You know AI could take work off your plate, but you don't know where to start or what's worth your time.

You're done chasing shiny tools. You're ready to see what founders like you actually kept.

Day 1: AI as Your Delegation Layer

Tools, prompts, and workflows

Dortha Hise

The AI Delegation Layer: Turn What's in Your Head Into Work Someone Else Can Actually Execute

Mara Kucirek

Decision Fatigue Is Killing Your Productivity: Here's My AI Fix

Lori McDowell

Scaling Human: How AI Grows a Face-to-Face Business

Kylie Kelly

One Transcript, Five Assets: My Weekly AI Publishing Skill

Corinne Schmitt

Find the Money Hiding in Your Inbox

Maria Bayer

My High-Ticket Sales Call System: Prep Smarter, Get Coached, Close More Clients

renee bowen

The AI-Built Concierge That Sells the Experience Before I Ever Get on a Call

Abbey Ashley

The LOOP Assessment: How I Find the Work AI Should Actually Take Off Our Plate

Brenna McGowan

Your Customers Are Already Writing Your Best Copy: How to Find It With AI

Day 2: AI-Built Systems That Scale

Backend, tech stack, and automations

Kelly Sinclair

Stop Counting Downloads: See Who's Actually Using Your Lead Magnet

Catherine Beck

Sense First. Act First: How AI Gives CEOs Their Capacity Back

Lea Woodford

AI Gave Me My Time Back: How I Tripled My Media Output Without Tripling My Team

Lynzie Smith

The Capacity to Connect: Building Community in the Age of AI

Holly Ostrout

The First Reader I Built So My Human Edits Could Go Deeper

Liz Krukosky

The Air-Gapped AI That Can Keep a Secret

Grace Foley Smith

Using AI to Focus On Creativity, Not Replace It

Kathy Guzmán Galloway

Should You Build It? 4 Questions to Answer Before Creating an AI Tool

Prerna Malik

The Email Vault: Turn every email you've sent into a reusable library that updates itself.

kinsey soderberg

The AI Brain Method: Why Your Business Knowledge Shouldn't Live Inside ChatGPT

Day 3: Building an AI-Supported Team

Blending AI and A human team

Sarosh A Iqbal

AI Is My Unofficial Co-Founder

Gina Ribando

Stop Starting From Scratch: The Notion AI Workflow for Small Business Owners

Holly Haynes

The AI Bot Blueprint

Kristin Lawton

Four Instructions I Give AI to Keep My Brand Unmistakable

Kassandra Arsenault

Human-First AI Marketing: How to Use AI Without Losing Your Voice

Christina Lenkowski

Find the Gap: Use AI to Find Your Best Podcast Pitch Angle

Jessie Kwak

Using AI Without Losing Your Voice

Jocelyn Wood

AI Delegation Red Flags: When Not to Automate

monica froese

Your AI Finally Has Hands: How Agentic Connectors Automate the Work You're Still Doing Manually

nata salvatori

What AI Won't Fix for You: The Identity Shift You Need to Consider

One new way of leading that makes growth feel lighter

Three days. Three themes.

Content organized into clear buckets so you can follow what matters most to you right now. No firehose. No overwhelm.

Three Focused Tracks

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+ founders chosen for depth and relevance. Every speaker has "walked the walk" and has a real system to show, not just a slide about one.

Hand-Selected Speakers

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Not another summit with 40 speakers
and a never-ending replay library.

You'll leave with decisions made and action steps ready. Not just inspiration. Actual next steps you can take on Day 4.

Built for Implementation

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You are busy, the sessions are to the point. Every session is designed to feel like the best business conversation you've had all year.

quick and focused Format

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This event was built with the same intention we teach: do less, do it better, and make it count.

VIP is for the founder who knows she'll actually use what she learns and wants the infrastructure to make it happen.

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Women are starting businesses in record numbers — 49% of new businesses in 2024 were started by women. And yet, we’re still getting a fraction of the funding, visibility, and recognition.

A portion of summit proceeds funds the Audacity Bridge Scholarship, created to support a female founder who is ready to implement but needs a financial bridge to get in the room.

Made possible by our sponsors and proceeds from the VIP Upgrade, the scholarship is awarded based on readiness, specificity, and audacity.

Not the saddest story. The sharpest plan.

The Audacity Bridge Scholarship

Because readiness shouldn't depend on your bank account.

meet the host | ACCIDENTAL CEO

YOU DON'T HAVE TO hold it all ANYMORE.

I help over-functioning CEOs build the systems, decision support, and internal leadership that create space to breathe and confidence to lead

Your Host

Nata Salvatori

Nata helps established founders stop over-functioning and start leading. Through her signature R.E.T.U.R.N. framework, she blends sharp business strategy, systems architecture, and identity-level coaching to help CEOs get out of the operator seat and into the role they actually built the business for.

Her work lives at the intersection of freedom-first leadership and sustainable growth. She built the Sustainable CEO Summit because she believes founders deserve real support, not another to-do list disguised as a strategy.

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clients' success stories

- kinsey s.

Kinsey created the structure of her new agency to fit her life and plans to grow a family. 

"I feel calmer… and I’m making decisions faster" 

-hilliary g.

Hilliary is now ready to continue to grow in a sustainable way that accommodates her life.  

"I left with a completely different level of clarity and confidence in how I lead."

- tessa m.

Her business now runs without her being the bottleneck. 

"Nata helped me delegate before I even believed in delegation"

- patricia k.

She used to believe we had to earn more before hiring. Nata flipped that belief and showed us that strategic hiring creates the space to grow.

"Strategic hiring creates the space to grow"

Lifetime value

One Transcript, Five Assets: My Weekly AI Publishing Skill

Human-First AI Marketing: How to Use AI Without Losing Your Voice

Should You Build It? 4 Questions to Answer Before Creating an AI Tool

AI Is My Unofficial Co-Founder

The AI Delegation Layer: Turn What's in Your Head Into Work Someone Else Can Actually Execute

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The content will only be available for 24 hrs from when they go live. To continue to enjoy access to them (and to help us raise money for the scholarship), please get your VIP Upgrade today. 

how long are the content available?

No. Speakers are showing real systems in plain language, not building along with you from scratch. If you can open a laptop, you can follow along.

Do I need any AI experience to attend?

The VIP Upgrade is how we will raise money for the scholarship. VIP is for extended access to the interviews plus transcripts and the speaker resource vault (templates, tools, and extras). It’s the best choice if you can’t attend live or you want to implement at your own pace.

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