Regular, intimate, and built around real operators.
LAB runs on a consistent cadence of curated lunches and special experiences — not one-off networking mixers. Here's how it works, and a real look at what LAB has hosted since 2024.
Where decision-makers gather to collaborate, solve, and connect.
LAB brings together CEOs, executives, and founders of established companies ($2M to $100M+ revenue) in curated cohorts designed for thought leadership, informal thought exchange, and genuine camaraderie.
Peer Learning Lunches
Curated decision-makers gather for informal thought exchanges and structured executive education, combining sharp operational insights with high-energy camaraderie over lunch.
Collaborative Ideation
We tackle the real challenges every leader faces (managing teams, scaling operations, navigating growth) through peer problem-solving and shared executive experience.
Trusted Community
We cultivate genuine professional relationships and lasting friendships, recognizing that leaders make better decisions when supported by an authentic community of peers.
Substance over Sales
LAB focuses on actionable insights, site tours, and meaningful peer introductions, deliberately free from commercial sales pitches or heavy membership burdens.
A sample year with LAB
Actual dates and venues vary year to year, but the cadence stays consistent: roughly ten to twelve lunches and three to four special experiences, each with fifteen to twenty decision-makers in the room.
Curated lunches
Roundtable discussions on topics like leadership, hiring, growth, and strategy — hosted at member businesses, local restaurants, or private clubs.
Member company visits
An inside look at how a fellow member actually runs their business — a factory floor, a studio, a headquarters tour, followed by candid Q&A.
Special experiences
A handful of memorable outings each year — a ballpark suite, a private museum tour, a boat trip — designed to deepen relationships in a relaxed setting.
A few events, in their own words
A milestone lunch
Members gathered for one of LAB's regular seasonal lunches, continuing the group's standing cadence of monthly gatherings that began in late 2024.
A tour inside a member's facility
LAB members visited a fellow member's manufacturing operation for a floor tour and candid discussion on scaling production and managing teams — a direct, inside look at how a peer actually runs their business.
PlushBeds headquarters
A headquarters tour hosted at PlushBeds, a member company, paired with Part 2 of LAB's "AI in Business" discussion series — giving the group a firsthand look at PlushBeds' operations alongside a facilitated conversation on AI's impact on business.
Lunch and a docent tour at the Getty Center
LAB members and sponsors gathered for lunch overlooking Los Angeles, followed by a private, docent-led walkthrough of the Getty Center's collection.
A boat trip to the Channel Islands
One of LAB's relationship-focused outings: members spent the day on the water off the Southern California coast, trading the conference room for open water and open conversation.
Chargers preseason game
LAB's current August special experience: a shared suite at a Chargers preseason game, bringing members together for a relaxed evening away from the boardroom.
What LAB has actually hosted since 2024
A real record of LAB's cadence — more than twenty lunches and special experiences hosted across Southern California over the past two years.
| Date | Event | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Lunch & Learn: Spanish Hills Club | Lunch |
| Aug 2026 | Chargers preseason game — SoFi Stadium | Special experience |
| Aug 2026 | The Bolt — Chargers training camp | Special experience |
| Jul 2026 | The Landing | Lunch |
| Jun 2026 | Saint & Second | Lunch |
| Jun 2026 | Channel Islands boat trip | Special experience |
| May 2026 | The Getty Center | Special experience |
| Apr 2026 | Sherwood Country Club | Lunch |
| Mar 2026 | PlushBeds — headquarters tour & "AI in Business," Part 2 | Member visit |
| Feb 2026 | Motivo — facility tour | Member visit |
| Jan 2026 | Saint & Second | Lunch |
| Jan 2026 | Rams game — SoFi Stadium | Special experience |
| Dec 2025 | AI in business — member talk | Lunch |
| Nov 2025 | Oak Tree Gun Club — anniversary event | Special experience |
| Nov 2025 | Rams game — SoFi Stadium | Special experience |
| Oct 2025 | Magic Castle | Special experience |
| Sep 2025 | Sherwood Country Club | Lunch |
| Aug 2025 | Saint & Second | Lunch |
| Jun 2025 | Santa Anita Park | Lunch |
| May 2025 | Universal CityWalk | Lunch |
| Apr 2025 | Odyssey Restaurant | Lunch |
| Feb 2025 | Warner Bros. Studio tour | Member visit |
| Jan 2025 | Kings game | Special experience |
| Nov 2024 | Founding lunch, Oak Tree Gun Club — Santa Clarita | Special experience |