Masters of Scale Summit

October 22-24, 2024
San Francisco & Virtual

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Attendance is by invitation or application only, with participants in the room as highly curated as those on stage.

See first round of 2024 speakers below:

Apple Burberry’s
Angela Ahrendts DBE

Ariel Investment Trust’s
Mellody Hobson

Microsoft AI’s
Mustafa Suleyman

Blue Tulip Ventures’
Dr. Rana el Kaliouby

LinkedIn’s
Reid Hoffman

Reddit’s
Steve Huffman

Relativity Space’s
Tim Ellis

PATTERN Beauty’s
Tracee Ellis Ross

Our innovative stage program will inspire you.

“Aimed at enriching people’s souls as much as their minds.”

— Forbes

The Masters of Scale Summit immerses the most forward-thinking, fast-scaling business leaders in an environment designed to cultivate innovation, acceleration, and co-elevation. It will be unlike any other gathering of the year.

Building Bridges

Forging Solutions

Leading Change

800 hand-selected attendees

Masters of Scale Summit is an unmatched accelerator and moment of ignition for the leaders of fast-scaling, future-facing companies. Attendance at the live event is by invitation and application only. Speakers and guests join for the entire event.

We have a very specific thesis on how to design this ecosystem:

40% Unicorn and “Soonicorn” CEOs, Series B or later

20% Global public company CEOs and change-agent executives

15% Investors (VC, PE, Angels) and Board members

10% Fascinating people:
Artists, Scientists, Cultural icons

5% Connectors: Conveners, Consultants, Journalists

5% Disruptive, diverse founders at the Series A/seed stage

5% Executive Directors of scale non-profit & cultural orgs

Highlights from Summit ‘22

Imagine Entertainment’s Ron Howard shares how to bring an epic vision to life with host Reid Hoffman

“Every single guest was a knockout.”

— 2022 Attendee

The Fifteen Percent Pledge’s Aurora James talks about how companies turn intention into action.

Host Bob Safian leads a conversation about building company culture with Apple and Burberry's Angela Ahrendts DBE, Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi, and Google’s Eric Schmidt.

Summit is set across the sprawling Presidio campus.

Shellye Archambeau (former CEO of MetricStream and current Board Director of Verizon) joins a panel discussion about what great leaders know.

“So many thought-provoking sessions I am still talking about.”

— 2022 Attendee

The 7 Fingers Collective opened Summit with an electrifying performance, highlighting innovation, acceleration, and co-elevation.

“Great from start to finish. Thought-provoking. Real impact on my own practical leadership.”

— 2022 Attendee

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella reveals to Reid what's next in AI.

Actor and producer Tyler Perry and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos join Reid for a conversation about how they stay one step ahead of the cultural conversation.

“I was inspired by the arch of human connectedness interwoven through the program.”

— 2022 Attendee

Thrive Global’s Arianna Huffington on how to lead in an age of burnout. 

“This is not like any other business conference — the diverse and insightful conversations with key leaders and curated networking opportunities drove real value for my business.”

— 2022 Attendee

Brought to you in alliance with Capital One Business.

Since 2019, Masters of Scale and Capital One Business have partnered to deepen our collective commitment to helping business owners cultivate winning entrepreneurial mindsets. Our alliance provides a dynamic platform for business owners to both tap into powerful strategies for sparking and sustaining growth and also to share their own hard-earned insights about business building with millions of listeners. We’ve chosen this alliance with Capital One Business because their genuine human connection with diverse founders is authentic, and speaks to our shared values about democratizing entrepreneurship.

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