01 · Seated
Earn the chair
Every seat is reviewed by the council. We seat one leader per category, so you never share a table with your direct competitor.
Independent · In session · Season 2027
Where growth gets decided.
The Growth Council is a seated body of CMOs and growth leaders. Independent by design. A private dinner in your city with a small group of senior executives, on us. Then a written record of what actually moved the number.
The difference
A room gives you contacts. A council gives you counsel.
Most executive networks are a storefront for someone's ad business. The Growth Council answers to no network, no platform and no parent company. We built the opposite of a mixer. Every member holds a named seat, brings a real growth problem to the table, and answers for it at the next session.
The Council
A typical conference
Owned by
Independent
Often an ad-tech group
Where
Your city
A flight away
When
One evening
Days out of office
Cost to you
On us
Ticket, hotel, travel
Format
One table, by invitation
Keynotes and booths
Output
Written minutes
Business cards
Rivals
One seat per category
Whoever shows up
Follow-up
Report back next session
See you next year
How the council works
Four steps, every season.
Each season runs the same cycle. Members are seated, the council convenes, the record is written, and every motion comes back to the table.
02 · Convened
Sit at the table
An evening dinner in your city, paid for by the Council. A small table of senior executives, one problem per seat, no panels and no pitches.
03 · Recorded
Keep the record
Every session produces minutes under Chatham House rule: what was tried, what it cost, what it returned.
04 · Accountable
Report back
Each member leaves with a motion. Next session, you report the result to the same table that heard the plan.
The docket
Upcoming council dinners.
Every dinner is by invitation and paid for by the Council. Members reserve first; remaining chairs go to leaders under review.
14Jan 2027
New York
On the agendaRetail media as a profit center, not a media line
3 chairs left
28Jan 2027
Los Angeles
On the agendaCreator spend and the attribution gap
Seating open
11Feb 2027
Chicago
On the agendaDefending price when the category discounts
Seating open
04Mar 2027
London
On the agendaAI search and the end of the click
Members only
From the minutes
What was said at the table.
Members read the full record. The public gets the headline: one finding per session, with names and brands removed.
Retail media is a margin business.
Three seats moved budget from upper funnel into retailer networks. Two kept the lift. The third lost it when the retailer raised floor prices mid-quarter.
Pay creators like media, measure them like sales.
The table agreed flat fees hide the real cost per outcome. Members piloting usage-based creator deals report back in Session 03.
Hold price, spend on proof.
When a category goes to discount, the brands that held price and doubled spend on product proof kept share with less margin damage.
Membership
Who holds a seat.
Seats go to the executive who owns the growth number. Seats are never for sale.
You run marketing or growth with a P&L or a revenue target.
You bring a live problem, and you share the result with the table.
What is said at the table stays at the table.
Seat categoryChief Marketing Officer
Seat categoryChief Growth Officer
Seat categoryVP Brand
Seat categoryVP Performance & Acquisition
Seat categoryHead of Retail Media
Seat categoryHead of Lifecycle & CRM
Seat categoryAgency CEO, by invitation
Seat categoryFounder-operator, Series C+
Sponsorship
Limited sponsorship opportunities.
We are independent, and every guest dines on us. A small number of corporate partners make that possible. They host the evening and make sure every guest gets home safely. They earn the room's attention, not its agenda.
Host
Host the dinner
Your name on the evening: the invitation, the menu and the cover of the minutes.
Ride home
Get everyone home
Sponsor the ride home, so every guest leaves the table and arrives home in one piece.
Seat
A chair for your leader
Your senior executive joins the table as a participant, held to the same rules as every member.
Open
Open the evening
Welcome the table with one point of view. After that, the table has the floor.
Get in touch
Pull up a chair.
Tell us who you are and what brings you here. The council secretary reads every message and replies within two business days.
council@growthcouncil.net
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