CXO Connect 2026 to Bring Together Founders and Business Leaders

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CXO Connect 2026, held in collaboration with StartUPulse, a founder-led community of TF Business Solutions, is bringing together founders, CXOs, and business leaders shaping what comes next across their respective industries. The event is framed around creating a room where ideas become strategies, partnerships are built, and the future of leadership takes shape, positioning it less as a conventional networking mixer and more as a working session aimed at translating high-level conversations into concrete outcomes for attendees.

By specifically targeting founders alongside CXOs and other senior business leaders, the event draws together two groups that often operate in somewhat separate professional circles, founders typically embedded within startup ecosystem events and CXOs more commonly found at corporate leadership forums. Bringing these audiences into a single room creates space for the kind of cross-pollination that can be difficult to engineer through more narrowly targeted events, potentially connecting founders with corporate leaders who could become partners, customers, or advisors, while giving established executives direct exposure to the kind of strategic thinking happening within earlier-stage ventures.

Scheduled for August 15, 2026, the event is offering early bird pricing for attendees who register ahead of a deadline, with organisers encouraging interested participants to secure their seats before that pricing window closes. Interested attendees can register through the link at https://luma.com/lihc37n0, with the tiered pricing structure incentivising early commitment from those planning to attend.

The event’s venue partner, Co For Good Coworking Spaces, situates CXO Connect 2026 within a coworking environment rather than a traditional conference venue, a setting that often lends itself to more informal, conversation-driven interactions compared to the more formal seating arrangements typical of larger corporate conferences. This choice of venue aligns with the event’s broader framing around building partnerships and shaping strategy through direct engagement, rather than presenting a purely lecture-style programme to attendees.

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