APR 19 – 21 · 2027 · MINNEAPOLIS
The conference for entrepreneurs who are building something that lasts. You don't need more followers. You need to stop building alone.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
is back.
CEX was the only event built for people who treat content like a real business. It's back. Same name. New energy. Same mission.
APR 19 – 21 · 2027 · MINNEAPOLIS
not the influencers.
If you're building a real business with content, this is your room.
Freelancers who want to stop trading hours for dollars. Coaches and consultants scaling past referrals. Course and community creators building leverage. Agency owners turning content into an engine.
You don't need a million followers. You need a thousand people who trust you, an offer that serves them, and a system that connects the two. That's what we teach. That's what the three days in Minneapolis are for.
THE TRACKS
This is about getting better at the craft. The writing, the storytelling, the way you create content people actually want to consume. Workshop sessions with operators who've spent years sharpening their work and can teach you how to sharpen yours.
You don't need a lot of followers. You need the right followers. This is about building the audience your business actually needs. Tactics you can act on, grounded in where you are right now, not where someone else was five years ago.
Audience is not a business. The business is what you build on top of it. Strategies for monetizing your content, not just your audience. Pricing, packaging, offers, and the unglamorous mechanics that actually turn attention into revenue you can count on.
Not how to flood the world with more of what nobody asked for. How to use AI to build a business that actually serves people. What's working, what's wasting time, and where the real leverage is for operators doing the work.
SPEAKERS
speakers.
Every name on this list has built a real business. You're learning from operators, not influencers.
Darrell
Vesterfelt
Host of CEX 2027.
Joe
Pulizzi
Founder of the Tilt. Original founder of CEX.
Matthew
Matsuzaki
Head of Brand at Ghost.
Jordan
Gill
Founder of Systems Saved Me.
Justin
Moore
Founder of Creator Wizard. Sponsorship coach.
Pete
Sena
Chief AI officer. Founder of the Resonance.
LaShonda
Brown
Founder of
Bootstrap Biz Advice.
Matt
Ragland
Coach and consultant for creator businesses.
Corey
Wilks
Clinical psychologist and executive coach.
Tim
Stoddart
Partner at Copyblogger. Operator and investor.
More to come.
The first wave of confirmed speakers for CEX 2027. Additional speakers announced this summer.
VIP EXPERIENCE
The day most people skip is the day the work actually
happens.
The three days of CEX are for ideas, frameworks, and connection. The fourth day is for installation.
On Thursday, fifty attendees gather in a private location outside the conference venue. The session is led by a handful of our speakers. The room is small enough that everyone works on their actual business, not a hypothetical one. You leave with your positioning sharper, your offer cleaner, your content engine designed, and your sales process in motion. The system you've been meaning to build, actually built.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
