Builder's Forum — Q2 2026
About This Event
The Skylia Collective is a quarterly gathering of independent builders, solo founders, and operators who are scaling real businesses — without the playbook. No pitch decks. No networking theater. Just honest conversation about what is working, what is not, and what comes next.
Each session is limited to 12 seats to keep the conversation deep and actionable. Every attendee is hand-selected based on complementary expertise and a genuine willingness to share.
The Mission
Skylia Insights builds tools that save people hours. Five products, one shared infrastructure. The Collective is where the people behind those kinds of tools — founders, operators, builders — sit at the same table.
We meet in person, share actual numbers, and leave with actionable insight — not inspiration.
What to Expect
- A structured morning session with 3–4 deep-dive discussions, topics voted on by attendees below.
- Working lunch with 1-on-1 pairing based on complementary expertise.
- A private debrief document shared after the event with key takeaways and action items.
- No recordings. No social media recaps. What happens at the Collective stays at the Collective.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
Wildwood, MO
Venue on approval
Half-day intensive · Structured discussion + working lunch
2 applied · 12 seats
The Voting Board
Help shape the agenda. Vote on topics you want to discuss.
Scaling a Solo SaaS Without VC
Bootstrapping strategies, revenue-first growth, and when (if ever) to take outside capital.
AI Agents in Production
What actually works when you move LLM agents from demo to production — reliability, cost, and architecture.
Building in Public vs. Stealth Mode
The tradeoffs of sharing your journey. Does transparency help or hurt pre-PMF?
Revenue Milestones: $1K to $10K to $100K MRR
What changes at each stage. The tactics that got you to $1K will not get you to $100K.
The Midwest Tech Ecosystem
Untapped potential in St. Louis and beyond. What the Midwest has that the coasts do not.