

Unfinished Business Vol. II
Last October we filled a room with people who were building something and refused to stop short of it. Vol. II is bigger, the conversation is sharper, and the room is built differently.
Ticket Options:
General Admission — $40
Full access to Unfinished Business Vol. II
Once you register, we can connect you with an X-Factor member(s) in your lane for a conversation before the event, so you walk in already knowing people in the room
A room of 200-250 of Boston's business owners, real estate professionals, and executives, every one personally invited
Featured conversation with Timothy Harleth, former Chief Usher of the White House and Co-Founder & CEO of Genrae
Open networking before and after the program
Food served, cash bar, standing room
VIP — $65
Everything in General Admission, plus:
Reserved seating section for the conversation
One drink ticket
Priority entry
In a world where everyone has access to the same information, your greatest competitive advantage is no longer what you know. It's what you choose to pay attention to, who you choose to build with, and the rooms you choose to be in.
That's the conversation this year.
Everybody has the same tools now. The same technology, the same data, the same AI. Look at what that's already doing to this industry: portals turning agents into leads they sell back to you, national platforms turning loan officers into call centers, the two biggest brokerages in the country becoming one. What can be commoditized is being commoditized, and it isn't stopping at real estate.
So the question isn't what you know. It's who you need to become when knowing isn't the advantage anymore.
The future won't belong to the busiest people. It will belong to the most intentional.
Featured Guest: Timothy Harleth
For nearly four years, Timothy served as Chief Usher of the White House. The Chief Usher runs the residence itself: the staff, the budget, the state dinners, and the daily life of the family living there. It's one of the most demanding operating roles in the country, and almost no one outside the building ever sees it.
Today Timothy is Co-Founder and CEO of Genrae, a company in housing finance. He went from running an operation where nothing could go wrong to starting over as a founder, building for the independent professional in a market that's consolidating around them.
That's why he's the right person for this conversation.
The Night
6:00 PM. Private reception. Invitation only. A small room with Timothy and our partners before the doors open.
7:00 PM. Doors and open floor. Check in, grab a drink, eat, and work the room. This is a long, deliberate window. Some of the best conversations of the night happen here, before anyone is looking at a stage.
8:00 PM. Doors close. Last entry. Come early.
8:15 PM. Welcome. Griffin and Tommy open the night. A few minutes on why this room exists and how to actually use it.
8:30 PM. The conversation. Thirty minutes, two chairs, no slides. Griffin sits down with Timothy Harleth on what it takes to hold focus when everything is pulling at you, what he learned operating under a level of pressure most people never see, and what he's building now to put technology on the side of the independent professional rather than against them.
9:15 PM. The connection hour. The floor reopens with the room primed and the conversation already started. Our team is working the floor, and the more we know about what you're looking for, the better we can steer you.
10:00 PM. Afterglow at Scorpion Bar. The night keeps going for anyone who wants it. No agenda, no program, just the people who stayed.
One more thing
You can't have this conversation in Boston without talking about real estate. Where the market is, what's broken in it, and where it goes from here. We're not building a housing forum, but that thread runs through the night and the room is full of the people living it.
Who's in the room
Founders, brokers, lenders, builders, advisors, trades, and operators across Greater Boston. One in three is an owner, executive, or senior leader. Three in four control where their referrals go. Curated, not open-door. Vol. I sold out.
This is the part that isn't marketing. If the thesis is that the rooms you're in are your advantage, then the room has to prove it. That's what we build for.
What you leave with
Clarity on where to put your attention and what makes someone irreplaceable in a market consolidating this fast. Conversations worth following up on. And a room full of people you have a reason to talk to.
After the event
We follow up. That's the part most events skip. Sit down with us and we'll go through our network, figure out who you should be meeting, and get you in front of X-Factor members who make sense for you. That's what we do.
Details
The Grand, 58 Seaport Blvd, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02210.
Doors 7:00 PM. Doors close 8:00 PM. Program 8:15 PM.
Arrive before 8:00. No entry after doors close, and tickets are non-refundable.
This event is photographed, filmed, and recorded. Full terms at checkout.