Akoola Growth Summit 2026
One day. Three sessions. The clearest path to $10M you'll find in a room this year.
The Akoola Growth Summit is built for home service owners who are done guessing. No career speakers. Everyone on this stage is running a real business right now, and every hour is built to send you home with something you can install Monday morning.
Last year, 215 owners showed up. This year we tightened the format, raised the bar on the lineup, and capped the room at 200.
Who this is for Home service owners serious about breaking past $10M. HVAC, roofing, painting, siding, flooring, plumbing, electrical, remodeling, fencing, decks. Bring a notebook and a hard question.
The lineup
Ben Gnatyuk — CEO, Essential Heating and Air How he scaled past $10M, and the specific moves most owners miss between $3M and $10M.
Steve Hunsaker — Valley Premier Lighting and Home Service Accelerator The marketing foundations every home service operator should have running before they spend another dollar on ads.
Eduard Kostyukevich — Head of Sales, Cool Cat Fence How to hire your first real salesperson, build a closing team, and structure comp so good reps stay.
Mark Zhuk — Founder, Akoola Hosting the day and running the panel.
The format
Hour 1 | Marketing — Steve Hunsaker The foundations that have to be in place before you spend another dollar on ads. What compounds, what leaks, and how to tell the difference.
Hour 2 | Sales — Eduard Kostyukevich How to hire, train, and pay a closing team that actually closes. Script, cadence, comp, and the moves that separate $3M shops from $50M ones.
Hour 3 | The $10M Playbook — Ben Gnatyuk + Panel Ben opens with the exact moves that took Essential past $10M. Live Q&A panel to close with Ben, Steve, Eduard, and Mark. Every question you bring gets answered by someone who has actually solved it.
Tickets 200 seats. When they're gone, they're gone.
What you leave with
The exact playbook someone just used to break $10M
A marketing foundation that compounds instead of leaks
A hiring and comp plan for your next salesperson
A cash flow structure that lets you take your hands off the wheel
A room full of operators worth keeping in your phone for the next ten years