Lead Gen Expo 2026 · Stage
On stage in Cleveland
Platinum sponsor — operator accountability, live Tawny demo, plain language for a room full of contractors.
Forty years running home improvement companies — sunrooms, windows, exteriors — still selling in the field, still building the AI systems that enforce what operators already know they should be doing. Kip speaks to contractor owners, dealer groups, remodeling associations, and industry conferences who want plain language from someone who's run the trucks and shipped the software.
Relevant rooms: remodeling · roofing · windows & doors · solar · dealer organizations · contractor conferences · AI for operators
Keynotes from $7,500 · Breakouts & workshops available · Travel additional
Lead Gen Expo 2026 — Cleveland. Real industry stage, real contractor room, live demo. Evidence beats adjectives.
Platinum sponsor — operator accountability, live Tawny demo, plain language for a room full of contractors.
Two operators talking shop — Sam's post, his page, unedited.
Marcus gets attention. Kip shows what happens after you get the lead — when follow-up slips, jobs stall, and the owner can't enforce without becoming the bad guy. Don't compete with Sheridan. Follow him.
Operator language for rooms that have heard enough "digital transformation." Every talk can include live demonstration — not slides about the future.
Enforcement without the asshole tax.
The biggest enemy of a small business is the absence of accountability — because the person enforcing it becomes the bad guy. Kip shows how AI carries the social cost of follow-through so the owner doesn't have to. Not replacement. Leverage.
Read: AI as Enforcement, Not Replacement →You don't have to understand technology to use it to transform your business.
Most owners assume AI requires a technical mind. It doesn't. It requires an operator who knows which jobs in the building actually matter — phones answered, follow-up enforced, numbers watched — and which vendor promises are noise.
Read: The Watch With the Back Off →Marketing gets attention. Operations keeps the money.
Your audience already knows how to generate leads. Kip shows what breaks after the lead arrives — callbacks that don't happen, jobs that stall between departments, and the owner who can't enforce without paying the asshole tax. Built for marketing-heavy rooms that need an operator on what happens next.
Why revenue growth can hide a deteriorating business.
Revenue up. Margin down. The owner feels busy and broke at the same time. Gross profit per crew-day, net sales per lead issued, and the belief ledger — the metrics that tell you whether growth is printing money or burning it. Bring your numbers. Leave your feelings at home.
Read: Volume for Vanity, Profit for Sanity →The owner's brain is not a scalable operating system.
When every follow-up, every callback, and every enforcement conversation routes through the owner, the business caps at the owner's bandwidth. Kip shows how operators build accountability into the stack — so the plan survives when everybody else has left the building.
The Kip Lee Method →Not every room needs a keynote. Kip works across the full event — stage, breakout, workshop, dealer meeting, or multi-day show floor.
35–45 minutes + Q&A. Signature talk or tailored to your audience. Live demo available.
From $7,500
60–90 minutes. Deeper on GPPCD, belief vs. reality, lane economics, or AI implementation paths.
From $5,000
Half-day or full-day working session. Numbers on the table, priorities sorted, systems discussed.
Half-day from $12,000
Franchise groups, manufacturer networks, regional dealer organizations. Operator-to-operator — not vendor theater.
Keynote + breakouts + booth conversations + live demo. Built for industry shows where operators walk the floor.
Expert commentary on contractor economics, AI implementation, and home improvement operations — plain language.
Real credentials only — operating history, documented results, and technology he actually built.
Four decades selling at the kitchen table, running crews, and signing checks — sunrooms, windows, and exteriors. Not a consultant who read about the trade.
Still selling in the field while building AI systems for contractors. Yesterday a Generac sale; this morning the platform. That dual life is the proof.
Inc. 500 honoree two times. Qualified Remodeler Top 500 five consecutive years. Peak documented revenue near $7M. Replacement Contractor cover feature.
Platinum sponsor, Cleveland — spoke to a room full of home-improvement operators. Video above is from that stage.
myEASysystem, MyTawny, 997Website, and the Black Book CRM — shipped systems operators can see and try, not slide-deck promises.
Peer recommendations from people who've worked with Kip — not marketing copy.
"Cutting edge grip on AI and the post-Covid consumer — you could not make a better choice than Kip."
— Todd Miller, President · Isaiah Industries · Ask Todd Miller columnist
Memoir, business diagnosis, and AI-for-operators books — see below. Speaking draws from the same operator canon as the writing.
Kip's speaking draws from three books — memoir, business diagnosis, and practical AI for operators.
Forty years of kitchen tables, crews, mentors, and the small world of home improvement. A porch read — the life behind the operator work on this page.
Get a free copy — 100 left →The exam for contractors: 48 questions, your own books, and the gap between what you believe about your business and what your numbers actually say. Chapter One available free.
Read Chapter One free →Practical AI for contractors who already run a business — without becoming a tech nerd and without ripping out the stack. Not yet published; title and timing subject to change.
Speaking opens the door. These are where the methodology and the builds live:
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