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The Business Owners Guild brings owners, partners and CEOs together to grow capability, productivity and enterprise value — and to give business owners a stronger collective voice.
Human-led. AI-enabled.
Next Guild event
Attendees will gain proven, actionable strategies to shift from daily firefighting to strategic growth through the collective wisdom and fresh perspectives of fellow business owners. You will walk away with practical solutions to your biggest business challenges, valuable peer connections, and a complimentary copy of the Timeless Principles book.
Advance registration is required. Event details
Why the Guild exists
Most owners carry the weight of decisions that nobody inside the business can share. The Guild exists so that owners across Ireland can learn from each other, sharpen how their businesses run, and build something more valuable and more independent of them.
Practical business-building thinking, not theory — applied to the business you actually run.
Rooms of genuine owners, partners and CEOs who understand the decisions you face.
Improve how the business performs: leadership, process, margin and management.
A stronger, shared voice for owner-led businesses across Ireland.
Who it is for
The Guild is for people who carry ownership-level responsibility for a business.
Guild membership is designed for shareholders, partners and CEOs who are actively responsible for running a business. As a guide, Guild Community suits smaller or earlier-stage owner-led businesses, Guild Builder typically suits businesses with around 3–5 staff or contractors, and TAB Advisory typically suits businesses with 6 or more — ambition and fit matter more than headcount. The Guild is not a start-up networking group and it is not a lead-referral organisation.
What members can expect
Regular gatherings of owners in your area, starting with Dublin 15.
Selected material to help you work on the business, not only in it.
Members are genuine owners, partners and CEOs — not a mixed networking crowd.
Structured tools through Guild Builder, drawn from TAB Ireland.
Guidance on where technology genuinely improves how a business runs.
TAB Advisory for owners who want a peer Advisory Board and coaching.
Membership
Start free, add structure when you are ready, and step into the premium advisory pathway when it suits your business.
Free
For shareholders, partners and CEOs running a business
A broad, qualified community of genuine business owners across Ireland, connected locally through Guild chapters.
Founding offer
First 3 months complimentary
Then €50/month
Founding members joining under the current launch offer receive their first three months complimentary.
For owners who want structured tools and methodology to build a stronger, more valuable business.
By application
Premium pathway, subject to qualification
The premium pathway for owners who qualify for TAB membership: a peer Advisory Board and one-to-one strategic coaching.
Guild Community is free. Founding members joining Guild Builder under the current launch offer receive their first three months complimentary; Guild Builder then continues at €50 per month unless cancelled or changed. TAB Advisory is offered by application and conversation.
Taking shape
The Business Owners Guild is being built around locally led business communities, practical learning, shared experience and a stronger voice for business owners.
Five Guild areas now taking shape, each with its own President.
Meet our Guild PresidentsPractical AI systems to help business owners and their teams use AI more effectively — from everyday productivity to governed AI agents.
Explore AI for Business OwnersTurning the practical experience of business ownership into evidence-led proposals for Government and policymakers.
See our Business Owner Voice workEstablished businesses supported the launch of the first Guild community in Dublin 15.
See our Founding Business SupportersDublin 15
Local businesses that supported the launch of a stronger business-owner community in Dublin 15.
Our philosophy
Judgement, relationships and leadership stay human. Technology and AI are how good owners free up time, improve margins and make better decisions faster.
The Guild will progressively introduce practical AI and productivity resources for owners — grounded in what actually improves a business.
Our view on AI and productivityPowered by TAB Ireland
The Guild is powered by The Alternative Board Ireland. TAB remains the premium, high-touch pathway for peer Advisory Boards and one-to-one strategic coaching; the Guild widens access to owner community, methodology and strategic thinking.
Ireland-wide
The Guild is Ireland-wide in ambition and local in experience. Dublin 15 is the first chapter; further chapters will follow.
Register your interest and tell us where you are based. We will let you know as chapters open near you.
Register your interestSee our next Guild event on 11 November 2026, or tell us about your business and we will be in touch.
