The 80/20 Institute

COMMAND 50 · By application

Run the company
with Bill in the room.

A year-long working group for CEOs of middle-market companies. The full 80/20 library, a monthly call with Bill, and four days in Sarasota. Limited slots available.

Bill Canady

At a glance

$15,000 a year

Paid in full before the program starts.

$12,500 founding rate

First 10 members, year one.

Q1 2027

The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

Limited slots available

Operators only, at tables of 8 to 12.

What is included · $15,000 a year

One year. One group. The whole system.

01

A 12-month All-Access Pass

Every course, book, audiobook and Field Guide, plus anything new released during the year. A $1,497 value.

02

12 monthly live calls with Bill

Group calls where members bring a real decision. Recorded for members.

03

4 working days in Sarasota

Quarterly in-person, one-day working sessions with Bill. The first is in Q1 2027 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

04

4 dinners with the group

One after each working session, with Bill and the other members.

05

A peer group of operators

Limited slots available. Members work at tables of eight to twelve.

Not included: travel, lodging, and 1:1 coaching or advisory work. Members pay their own travel.

How the year runs

Real decisions, every month.

Every month

A live call with Bill where members bring a real decision: pricing, a reorganization, an acquisition, a conversation with the lender.

Every quarter

A full working day in Sarasota, then dinner. Members leave with the next 90 days set.

All year

The complete library, so the leadership team works from one playbook.

Bill Canady

Who leads it

Bill Canady

Chairman & CEO, Arrowhead Engineered Products · Chairman, OTC Industrial Technologies · Founder & CEO, The 80/20 Institute.

Bill Canady's career spans more than 30 years of leading, scaling, and transforming companies up to and beyond the billion-dollar level. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Arrowhead Engineered Products and Chairman of OTC Industrial Technologies, and sits on the boards of several enterprises. Across global industrial markets he has repeatedly turned complex, underperforming businesses into profitable, durable ones — work that has generated over $3 billion in shareholder value.

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Before you apply

Questions about COMMAND 50.

How do I apply?

Book a 30-minute call with Bill. The booking form asks four short questions, and the call is the review. If it is a fit, you receive an invitation and an invoice.

Where and when is the first session?

Q1 2027, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

How is it paid?

In full, before the program starts, by invoice after you are accepted. The founding rate is $12,500 for the first year for the first 10 members; renewal is $15,000 a year.

Can I cancel?

Anytime. Cancelling stops the next renewal, and you keep full access, including the calls, the remaining sessions and the library, through the end of the year you paid for. There are no refunds.

What isn’t included?

Travel, lodging, and 1:1 coaching or advisory work.

Who is it for?

CEOs, presidents and business-unit leaders of middle-market companies, and private-equity operating partners. Every applicant has a 30-minute call with Bill before an invitation.

I already have the All-Access Pass.

A Pass paid in the previous 12 months counts in full toward COMMAND 50. Mention it on your call.

Founding rate for the first 10 members

Apply for COMMAND 50.

$12,500 for your first year, then $15,000. First session Q1 2027, The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

To apply, book a 30-minute call with Bill and answer the 4 short questions on the booking form. The call is the review. Payment is invoiced after acceptance. No refunds.