FOCUSED COMMUNITIES
Find your people within the community.
Chapters are focused sub-communities inside Durable — built around a shared angle, stage, or interest. A place to go deeper with the people who get it.
WHAT IS A CHAPTER?
A focused room inside the Commons.
The broader Durable Commons is open to all Utah business owners. Chapters give you a smaller, more focused community within that — built around a shared angle.
Each chapter has its own programming, conversations, and rhythm. Some are open to apply for; others form organically from the community.
As Durable grows, more chapters will form around industries, roles, stages of business, and interests.
The Chapters
Find the room that builds like you.
Active
ETA: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
A chapter for entrepreneurs acquiring, operating, or exploring the acquisition of small businesses in Utah. Whether you’re actively searching, mid-acquisition, or already operating — this is your community.
- Monthly Sessions — deal flow, Q&A, and operator conversations.
- Expert Speakers — lenders, brokers, attorneys, and operators who know the path.
- Peer Network — Utah ETA practitioners at every stage, from searching to exiting.
Active
Nonprofit Leaders
A chapter for the people leading Utah’s mission-driven organizations — executives and founders navigating the distinct work of building and funding groups that serve the community.
- Leadership Sessions — conversations on fundraising, boards, and impact.
- Peer Roundtables — shared challenges among nonprofit executives.
- Community Partners — connections across Utah’s giving ecosystem.
Coming Soon
$10M+ Operators
A room for owners running businesses at real scale. $10M+ Operators brings together founders and CEOs past the early grind to trade hard-won lessons at a level few peers can match.
- Private Dinners — closed-door conversations among operators at scale.
- Destination Retreats — multi-day getaways worth traveling for.
- Panels & Masterminds — candid working sessions on the challenges of scale.
Coming Soon
Women Business Owners
A community for the women building Utah’s businesses. Members gather to connect, champion each other’s work, and grow alongside peers who understand the journey.
- Regular Events — gatherings built for connection and candor.
- Cross-Promotion — championing and referring one another’s businesses.
- Peer Support — a network that shows up for each other, on and off the clock.
Coming Soon
The Outdoor Chapter
For owners who do their best thinking outside. The Outdoor Chapter gets together on the trail, the slopes, and the water — trading ideas and building real friendships in the places that make Utah, Utah.
- Hikes & Summits — group hikes and peak-bagging through the season.
- Ski Days — chairlift conversations and powder days together.
- Outdoor Meetups — climbing, biking, and lake days across the state.
Get Involved
Start a chapter
If you care about community and want to get involved, helping start or lead a chapter is one of the most rewarding ways to do it. Chapters are where the Commons gets personal — smaller rooms built around what you love.
- Deeper connections — a smaller room where people actually know each other.
- Built on what you love — organized around an interest, industry, or place.
- A way to give back — shape the community and help others find their people.
How chapters form
Chapters are built by the people in them.
Chapters form out of demand. When enough owners want to go deeper on a shared interest, industry, or place — and someone raises their hand to help lead — we help turn that energy into a real, lasting community.
We back chapter leaders with the structure to stay organized and built to last beyond any one person’s time leading it — access to funding, distribution to the broader Durable community, event ideas, venues, and sometimes budget.
Chapters run their own programming. As long as they hold to Durable’s standards, they operate bottoms-up and autonomous — empowered to build in the way that fits their people, their interest, and their corner of Utah.
Already running a community and want to run it with more legitimacy, budget, distribution, and access? We’d love to hear from you.