Mike Hurley
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Builds the businesses that fund the community. Leads ParQ Island's vision for growth that compounds — for the owners inside it and the causes around them.
For Business Owners|Seats are limited and invite-only
Automate the busywork. Compound the growth.
Business Growth & Automation Showcase
Here's the reality: You're working harder than ever — and growing slower than you should. The manual work, the vendor vetting, the connections you're still chasing one at a time: that's the gap between where you are and the business you set out to build.
At the Showcase, the math flips. See the automation that takes the busywork off your plate. Meet ParQ Island — a vetted network that brings the right providers and partners straight to you. Less time on the routine, more time for the growth, and a network that does the connecting for you.
If you run a business, this is for you.
Friday, November 6, 2026 2:00 PM CST First United Bank, Plano, TX
The operators behind the network
Straight to the source. A room with the people who actually built the thing.
Bottom line: Most “networking” events hand you a room full of people selling something. This one hands you the founders who built ParQ Island — the operators, the deal-makers, and the community architects you’d normally spend months chasing down.
No gatekeepers. No “let me check with my team.” You sit across the table from the people who make the decisions, set the partnerships, and decide who’s in the network. Bring a question — leave with a relationship and a direct line.
Shane Hurley
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Sets the strategy behind the network — curating the vetted provider connections so the introductions you get are the ones worth your time, not the ones that waste it.
Shawn Ferdinand
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Runs the day-to-day that keeps ParQ Island working — the operations behind the network you'll experience at the Showcase, where strategy meets execution.
David Rivers
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Architects the ParQ Island platform and the automation you'll see at the Showcase — and leads the 'Your Cause, Your Commission' initiative that turns every introduction into community funding.
The Business Owner’s Wake-Up Call
Stop trading 60-hour weeks for guesswork. Build an unfair advantage.
Bottom line: Most business owners don’t have a growth problem — they have an exhaustion problem. You got into business to build equity, create freedom, and serve people, but your days are consumed by low-leverage repetitive tasks, patchwork tech, and chasing unvetted vendor relationships.
The uncomfortable math: Every bad tech hire, misaligned software subscription, and unqualified referral quietly drains thousands of dollars and months of forward momentum. You only discover whether a vendor or partner was the right fit after you’ve already paid the tuition in lost time, lost money, and missed opportunities.
Ask yourself:
“Does my business run on repeatable automation and a trusted network feeding qualified relationships — or does everything still depend on me working nights and weekends?”
The difference between the two should be as immediately obvious as the difference between a high-efficiency enterprise and an exhausting solo grind.
Differentiate or stay trapped: How do you expand capacity and increase bottom-line profit without adding 20 more hours to your workweek? The proven answer is simple: you put modern automation to work on the routine tasks, and you plug into a curated ecosystem where vetted providers and commercial partners come straight to you.
Even better news: You don’t have to figure this out alone or build it from scratch. At the Showcase, we pull back the curtain on the exact automation frameworks and introduce you to the ParQ Island network — built from the ground up to give you the leverage, the introductions, and the community impact that traditional networking never delivers.
The Reality Check
The Status Quo vs. The Showcase Shift
The Traditional Trap
Manual data entry, endless follow-up chasing, guessing on contractors, and attending surface-level networking events where everyone is selling and nobody is collaborating.
The ParQ Island Advantage
Automated workflows handling the routine, direct introductions to pre-vetted strategic partners, collaborative peer masterminding, and effortless community impact baked in.
What it means for you
More time. Better margins. Relationships that compound.
Seats are strictly limited to maintain high-value discussion.
The 4 Core Leverage Drivers
What changes the moment you enter the room
Every element of this showcase is engineered around measurable return on your time — not abstract theory.
Operational Leverage
Replace $15/hr manual busywork with smart automation
Tired of spending evenings buried in spreadsheets, manual follow-ups, and disconnected systems? See the exact automation workflows that run the routine operations quietly in the background so you reclaim 10+ hours a week.
Zero-Guesswork Network
Pre-vetted providers & partners who actually deliver
Stop gambling your capital and reputation on unverified vendors. ParQ Island introduces you directly to battle-tested service providers and growth partners who have already been evaluated and vetted for quality.
The Room Factor
Direct access to owners who already solved your bottleneck
Skip months of costly trial-and-error. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder with business owners, founders, and decision-makers exchanging real-world playbooks, collaboration opportunities, and qualified deal flow.
Differentiated Impact
Community giving built directly into your revenue model
Every strategic introduction and transaction made across ParQ Island helps direct funding to vetted local nonprofits and community initiatives — building goodwill and organic market differentiation without adding an extra task to your plate.
This isn’t another pitch festival or business card exchange.
It’s a closed-door showcase designed for serious business owners ready to streamline operations, access qualified partners, and build a lasting legacy.
Welcome to ParQ Island.
Your seat at the table
Every seat is a decision-maker's seat
Bottom line: A closed-door showcase for owners ready to trade hours for systems. One room, the right people, and a seat count that stays small on purpose — so they move fast.
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Skip the guesswork
Walk in with a bottleneck, walk out with the automation that's already solving it.
Direct access — no gatekeepers
The founders, partners, and vetted providers are in the room, not behind a contact form.
Connections that compound
Meet owners who already solved what you're staring at — and open the door to the next one.
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