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Private channel
Slack or Discord — we'll pick what ships fastest. One room, founding members and the founder, no SDRs, no vendors lurking.
Gladius
LoadingA private room for operators who want the next decade of dealership intelligence built around them.
Forming now · First 25 founding seats
Membership card · Founding cohort
The Council.
5+ years in the business and not done iterating. Floor scars, opinions, and the appetite to keep getting better. If that’s you, the seat is real.
Who it’s for
5+ years in the business and not done iterating. The Council isn’t a beginner room; it’s a room of people who’ve already earned the right to be picky about whose advice they take.
GMs + GSMs
Operators running 1–10 rooftops, on the floor or one level up.
Dealer principals + owners
The person whose name is on the door, or whose family name is.
F&I directors
Backend operators carrying the second half of every deal.
BDC managers
The team running the lead funnel before sales ever sees a name.
Group COOs + CFOs
Multi-rooftop operators who see the whole P&L, not one store.
What members get
No vapor benefits, no “coming soon” tier. If it’s on this list, it ships when you accept the seat.
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Slack or Discord — we'll pick what ships fastest. One room, founding members and the founder, no SDRs, no vendors lurking.
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90-minute working session. 8–12 operators plus the founder. Real problems, real numbers, off the record. Recorded only with unanimous consent.
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Two days, capped attendance, founder-invited. The room where the next year's roadmap takes shape. Travel + lodging on you; everything else on us.
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Comment access on the Gladius roadmap doc. Your line items don't go into a suggestion box — they sit alongside ours in the planning view.
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Four weeks ahead of public release on every new engine, every new vertical, every new AI feature. You break it before the dealers do.
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Ricardo's number in your phone, not a queue. Text or call. This is the line that picks up when something breaks at 9am Saturday.
What it is not
Worth saying out loud, because the dealership world has seen every flavor of these.
“Not a paid masterclass.”
There's no course. No upsell. No “graduate to platinum tier.” Membership doesn't cost money.
“Not multi-level marketing.”
You don't recruit. You don't earn from anyone else's seat. There's no downline, no commission, no pyramid.
“Not a sponsor showcase.”
No vendor pitches in the room. No “our partner X would love to present.” Operators talk to operators.
“Not a sales-pressure environment.”
Membership doesn't require running Gladius. Half the founding seats may go to operators on other stacks. The point is the conversation, not the conversion.
Membership criteria
Active or recent former dealership operator. Floor experience, not consulting-only.
Commit to at least one quarterly call per year. If you can't show up, the seat goes to someone who will.
Confidentiality rule. What's said in the Council stays in the Council. No screenshots, no LinkedIn quoting, no podcast tearbacks without permission.
Willing to give back. Review someone's playbook. Share what's working at your store. The room is reciprocal or it isn't a room.
How to apply
Send to
council@gladiuscrm.comSubject
Council application
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Response time
Within 7 days. We read every application personally.
Founding-member bonus
First 25 invited get founding-member status — priority access and added weight in roadmap voting.
Current status
We’re not going to inflate this. The dealership world has seen enough community pages claim 500 members and deliver three Zoom calls a year.
The Council is forming. We’re accepting founding-member applications now.
Goal: 25 founding members by Q4 2026, roughly 100 active members by end of 2027.
The first Council call gets scheduled once we hit 8 confirmed members.
If you’re #1, you set the agenda.
Hosted by
Founder
Ricardo Gamon
20-year operator. Sales → F&I → GSM. Now writing the code your dealers run on.
Gladius Technologies LLC · Tampa, FL · 2026