Aug 28, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
Go backstage with HighLevel Co-Founder Robin Alex and Sr. Director of Product Marketing Chase Buckner for a special conversation about LevelUp 2026.From how LevelUp grew into HighLevel’s biggest…
Robin AlexGuest
Chase BucknerHost
I remember when this started, I was like, what? We're going to throw an event with that many people and we're not going to use event planners? And you were like, no, no, we got this.

I don't think, tell the people, I don't think people know how big our events team is and what they actually pull off every year.

So, you know, and credit to the events team, Wesley, Celeste and everybody else that's running the team.

But we started out really with the idea of, you know, can we go to conferences? We were getting invited to so many different places.

And maybe you would join us for a couple of trips and we'd have other people in the company join us.

And then over the years, now I think the events team is close to 30, 40 people around the world.

I got some numbers last week from Wesley that I think we're going to exceed close to 600, 700 events.

And then once he told me that, I was like, OK, well, now we've got to do double that next year.

I remember when this started, I was like, what? We're going to throw an event with that many people and we're not going to use event planners? And you were like, no, no, we got this.

I don't think, tell the people, I don't think people know how big our events team is and what they actually pull off every year.

So, you know, and credit to the events team, Wesley, Celeste and everybody else that's running the team.

But we started out really with the idea of, you know, can we go to conferences? We were getting invited to so many different places.

And maybe you would join us for a couple of trips and we'd have other people in the company join us.

And then over the years, now I think the events team is close to 30, 40 people around the world.

I got some numbers last week from Wesley that I think we're going to exceed close to 600, 700 events.

And then once he told me that, I was like, OK, well, now we've got to do double that next year.
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