Canbassadors

The people who introduce the people we serve.

Canbassadors is Cannon Capital’s named client introduction program — a simple role for clients who want an easy, dignified way to connect friends, family, colleagues, and plan sponsors with a fee-based fiduciary. Not a bounty program. Not a sales club. A clear path to make a Warm Shot and show up at Battery Briefings when you like.

Warm Shot · the intro First Salvo · your first Battery Briefing · the gathering No cash rewards
The name

Canbassador = Cannon + ambassador.

Like the best client programs in other industries, it has a name you can say out loud. “I’m a Canbassador” is easier than “I’m in the unstructured referral mechanism we never actually defined.” You are not selling. You are opening a door for someone you care about.

Canbassadors

Clients of Cannon Capital who make Warm Shots — introductions that protect the person on the other end and never treat a friendship like a transaction.

Warm Shot

The introduction itself — a short email to both of us, this form, or “have my advisor call them.” One honest sentence of context is enough.

First Salvo

Your first Warm Shot as a Canbassador. We thank you personally. No leaderboard. No bounty. Just a clean first fire.

Battery Briefing

A small, invitation-only gathering for Canbassadors — conversation with the team, useful context (tax, markets, planning), and room to bring a guest if it feels natural.

Range Review

The soft-ask moment in your quarterly or annual review — when it fits the conversation, not a forced script. “If someone in your life is facing this…”

How to participate

Three moves. As easy as saying the name.

01 · Join

Say you are in

Tell your advisor you want to be a Canbassador, or use the form below and check “I want to join.” We log it, thank you, and invite you to the next Battery Briefing when one is set.

02 · Warm Shot

Make one introduction

Email intro (best), form, or ask us to call. Prefer people with a real money moment — liquidity, complexity, a 401(k) that needs a true fiduciary — not product-shop tourists.

03 · Show up

Battery Briefings (optional)

Come when you can. Bring a guest when it feels right. No attendance quota. The program works even if you only ever fire one Warm Shot.

The calendar

Rituals that make referring feel natural.

Programs fail when the only ask is awkward and random. Canbassadors has a few named moments — light, repeatable, never a hard sell.

Ongoing

Warm Shot

Anytime. The core action of the program. Send a three-line intro or use the form. We follow up within one business day and treat the person as a guest — not a lead to be worked.

Your first intro

First Salvo

The first Warm Shot you make as a Canbassador. We note it, thank you by note or call, and — if you want — invite you to the next Battery Briefing. Recognition, not payment.

With your advisor

Range Review

Built into quarterly and annual reviews when the conversation is already about a life moment someone you know might share. Soft language only. You can always pass.

A few times a year

Battery Briefing

Small table, Cottonwood Heights or private room. Tax or planning context from the team, time with advisors, optional +1. This is how “bring a friend” becomes an event instead of an ask out of nowhere.

As needed

Open Gate evenings

Topic nights (liquidity events, 401(k) for sponsors, big-income years) where Canbassadors can invite someone who is actively thinking about that issue. Educational first. Introduction second.

Built the fiduciary way

Fun name. Serious guardrails.

What Canbassadors get

Thanks, access, clarity

  • A name and a simple path — so referring is not awkward
  • Personal thank-you after a Warm Shot
  • Invites to Battery Briefings and Open Gate evenings
  • Scripts that do not sound like a multilevel pitch
  • Confidence that the person you send will be treated carefully
What Canbassadors never get

No bounty, no conflict

  • No cash, gift cards, or fee discounts for names
  • No “per introduction” scoreboard with prizes
  • No pressure to hit a quota
  • No turning you into a paid solicitor under securities rules
  • No product dinners dressed up as appreciation

Paid third-party solicitation (for example, a formal paid arrangement with another professional) is a different legal structure that requires written agreements and disclosure. That is not Canbassadors. Professional co-counsel relationships are welcome and usually uncompensated.

Who to introduce

Aim carefully. That is the point of a named program.

Strong Warm Shot

Entrepreneurs and professionals roughly 30–50 building serious wealth. Households after a liquidity event — sold a business, equity payout, inheritance, big income year. Plan sponsors who need a true 3(38) fiduciary. Anyone who wants investing, tax, and estate in one plan.

Hold fire

People hunting free tips, guaranteed returns, or a product-push dinner. Anyone who needs an insurance- or product-first pitch. If we are wrong for them, we will say so quickly and still treat your introduction with respect.

Words that work

You do not need a pitch. You need one honest sentence.

Warm Shot email (copy and send):

“Wanted to connect you two. [Name] — meet [Advisor] at Cannon Capital, the fee-based fiduciary team we work with. I’m a Canbassador there, which just means I can open a door when it feels right. No pressure; they start with a complimentary strategy conversation. [Advisor] — [Name] is [one line of context]. I’ll let you take it from here.”
Range Review soft ask:

“If someone in your life is facing the kind of money moment we just walked through — and you think a fiduciary conversation would help — that is what Canbassadors is for. No bounty for the intro. Just careful work for the person you care about.”
If you were introduced

A Canbassador sent you. You are a guest.

Someone who already knows us thought a conversation might help. The first meeting is complimentary, confidential, and free of obligation. Optional checklist: what to bring.

Warm Shot · join or introduce

Fire one introduction. Or join the line.

Prefer email? CC both of us — still the gold standard. This form is for joining Canbassadors, making a Warm Shot, or both.

Join

We add you to Canbassador invites (Battery Briefings, Open Gate) and note you for Range Reviews.

Warm Shot

Name, contact, one line of context — only what they would be comfortable with.

We follow carefully

Advisor outreach within one business day. You get a thank-you — never a bounty.

By submitting, you confirm you have a reasonable basis to share contact details for a professional introduction. We will not add them to a marketing blast list.

Canbassadors

Join or introduce.

An advisor follows up carefully. You stay the human who opened the door.

No payment for intros · No obligation for them · Advisor follow-up within one business day

Received.

Thank you. If you joined, you are on the Canbassadors list. If you made a Warm Shot, an advisor will follow up carefully — and we will thank you personally.

Questions

Straight answers.

What is a Canbassador?

A Cannon Capital client who chooses to introduce people they care about through a named, simple path — Warm Shots, optional Battery Briefings, soft Range Review asks. Not a job. Not a sales quota.

Do Canbassadors get paid?

No. Cash or gift-for-name programs can create solicitor issues under federal securities rules and conflict with our fiduciary duty. You get thanks, recognition of your First Salvo, and invites — never a bounty.

What is a Battery Briefing?

A small gathering for Canbassadors: useful conversation with the team, optional guest, no product-push dinner energy. Dates are set a few times a year; ask your advisor for the next one.

Can I refer a 401(k) plan sponsor?

Yes. A Warm Shot for a plan sponsor is as welcome as a household intro. Point them at our employer page or introduce us the same way.

I am a CPA or attorney — can I be a Canbassador?

The Canbassadors name is for clients. Professional relationships are welcome; if a paid solicitation arrangement is ever appropriate, it must be written and disclosed separately. Most co-counsel work stays reciprocal and uncompensated.

The only score that matters

Did the person you care about get careful help?

If yes, the Warm Shot worked. Growth for the firm is secondary. That is why the program has a name you can be proud of.