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By Susan Berfield

Until recently, the precocious founders of Summit Series ran their exclusive conference fiefdom out of the Fantasy Factory, a 12-bedroom Miami mansion with a private chef, a pool, water views, and a trampoline. A few mornings per week, a yoga instructor was summoned to teach them to control their dreams and, using the Mayan calendar, read the day's energy. "If it was an organization day or endurance day," says yoga-cum-calendar-reading instructor Ken Von Roenn, "it would be announced on the house PA."