Ryland Miller became president and CEO of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce at 27, and he didn't know what a chamber of commerce was until he stumbled into one as an intern. In this conversation, Ryland walks through how chambers actually work, what membership buys a small business, and why the real value shows up in rooms where strangers become partners. Sam also shares how early Ottawa Chamber support pulled Lockbaud back from the brink of pivoting out of tech entirely.