Founder Mastermind Call
Let's add some structured high-value group discussion time, ideally recurring
Hey folks: how does Tuesday March 3 at 8:30-9:30 AM PT work for our first SaaS founder community mastermind call?
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The format we’ve been discussing in the community is roughly as follows.
Mastermind Call Format
This meeting structure has been very helpful for me in past mastermind groups: I propose that we go around the room in order, and each person:
gives an update on how their business is doing
presents challenge(s) they’re experiencing on which they want help, and
we have some group feedback and challenge help time for each founder.
Example: if we have 5 people, we’d have maybe ~5 mins of each founder sharing an update on their business and requesting feedback, followed by 6-7 mins of group feedback and discussion on the issues raised.
Segmentation: Based on attendance and the richness of the discussions, we could further split these meetings into smaller ‘chapters’ so to speak, based on business model, ARR range, and/or industry.
Length: It’s also likely that one hour won’t be enough time and that we’ll all leave the meeting wanting a longer one—my past experience with this format is that 2-4 hours is especially helpful and rich for groups of 6-7, or 90-120 mins for groups of 4-5 people, especially in the $1M - $10M revenue range, once there is a more ‘stuff going on’ operationally. But let’s see.
What To Expect
To speak for myself: I have seen an enormous ROI on my investment of time, from participating in well-curated groups like this over the years. There has occasionally been ‘direct’ ROI—say, I found out about a tax credit that resulted in directly receiving $200k, or ended up actually doing business with someone in the group—but most of the return has been the quality of discussion.
In other words: the main thing we would like to get from these calls, as we hope you will get, is to engage deeply with other founders in a focused way that results in each of us growing our business more sustainably, rapidly, and profitably than without the support of the group.
→ If you would like an invitation to this mastermind group please reply back to this email to let me know. If we have too many people for one group, we will create multiple groups, so let us know if this time doesn't work with your time zone.
Thanks,
Alex & Mac