A Christian business mastermind for men who own the company.

What a mastermind is, and what it is not

A mastermind is a small, fixed group of peers who meet on a schedule to work on one another's businesses and lives. The format is older than the internet: Napoleon Hill described it in 1937, and Benjamin Franklin ran one in Philadelphia two centuries before that. The ingredients are the same in every version that works. The group is small enough for everyone to speak. Membership is stable, so trust compounds. And the members have skin in the game, so advice costs something to give and to take.

A mastermind is not a course, a coaching program, a conference, or a networking event. There is no guru at the front of the room. The room is the product.

Why a Christian mastermind, specifically

A founder who follows Christ carries a question most business groups cannot touch: what is all this for? Stewardship, generosity, and the order of faith, family, then business are not side topics for him. They are the operating system. In a secular peer group he either keeps that to himself or spends his hot seat explaining it.

At The Founders Table, that is the shared starting point. We pray, we open the Word, and then we open your P&L. A member can be asked about his margins and his marriage in the same session, and nobody in the room finds that strange. Denomination does not matter. A real, lived faith does.

How our monthly call runs

The call is 60 minutes, once a month, online. The first half belongs to one member who teaches: a tool, a system, a hard-won lesson from his business or his home. The second half is the hot seat. One man brings a current challenge, lays it out honestly, and the table works it with questions, counsel, and next steps.

Every call is recorded, transcribed, and archived in the private community, so a man who missed a month, or wants to go back to a lesson, can.

• —Format: one member teaches, then one member takes the hot seat
• —Length: 60 minutes, monthly, on a video call
• —Record: every session recorded, transcribed, and archived
• —Where: the private community on Skool, which also holds the members' directory and resources

The retreat is where the mastermind becomes a brotherhood

Once a year the whole group gathers in person for three nights. The seat covers lodging, every breakfast and dinner, the activities, and a year of the community. The days hold four working sessions and a business workshop. The evenings hold the personal hot seats, which are the reason men come back. By the second night the room has stopped performing.

Who it is for

Four things are true of every man at the table.

• —He follows Christ and wants Him at the center of his business and his home, not at the edge of it.
• —He owns or leads a real business: past the idea stage, with revenue, people, and decisions that weigh on him.
• —He will show up: one call a month and one retreat a year.
• —He can take a hard question, and give one back.

What it costs

The community is $20 a month, billed by Skool, and open to join today. A retreat seat starts at $3,000, depending on the venue, and is paid once a founder confirms your seat. It covers the retreat with lodging, every breakfast and dinner, and activities, plus twelve months of the community. The exact fee is listed on each retreat page. There is nothing else to buy.