Program Overview

Phase 1: Application + Matching Cycle (3 Weeks)

During the first phase of our Mastermind Program, you will be invited to apply for our matching service based on your current MRR. Once you’ve submitted your application, we will send you a few tips on how to prepare for the program, get your profile set up for our Mastermind Portal, and answer any questions you may have.

Phase 2: Meet Your Mastermind (2 Weeks)

This kicks off the official start of the program. Within the first two weeks, you will need to schedule your first meeting, establish the format of your mastermind, and schedule at least three months of discussions on the cadence your group prefers. We will host a Mastermind 101 meeting, hosted by the MicroConf team, to give you the basics on how to run a great mastermind.

Phase 3: The “Official” Program (3 Months)

The first three months of the MicroConf Mastermind Program have been designed to help solidify the bond between the members of your Mastermind and the community as a whole. The MicroConf Hub and Mastermind Portal will be your living, breathing workspace where you can coordinate with your group, find curated resources, and track your goals. We will host two additional mentor sessions with your revenue group and send you weekly conversation topics that you might want to discuss in your group.

Phase 4: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work (Forever)

After the first three months, you should be on your way to a great support network within your mastermind. While the official program wraps up after the end of the first three months, your group will likely spend the next few years working together, celebrating wins, and overcoming challenges.

What is included in the Mastermind Program?

For everyone who is participating in the mastermind program, you will have access too…

• A private Mastermind Slack Channel.

• Discounted tickets to MicroConf US and Europe to meet your mastermind IRL.

• “Masterminds 101” Session hosted by Tracy Osborn, TinySeed Program Director + Xander Castro, Event Director of MicroConf

• 25% off of 1 year of SavvyCal to make scheduling your sessions a breeze.

The program is oriented around specific revenue groups, so we will also be hosting a variety of mentor sessions throughout the first few months of the program, as well as a 12-week series of conversation topics, goal-setting tools, and more based on what we think can help move the needle with your business.

• Two Mentor Sessions

  • Closing Your Earliest Sales

  • Mastering Customer Interviews

  • Dates and times are subject to change. All recordings will be available after the session.

• Two Mentor Sessions

  • Building Your Demand Generation Engine

  • The Keys to Customer Support

  • Dates and times are subject to change. All recordings will be available after the session.

• Two Mentor Sessions

  • Creating A Marketing Flywheel

  • Smart Hiring Decisions

  • Dates and times are subject to change. All recordings will be available after the session.

Office Hours with Rob Walling, Co-Founder of TinySeed + MicroConf & Einar Vollset, Co-Founder of TinySeed

• We will send out a meeting poll about 2 weeks before the next office hours to coordinate the best day and time for these office hour sessions. Recordings will also be available.

How We Create Mastermind Matches

With over 800 successful matches under our belt, we have brought together founders from all walks of life, from over 50 countries, across 20 time zones, and with a collective $150M+ in ARR.

Many successful founders we know have come to lean on their masterminds to sanity check decisions, help with accountability, and keep them motivated on this long journey of building and growing their startup.

1) The Application.

We focus on a number of key data points and applicant narrative responses to get a feel for each applicant’s experience level, expectations, work + personality styles, and other key criteria that allow us to make informed matches

2) A Real Life Human (!) Reviews Every Application

Using the data points applicants submit, we’ve created a proprietary matching system to generate small groups of founder that we feel have the best chance of connecting on a meaningful level. This high touch experience gives us not only a strong understanding of who the MicroConf Community is, but it gives us insight into the individual - not just an email address.

Application Fee

We price our Mastermind Matching Service Application based on your annual revenue. Our prices have been updated as of 2023.

Pre-revenue to $10K ARR = $250
$10K - $100K ARR = $500
$100K - $500K ARR = $1,000
$500,000+ = $2,000

Our aim is for buy-in. If you apply, you should be committed to this process.

Note: In the event you aren’t satisfied with your mastermind, you can email us, and we’ll rematch you with a new mastermind. We honor any mastermind rematch requests for up to 1 year. So, if you submit your mastermind application in June 2022, you can be rematched through June 2023.

As a result, we will not offer refunds unless we are unable to match you into a group (and we will offer to retry next application period if we cannot).

If you quit, are unresponsive, or are otherwise not committed to joining a mastermind, we will keep your money and buy the other members of your group coffee, on you.