For mastermind group leaders
Reign for mastermind group leaders. Paid mastermind + accountability community.
Mastermind leaders use Zoom + a private Slack + spreadsheet for billing - clients churn after the 3-month commitment, no archive of past wisdom.
Reign + Learnomy + MemberPress for cohort-based masterminds with persistent groups, a searchable session archive and an annual renewal flow. Learnomy and BuddyNext install free; Tutor LMS is the alternative.
Cohort courses, groups that outlive the program and the session archive, free to install. You buy the Reign theme; Learnomy, BuddyNext and MediaVerse are ours and install free.
- Learnomy courses
- BuddyNext community engine
- MediaVerse media
Three highlights for mastermind group leaders.
- 01
Per-cohort BuddyNext groups persist after the program ends.
- 02
Searchable archive of past mastermind sessions.
- 03
Annual renewal tier converts 3-month members to ongoing.
What the site looks like on day one.
You launch with small private groups, a meeting calendar, accountability threads and a resource library. Each mastermind pod gets its own space with only its members inside, meetings are events with RSVPs, and accountability is a recurring thread. Small and private is the whole design; a mastermind that feels like a public forum is not a mastermind.
What a member actually does.
A member joins a pod, attends the first meeting, and posts their commitments. The accountability thread is what makes it work between meetings, and the pods that maintain it are the ones that renew. Groups that let the thread go quiet drift within two months. Facilitation matters more than software here, and the site's job is to make the rhythm easy.
How this usually makes money.
Paid memberships at $50 to $500 a month depending on the market and the level of facilitation, which is high for a community but reflects that members are buying access to each other and to you. Some run an application fee. The economics work because pods are small and the price is per member rather than per pod.
The mistake to avoid.
Letting the pods get too big. Six to eight people means everyone speaks; fifteen means a webinar with a chat, which is a different product worth considerably less. Keep pods small and add more of them rather than growing the ones you have.
Mastermind group leader-specific questions.
Can clients re-watch past sessions?
Yes, through a tier-gated MediaVerse library, free to install. Past clients keep access to their cohort recordings indefinitely.
How small should a pod be?
Small enough that everyone speaks, which in practice is six to eight. The software supports any size; the format does not. Larger groups become a webinar with a chat, which is a different product and worth considerably less.
Can I run several pods?
Yes, a private group per pod with members only in theirs, plus a shared space for everyone if you want cross-pod discussion. One site, one membership, many pods, which is far easier to run than separate platforms per group.
What keeps a pod alive between meetings?
The accountability thread, and somebody whose job it is to prompt it. Commitments posted publicly to five people you respect do more than any feature. When the thread dies the pod follows within a couple of months.
Do I facilitate every pod myself?
At first, usually, and it does not scale. The model that works is training members to facilitate and taking a cut, or charging more for pods you run personally. Decide which business you are in early.
What if a pod goes quiet?
Intervene quickly, because a quiet pod rarely recovers on its own. Usually it needs one member re-engaged or the pod merged. Waiting a month to see if it picks up almost always ends in cancellations.
Buy the theme. Add the plugins free.
Learnomy, BuddyNext and MediaVerse cost nothing to install, and each has its own Pro plan for later. Running the third-party stack instead? The Reign TutorLMS kit is the packaged route. Or have the Wbcom team install either one for $699 flat.