Ten founders. One chair.
One seat per industry.
A Mastr Board is a closed-door table of ten scaling founders, never your competitors, meeting monthly under a chair who has already built and exited. Here is exactly how it runs.
10
Non-competing verticals
6h
Monthly closed session
100%
Unfiltered P&L scrutiny
Who sits at these tables.
This only works because most people who ask do not get in. We check hard before anyone takes a seat.
A networking group
- •Fifty, a hundred, sometimes hundreds in the room
- •Open to almost anyone who pays
- •Drop in when it suits you
- •Nobody checks what happened since last time
- •Good for a business card, not a decision
Success is who you met.
A performance board
- •Ten owners, never your competitor
- •A full day, every month, chair-led
- •Chairs who have actually built and exited
- •No pitching, ever
- •Commitments tracked between sessions
Success is what got executed.
Inside a board session
The full-day operating rhythm: eight phases, run to the minute.
Check-in & the retro
The room settles, then the chair reads back what every member committed to last time: their target, their biggest constraint, their one ask. A one-line update each, no hiding from what you said you would do.
Workshop: planning your numbers
Members refine a pre-worked plan for the year ahead: revenue required, break-even, profit drivers, cash-flow roadmap. Then peer pairs pressure-test each other's numbers before the table sees them.
Guest provocation
A short pre-lunch session from an outside operator: one real growth question put to the room, with a prep sheet supplied in advance so the table arrives ready to dig in.
Lunch
The table breaks together before the afternoon's deep dive, the kind of conversation the boardroom clock does not usually allow for.
Member deep dive
One member takes the hot seat: ten minutes to set the scene, fifteen of clarifying questions from the table, twenty-five of real problem-solving, ten to reflect and commit.
KPI scorecard & top 5 priorities
Every member locks in the five to eight numbers they will be held to each month, and the top five priorities that matter most for the quarter ahead.
Commitments, accountability & wrap
One number, one action for the next thirty days, and one thing you need from the board. The chair closes the session and locks it on the record.
Conclusion
The formal agenda ends. Casual drinks and conversation carry on from there.
The 4 rules of the room
Break one of these and you lose your seat. No exceptions, no second warning.
Strict confidentiality
Every member and chair signs a mutual NDA. What is spoken in the room stays in the room. No recording devices, no assistants, no exceptions.
Zero commercial pitching
No member or chair ever pitches services, investment, software, or supplier contracts. Your business is the only focal point at the table.
Single seat per vertical
We check your exact industry against every current member before admission. Your direct competitor never sits at your table.
Relentless accountability
Attendance is non-negotiable. Miss two sessions in a twelve-month cycle and your seat is offered to the next founder on the waiting list.
Between sessions: direct chair access
"The acquisition offer that lands Friday afternoon. The COO who resigns on Monday."
Real volatility does not wait for your monthly board date. As a member, you hold a direct line to your chair. Because they already know your numbers, your org chart, and your operating rhythm, there is no context to rebuild when something breaks.
Chairs have already made these calls: hiring mistakes, cashflow crunches, the decisions that actually move a business. They do not teach theory. They tell you what happened when they faced the same one.
The 4-step admission journey
From confidential inquiry to your seat at the table.
Private discovery
A thirty-minute confidential call assessing your stage, revenue, and whether your vertical is open.
Conflict check
We cross-check against every current member's business and customer base to rule out any conflict.
Meet your chair
A private meeting with the chair leading your table. Both sides confirm the fit before you go further.
Take your seat
Sign the NDA and board charter, get your seat assignment, and attend your first session.
Questions founders actually ask
Direct answers on protocol, fees, and category conflicts.
How is this different from a coach or a mastermind?
Most coaches have never scaled a business or handled a contested exit; they coach theory. Most masterminds are loose networking mixers built for lead generation. A Mastr Board is a governance table chaired by someone who has actually built and exited, paired with nine non-competing peers who scrutinize your real numbers.
Do I really have to share real financials?
Yes. The table only works if it is honest. If a chair only ever sees your curated updates, their advice is built on a fiction. Founders share real bank balances, churn, and overhead under a mutual NDA.
What if my industry seat is already taken?
You will find out during discovery. If your niche is already taken on an active board, you go on the waiting list for the next one. We will never seat two competitors at the same table, no matter how much either of you wants in.
What if my business is mid-sale or recapitalizing?
This is exactly when founders get the most from Mastr. Our chairs have navigated their own liquidity events and recapitalizations. You get an objective sounding board with no incentive beyond protecting your equity and your sanity.
Create. Your. Success.
The seat in your vertical is either open or it is not. Ask, and either take it or get in line behind whoever is ahead of you.
One seat per industry · Ten founders per board, never more