The $30,000 Question: Is a Mastermind Worth It?
Let’s cut to the chase.
If you’re the founder of a business doing $1M+ in revenue, and you’re evaluating whether joining a $30,000 mastermind is a smart investment — the answer comes down to one thing:
Return on time and return on decision-making.
Because if you’re operating at that level and still asking, “What do I get for $30,000?” — you’re looking at the wrong metric. The better question is:
How much does it cost you to not be in the room where real decisions, shortcuts, and plays are being shared?
Let’s Talk Numbers
The average CEO running a $1M revenue company will typically earn 10–20% in profit or salary, depending on the structure.
Let’s go conservative and say:
Annual owner compensation = $150,000
That breaks down to:
$12,500/month
$2,884/week
$577/day (based on 5-day workweek)
$72/hour (based on 8-hour days)
Now here’s the punchline:
Every wasted hour, every bad hire, every marketing dollar spent on the wrong strategy — costs you real money.
What’s the Cost of “Figuring It Out Yourself”?
Let’s say you spend:
15 hours a month researching YouTube strategies, hiring consultants, and trying to “figure it out”
That’s 180 hours/year
At $72/hour, that’s $12,960 in raw time cost alone
And guess what? That’s assuming you make the right calls. But we both know that learning through trial and error can cost 10X that amount in:
Bad hires
Failed ads
Missed partnerships
Months of wasted effort
Time isn't your most valuable asset.
It’s your most expensive liability if used poorly.
What You’re Really Buying in a Mastermind
Boardroom isn’t about rah-rah motivation. It’s not a seminar. It’s not coaching calls with someone who’s never built a business.
It’s tactical, peer-driven business intelligence that most people:
Never get access to
Spend years trying to piece together
Lose momentum chasing alone
Here’s what you get instead:
This isn’t theory. This is applied wisdom from operators running real companies.
The ones who’ve failed faster, iterated quicker, and now hand you the shortcut.
You Don’t Need More Time — You Need Better Plays
You already know how to hustle. You already know how to grind.
But if you’re still the main bottleneck in your business, still sitting in every department, and still trying to brute-force your way forward — you’re playing the wrong game.
A $30,000 investment isn’t about what you learn.
It’s about what you stop doing, who you stop being, and how you evolve as a business owner.
Opportunity Cost vs. Investment Return
Let’s say Boardroom saves you just:
One wrong marketing hire → saves $50,000
One failed ad campaign → saves $25,000
12 hours/month of wasted time → gives you back 144 hours/year = ~$10,000 in time ROI
Unlocks one new deal or JV → adds $100,000+ in top-line revenue
That’s $185,000+ in returns on a $30,000 investment.
That’s a 6X ROI — and we’re being conservative.
Final Thought: High-Level Thinking Requires High-Level Rooms
The fastest way to make better decisions is to surround yourself with people making better decisions.
You can’t get million-dollar insight from people who aren’t playing at that level.
You can’t shortcut your way to scale with free podcasts and low-ticket courses.
You can’t move from hustler to CEO without letting go of “cheap” thinking.
If you’re making $1M+ and still trying to justify $30K…
You're not asking if you should join.
You're asking how much longer you can afford to wait.
Ready to work like a CEO instead of a technician?
