Are you ready to leap ahead in your business?
In our Lear Year mastermind group, we focus on increasing your reach and revenue.
Leap Year is for solopreneurs and micro businesses with 5 or less employees. It’s challenging to run a micro business on your own. In meetings, bring the most important topic or problems for you and your business.
Whether you want to talk about marketing, or pricing a new offer, or dealing with a difficult customer — we’re here for you!
Need to talk through an idea? Make a wise strategic decision? Leap Year members help each other to shorten the learning curve by using the collective genius of the group.
Look at the benefits of joining the Leap Year Mastermind Group
- Create real progress in your business
- Set strong goals and create solid action plans
- Borrow on the experience and skills of the other members, and your expert facilitator and small business consultant, Karyn Greenstreet
- Get accountability and get things done
- Get honest feedback on your ideas and plans
- Solve problems that have been stumping you for a long time
- Make decisions instead of staying stuck
- Find many creative ideas by brainstorming with others
- Receive eye-opening insights into yourself and your business
- Work ON your business, not just IN it — get focused time for clear and strategic thinking
- Sharpen your business skills and shorten the learning curve
- Add an instant and valuable support network — a sense of shared endeavor – you’re not alone anymore!
See the list below of the types of topics members bring to their hot seats.
What mastermind group members say
I respect them and they understand me: I have great respect for each member of our group. Knowing when we bring something up we will get honest, thoughtful, and insightful answers is wonderful — whether it is getting a great suggestion or solution, called out on my limiting beliefs, or some rah-rah support and encouragement.
In most cases, there are great lessons for me in listening to and pondering others’ concerns and thoughts when they are in the hot seat.
I like rubbing elbows with small business owners who are intelligent, motivated, and can understand what it is like to have your own business. I always trust that their opinions and comments will come from an honest, constructive, and caring place.
Sometimes just a little thing that was said can make a big difference to help me initiate change in my business or better understand myself.
Dr. Susan Burger, Riverside Chiropractic & Vitality Center
About the Leap Year facilitator
Hi, I’m Karyn Greenstreet, a small business consultant and mastermind group expert. I’ve been a business owner for more than 20 years and I facilitate the Leap Year mastermind group.
I’ve been running mastermind groups since 1994, and am the founder of The Success Alliance website, blogging and teaching about mastermind groups since 2001. The first article I wrote about mastermind groups has been shared over 74,000 times!
I have worked with micro business owners in over 53 industries, helping them design and grow their businesses. This gives me special insight into how to solve problems quickly and find focus/clarity as a business owner — all information I’ll share with you as part of our hot seats in Leap Year.
What mastermind group members say
Makes it all easier: We learn best by helping each other through things. No one has all the answers on their own.
The whole point of our mastermind group is about support — and the fact that it’s very hard to do things totally on my own. We come together to support each other to create what they most want in life. It makes it easier to be curious, inventive and inspirational in my business…it just makes it all easier.
The synergy catalyzes so much more than just sitting and thinking by yourself!
Jim Granger, mentor and coach
Priceless support and brainstorming: I have to tell you what a difference my mastermind group has made in my life, both personally and professionally. Being a part of such a wonderfully warm and supportive group of other self-employed people has been priceless.
Knowing that there is a group of professionals who jump up and down when I have a success, or brainstorm a solution when I hit a brick wall, or who share resources when I have a question, or who help me sort things out when I feel overwhelmed, or who can relate when I just need to vent — these all mean so much to me. I am sure that I would not be as close to reaching my goals without this group.
To think of the many self-employed individuals out there, doing it on their own and the time they waste, the trial-and-error they go through, the wrong moves, and untapped resources — I am so thankful I am not one of them (any more)!
Jamie Novak, professional organizer, speaker and author of four books
Willing to share: Thanks for a great first experience in a mastermind group. You were a dynamic facilitator, coach and educator! It’s comforting to know there are others out there who have similar issues to mine and are willing to share their resources and wisdom.
Doreen Amatelli, MBA, healthcare research consultant
Be prepared for amazing results: I was in your mastermind group last year. Next Wednesday I’m doing a two-hour mastermind group support meeting for a local church, to launch some mastermind groups there. We were expecting 20 to 40 people to show interest. They cut off registration at 130, and had to schedule another meeting in a few weeks to handle the overflow!
I just wanted you to know that mastermind groups spread, impacting hundreds (if not thousands) of people. I would strongly recommend your mastermind group — and be prepared for amazing things to happen as a result!
Joe H. Jones, Founder of Transition Masters
Important information
- Each Group is limited to a maximum of 10 members. This allows members to bond and work deeply on their goals and challenges in a small group environment.
- Leap Year is for self-employed small business owners with less than 5 employees, including solo entrepreneurs.
- Confidentiality is crucial to protect the privacy of each member of the group. What happens in the mastermind group stays in the mastermind group.
- We rotate hot seats in each meeting. This way, everyone has an opportunity to be in the hot seat and ask about their specific situation, to get focused attention and advice.
When do we meet?
- We meet twice a month on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month
- Our meetings are 90 minutes starting at 1:00 pm eastern/10:00 am pacific.
- We meet for four months (eight meetings). You have the option to renew after your first four months.
What is the fee to become a member?
The fee is $350 a month, for 4 months.
By joining a mastermind group, you get access to my know-how and experience AND the wisdom of the entire group of your peers!
Interested? Complete this form and we can set up a time to talk
Complete the form below and we’ll schedule a time to talk about your situation and what help you’re seeking from a mastermind group.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
What topics can I bring up in a meeting?
Anything related to your business, both practical questions and self-development topics:
- marketing questions and help with specific marketing techniques
- a request for people to review a new page on your website
- how to deal with a difficult client, colleague or employee
- setting fees and determining profitability
- creating passive income streams with products and programs
- dealing with frustration, time constraints and distractions
- creating a new, big vision for your business
- designing workshops, online training programs, and signature systems for your service business
- finding joint venture partners
- figuring out where you’re self-sabotaging your own success
- brainstorming a new logo
- keeping motivated when you’re overwhelmed
- breakthrough brick walls when you’re just plain stuck
- bundling your services
…And anything else that comes up for you and your business. We’re here to help.
Who should join a mastermind group? Join Leap Year if…
- You want to grow your business and are ready to create serious action plans AND implement those plans to see results.
- You’re ready to work in a group environment where the synergy of many minds helps to find creative answers, share knowledge and experience, and support each other to achieve your most important business goals.
- You want to be held accountable for getting things done so you can move forward in your business.
Who should NOT join Leap Year?
These type of people should not join a group:
- If you are not serious about growing your business
- If you always prefer to work alone
- If you are not willing to both ASK for help or GIVE help
- If you can not commit to attending meetings – that’s where the action happens and where you’ll get value from being part of a mastermind group
What kind of accountability can I expect from this group?
One of the most valuable aspects of a mastermind group is the accountability you experience from your fellow group members and Karyn. Announcing your goals and then returning to the next meeting to report your progress is a powerful motivator to get things done.
How will I measure my progress in Leap Year?
Before the first meeting, you’ll receive a pre-assessment form. This form will give you space to talk about the current status of your business, and where you’d like it to go. You’ll be able to fill in specific goals for your Leap Year program and set your own measures for progress.
When you’re in the Hot Seat, I’ll ask you about your progress toward your goals. If you’re stuck in achieving your goals, the group will brainstorm creative and practical ways to get unstuck quickly.
At the end of the program, you can easily see how much you’ve accomplished.