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Working notes on running paid mastermind groups for women founders: pricing, seat retention, facilitation craft and the rules behind the contract.
practical guide
Seat price is built from delivered facilitation hours, group size, refund exposure and payment plan cost, not from what a competitor charges. Here is how to build the number from the bottom.
comparison
Closed cohorts build deeper trust and a clean revenue calendar. Rolling enrollment smooths cash flow but resets group intimacy. The tradeoffs land in retention, onboarding and launch load.
mistakes to avoid
Mid program attendance decay is usually a design problem: no visible progress marker, hot seats that arrive too rarely, and a check in ritual that has become a formality nobody reads.
regulation and compliance
A no refund clause holds up only when it is disclosed clearly before payment. Card network chargeback rules and installment terms often matter more in practice than the clause itself.
checklist
A hot seat that produces action follows a fixed shape: framed question, timed context, questions before opinions, and a stated commitment captured before the member leaves the seat.
case study
A small cohort can be filled from a warm list and a single live workshop. This walks the sequence: invitation list, screening call, seat offer, deposit and the waitlist that fed cohort two.
trends and outlook
Buyers have grown wary of large low touch group programs, which is exactly where the small high accountability room competes. What is changing in positioning, price and proof of value.
numbers and benchmarks
Advertised seat price and collected revenue rarely match. Here is how to compute net per seat, including card fees, plan defaults, prorated exits and the cost of an empty chair.
field report
An account of a kickoff call from the facilitator chair: how introductions are timed, where confidentiality is stated, and the small moments that decide whether members speak up later.
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Every other decision in a paid mastermind sits downstream of what one seat costs for the term. Our pricing guide builds that number from your facilitation hours, room size, refund exposure and payment plan risk.
How should I price a twelve month mastermind seat when I am running my very first cohort?
Then work outward: the eight other pieces in The Roundtable each take one part of it further, and every one links back here.
