Running a business brings a unique mix of responsibility, pressure, and decisions that most people will never understand. The wins are incredible, but the weight can feel heavy when you’re carrying it alone.
That’s why I created the Next Level Mastermind. It’s a place where business owners get the support, clarity, perspective, and accountability that only comes from being surrounded by peers who live at the same level of ownership and commitment.
Every week, you’re in a room with people who understand what’s on your shoulders and are invested in helping you move forward with confidence and momentum.
👇 Watch the video below to understand the true power of a mastermind group.
This isn’t a short clip. It’s a full, in-depth 42-minute talk where I break down exactly why a mastermind group is the single most valuable resource I’ve ever had in my business. If you want to understand how I accelerated growth, avoided costly dead ends, made better decisions, and consistently moved forward with confidence, this video will show you the role a high-level peer group played in all of it.
If you’re considering the Next Level Mastermind, this is the most important thing you can watch.
The Benefits of a High-Level Mastermind
Smarter Decisions, Faster
When you’re surrounded by experienced business owners every week, you get insights that help you avoid dead ends, blind spots, and costly trial-and-error. You see options you wouldn’t have seen on your own.
Clarity When You’re Overwhelmed
When everything feels noisy, the group helps you cut through complexity. You get clear on what matters most, what to ignore, and what the next right step actually is.
Borrowed Experience You Can Use Immediately
You benefit from the collective knowledge, skills, and mistakes of entrepreneurs who have already been where you’re headed. Their experience becomes your shortcut.
Confidence When You’re Stepping Into Something New
Every big move comes with doubt. A committed peer group helps you push forward with confidence instead of hesitation.
Access to Relationships, Resources, and Opportunities
Mastermind members routinely share tools, introductions, and support that would take you years to find on your own. What one member has access to, the entire group benefits from.
Weekly Accountability That Actually Works
It’s one thing to set goals. It’s another to have a group of business owners expecting you to follow through. That level of accountability is a game-changer.
Fresh Ideas From Every Hot Seat
You’ll hear solutions to challenges you hadn’t even recognized yet. Members often walk away with insights from other members’ hot seats that shift their strategy, marketing, offers, and leadership.
Momentum That’s Hard to Create Alone
When you meet with business owners who are consistently taking action, you naturally rise to the level of the room. Their momentum becomes your momentum.
A Peer Group That Elevates Your Expectations
Your results will always reflect the expectations of the people you surround yourself with. A high-level mastermind raises those expectations and expands what you believe is possible.
Why I Believe So Strongly in Masterminds
Mastermind groups have been the single most important factor in every major milestone of my business. I can’t overstate what happens when you surround yourself with smart, experienced entrepreneurs who help you make better decisions, stay focused, and move forward even when the path isn’t clear.
I didn’t always have that.
In the early years of my business, I tried to navigate everything alone. I was overwhelmed, uncertain, and constantly guessing. That all changed in October 2010 when I launched a mastermind group with my friend and peer, Pat Flynn. The six of us have met every week for more than 15 years.
Having a committed room of business owners who understood what I was building opened my eyes to possibilities I would have never seen on my own.
That experience is why I created the Next Level Mastermind. It’s the group I wish I had when I was trying to grow without a support system. A place where business owners get real counsel, honest feedback, strategic clarity, and consistent accountability from people who genuinely understand the journey.
I’ve been in the same mastermind group for more than 15 years. And since 2017, I’ve facilitated the Next Level Mastermind from this lived experience.
Is the Next Level Mastermind Right for You?
This mastermind is intentionally designed for business owners who want a high-level peer group to think with, grow with, and be supported by. It’s not for everyone, and that’s intentional. The right people create the right environment.
You’ll be a great fit if:
You’re already running a business.
You’re responsible for making decisions, solving problems, and moving things forward. You want a room of peers who understand that weight.
You value honest feedback and real accountability.
You’re not looking for cheerleading. You want thoughtful questions, clear perspective, and people who expect you to follow through.
You want to make faster, more confident decisions.
You’re tired of guessing, overthinking, or trying to figure everything out alone. You want experienced entrepreneurs helping you shorten the path.
You’re open, coachable, and willing to contribute.
A mastermind works when every member shows up, shares generously, and supports others. You want to both give and receive value.
You want consistent momentum instead of fits and starts.
You’re ready for a weekly rhythm that keeps you focused, steady, and moving forward with clarity.
You’re committed to your own growth.
You don’t need to have everything figured out. You just need to be serious about growth, willing to take action, and ready to be challenged in the best ways.
If this sounds like you, you’ll thrive here.
What You Can Expect Inside the Mastermind
Every week, you’ll meet with a committed group of business owners who are serious about growth and willing to support one another at a high level. Each meeting follows a simple and effective structure that creates clarity, momentum, and consistent progress.
Weekly Wins and Updates
You’ll share what moved forward during the week and what you’re focused on next. This keeps you accountable and helps the group understand where to support you.
Hot Seats
Each week, one or two members bring a challenge, decision, or opportunity to the group. You’ll receive focused feedback, questions, and perspective from people who understand what you’re building.
Strategy and Problem Solving
We work through real business decisions together. You get the benefit of multiple experienced entrepreneurs helping you think through the right direction.
Clear Next Steps
You walk away from each meeting with clarity on what matters most, along with specific commitments for the week ahead.
The format is simple. The impact is significant.
What Makes This Mastermind Different
A mastermind group is only as strong as its leadership, its structure, and the commitment of its members. The Next Level Mastermind is designed with intention and experience.
More than 15 years of mastermind consistency
I’ve been part of the same weekly mastermind since 2010. That longevity shapes the way I lead, guide discussions, and help members get results.
A curated room of business owners
Every member is selected because they bring value, experience, and commitment. This isn’t a casual community. It’s a high-level peer environment.
Clear expectations and strong facilitation
You’re not left hoping the conversation goes somewhere useful. The structure, leadership, and facilitation ensure every meeting creates real progress.
A commitment to real growth, not theory
This group isn’t about abstract ideas. It’s about helping you make better decisions, solve real problems, and move forward with confidence.
How Membership Works
The mastermind runs year-round and is structured for long-term growth and deep collaboration.
Weekly Meetings
We meet once a week on Zoom for 90 minutes. Attendance matters because your presence impacts the entire group.
Group Size
Each group has 10 to 12 members. This keeps the environment focused, personal, and productive.
Communication Between Meetings
You’ll have access to a private channel where members can ask questions, share updates, and support each other throughout the week.
One-Year Commitment
Great results come from consistency. All members commit to a minimum of one year.
Confidentiality
Everything shared in the mastermind stays in the mastermind. This creates a safe environment for honest conversations.
What I Expect From Every Member
A mastermind works when everyone shows up ready to contribute, support, and follow through.
Show up consistently
Your presence matters. The group depends on you, and you depend on them.
Come prepared each week
Know your wins. Know your focus. Be ready to engage.
Be honest and open
High-level conversations require transparency and clarity. You don’t have to have it all figured out, but you do need to be real.
Give and receive value
Some weeks you’ll be the one offering insight. Other weeks you’ll be the one receiving it. Both matter.
Follow through
The group expects action. If you say you’re going to do something, you do it.
Your Application and Acceptance Process
Joining the Next Level Mastermind is a thoughtful process. This ensures every member is a great fit for the group and that the group remains strong.
Step 1: Submit Your Application
Tell me about your business, your goals, and why you’re interested in joining.
Step 2: Personal Review
I personally review every application to determine whether the mastermind is the right environment for you.
Step 3: 30-Minute Conversation
If it looks like a possible fit, we’ll schedule a call to talk through expectations, commitment, and whether this is the right next step for you.
Step 4: Onboarding
If accepted, you’ll receive onboarding instructions and be introduced to the group so you can begin your first meeting with clarity and confidence.
This process ensures that each group remains strong, focused, and aligned toward growth.
Inside the Green Room Mastermind
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In October 2010, I took a step that would forever shape the future of my business. I formed a small mastermind group with my friend and peer, Pat Flynn. What started as a simple weekly meeting quickly became one of the most valuable forces in my professional life.
Over the years, that group evolved into what is now known as the Green Room Mastermind. It includes accomplished entrepreneurs such as Michael Stelzner, Ray Edwards, Leslie Samuel, and Mark Mason. We’ve met every single week for more than 15 years.
What makes this group powerful isn’t the size of anyone’s platform. It’s the consistency. The honesty. The willingness to challenge each other. And the commitment to helping every member move forward with clarity and confidence.
This long-term experience is the foundation of how I lead the Next Level Mastermind. I’ve seen, firsthand, what happens when people show up for each other week after week. Better decisions. Better thinking. Better results.
Below, you’ll hear directly from a few members of the Green Room about what this kind of environment has meant for them.
“Cliff and I started the Green Room mastermind together back in 2010, and it was one of the smartest decisions I've ever made. Beyond bringing his expert knowledge about building an honest, service-first online business, Cliff has supported me through some of my most personal and professional challenges. If you get the chance to join a mastermind led by Cliff, he won’t just support your business. He’ll become a meaningful part of your story.”
Pat Flynn
Smart Passive Income
"I’ve been part of many mastermind groups over the years. The Green Room Mastermind has offered the most value by far. What makes it different? Simple. Cliff’s leadership. His consistency, his care, and his commitment to maximizing value for every person in the group. If you have the opportunity to join a group led by Cliff, don’t hesitate. Seize it.”
Ray Edwards
RayEdwards.com
"After masterminding with Cliff for over a decade, I can say this: He’s relentlessly committed to helping everyone in the group receive value. Whether it’s breaking through mindset blocks or guiding you toward your vision, Cliff shows up fully. That presence alone is transformational.”
Michael Stelzner
Social Media Examiner
Mark Mason
Late Night Internet Marketing
“I’ve met with Cliff in a mastermind setting every single week for over a decade. I can say with full certainty: if you mastermind with Cliff, you will experience growth beyond what you came for. He has a powerful way of helping you get to the heart of your struggle and staying fully invested until you move forward. If you’re on the fence, here’s my advice... do it.”
Leslie Samuel
IAmLeslieSamuel.com
Entrepreneurs Who Spent Years Inside the Next Level Mastermind
The entrepreneurs below spent between one and six years inside the Next Level Mastermind. They joined from different industries, backgrounds, and levels of experience, but they all shared one thing in common. They wanted a consistent peer group that helped them think more clearly, make better decisions, and stay accountable to the work that mattered most. Here’s what they had to say about their experience.
"I had crazy dream of launching a "daily" podcast for entrepreneurs. In May 2012, I joined one of Cliff's paid mastermind groups. Over that next year, he shared everything he knew about building a powerful network that would allow me to accomplish the seemingly impossible. Cliff's guidance, and friendship has helped to guide Entrepreneur On Fire from a spark of an idea into the roaring passion I am proud to call a business today."
John Lee Dumas
Entrepreneurs On Fire
“The Next Level Mastermind is the best investment I have made in myself, my family and my business by far! Had I not joined this mastermind group, I may have lived my entire life, and not lived the life that, ultimately, God created me to live. If you’re ready to take your life and your business to the next level, don’t miss this opportunity.”
Rohn Gibson
Business Coach / Entrepreneur
“The Next Level Mastermind has held me to a higher standard of what I should be charging and helped be break through limiting beliefs and self-doubt that would have kept me from experiencing the success that I was capable of achieving. Also, when I joined the group, I was pursuing a product that I felt that I "should" create. However, in my first hot seat, other options, that I had not previously considered, were presented. Today, I am pursuing products and services that are more in line with who I am and what I want to do in this season of my life.”
Danielle Wiebe
Business Coach / Entrepreneur
"Because of the Next Level Mastermind, I am now laser focused on my goals and have workable steps to achieve every one of them. All of my projects are moving forward and gaining traction, when before I had just been spinning my wheels. Cliff and the other mastermind members are always there when I need them. Knowing they believe in me, and are rooting for my success, is amazing. I always thought I could achieve anything I set my mind to. Now I believe it!. ”
Casey Price
Elder Law Attorney / Entrepreneur
“If we are not careful, our focus can get stuck, "zoomed in" on the tasks and transactions that have to happen in our business. I look forward to each, weekly, meeting with the Next Level Mastermind, which allows me to "pan out" and see the bigger picture of where my business is heading. Also, being a part of a group of other business owners who are "panning out" and evaluating the direction of their own businesses is invaluable. Meeting with this group is the highlight of my week.”
Daphne Scott
Executive Coach / Entrepreneur
I worked with Cliff as a business mentor for many years. Knowing that he would deliver an amazing mastermind group experience, I had decided to sign up before he even committed to start it. Cliff and our mastermind group helped me dare to drop a few projects, giving me the focus I needed to become extremely successful in helping people with one service at a time. Now I am able to focus more on the work that really matters most to me and to those I serve each week. With this pace I will have helped more people using my unique gift, in the next year, than during my previous ten years combined.
Ric Lindberg
Business intelligence Coach
“Being part of a mastermind with Cliff is so much more than what I expected. Beyond the like-mindedness, and accountability, I have discovered a group of people that advise and support each other, both in business and personal pursuits. I am excited to be a member of a group that provides me with so much, and to whom I can give back in return. They are more than colleagues; they are friends that are helping me become a better version of myself.”
Chris Nelson
Executive Trainer
I'm a huge believer in the mastermind concept. Cliff Ravenscraft does a mastermind better than any other I've experienced. I have taken steps to grow my business that I know I would have never taken had it not been from the encouragement and confidence that I have gained from other members of this group.
If you're looking to take your business to the next-level I know of no better value for your time and money than Cliff's Next Level Mastermind!
Paul Thompson
Real Estate Investment Coach
Cliff and the Next Level Mastermind have been a huge help and inspiration in pushing my business forward. The whole mastermind group goes above and beyond to serve one another. Every week, I come away with new insights and ideas from group members that have been through the same troubles and roadblocks that I’m currently facing. I’ve been going at my business as a lone ranger for a while. Now I couldn’t imagine going back to doing it alone. I wish I had this mastermind group sooner!
Jacob Lang
Entrepreneur, Online Course Creator
"As an entrepreneur, we are tempted to compare ourselves to sensationalized examples of the very best that everyone else has to offer. In the Next Level Mastermind, I'm encouraged by the authentic way that other members will share what they did and how, sometimes, it didn't work out as well as they hoped, and what they learned as a result. We have this weekly opportunity to be far more relevant and real to one another. It is encouraging to know that we all face the same problems and that we're not alone in the obstacles that we have to overcome."
Tom Griffith
Business Coach / Entrepreneur
"The Next Level Mastermind has literally changed my life. Not just my business life, which has really taken off since joining. This group has also had a powerful impact on my personal life and in my personal relationships with others.
After each of our weekly meetings, I am absolutely buzzing with positive energy, feeling like I could take on anything the world throws my way."
Neil O'ReillyÂ
Attorney / General Counsel To New & Small Businesses
"Within one month of working with Cliff as my business mentor, I had already began to generate "recurring revenue." My next dream was to join Cliff's Next Level Mastermind. Mission Accomplished! Today, I have experienced the realization of dreams that I didn't even know that I had two years ago. The amount of ongoing inspiration and encouragement to "up my game" is priceless. I look forward to the 90 minutes that I get to spend with Cliff and the other members of my mastermind group every single week. Don't put this off. I encourage you to apply today!"
Kris PavoneÂ
Life Coach & Goal Achievement Specialist
"I knew I wanted to join the Next Level Mastermind. However, if you have a "day job," you must have a commitment to become full-time self-employed within 12 to 18 months. I had operated a "side business" for two years and this requirement was just the push I needed to take my side business to the next level. I thought I could "maybe" transition into self-employment within that time frame. Long story short, within six months of joining the group, I had successfully left the day job and my income is far greater than I would have dreamed. My full story is featured in episode 563 of The Cliff Ravenscraft Show."
Dan FaulknorÂ
IT Specialist, WordPress Hosting & Management
"Before joining the Next Level Mastermind, I had attempted to get the "online training" side of my business up and running for two or three years with little success. After my very first hot seat, I was blown away. I came away with the exact, step-by-step, process that would allow me to turn my dreams into reality. I've made more progress in the first three months than I had in the previous three years."
Brad MillerÂ
Lifestyle Business Coach / Entrepreneur
Your Peer-Led Guide:
Why I Lead The Next Level Mastermind
My name is Cliff Ravenscraft. In January 2008, I left an extremely lucrative career as an independent insurance agent, in a family run insurance agency that was started by my grandfather in 1937. I was next in line to take over the agency from my father. Over the next decade, I built an online business where I became the world's leading authority on podcasting. I am personally responsible for training more than 40,000 people on the successful launch of their podcast.
As an online business owner, I have generated millions of dollars through online course sales, physical products, one-off training tutorials, paid webinars, public speaking, in-person workshops, conferences, paid mastermind groups, one-on-one coaching and several other streams of income. With this success, many who had learned how to podcast started asking, "Cliff, how did you achieve this? I'm struggling to build a business around my podcast."Â
I noticed a pattern during those years. People were launching podcasts, creating content, and building audiences, but they were doing it without a clear business strategy and without the support of peers who understood the challenges of entrepreneurship. They were trying to build a business in isolation, making every decision alone, and carrying the full weight of it on their shoulders.
I knew exactly what that felt like, because I had done the same thing in the early years of my own business. The turning point for me was joining and then building high-level mastermind groups with peers who challenged my thinking, sharpened my strategy, and supported me week after week. Those environments pushed me further than anything I ever tried to do on my own.
The Next Level Mastermind was created from that experience. It’s for business owners who want real feedback, real accountability, and a consistent room of people who help them make better decisions and move forward with clarity and confidence.
If you’re ready for that kind of support, I’d love to review your application.
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