Board of Advisors

What Board of Advisors does

Board of Advisors (BA) is a privately held, invitation-only mastermind community that serves established US-based entrepreneurs, CEOs, real estate investors, and technology operators with active businesses typically generating $1M+ in prior-year sales. Founded in 2015 by Mike Calhoun (Founder & CEO) and headquartered in Florida (Indian Shores per the privacy notice; Tampa contact address), BA has run a continuous cadence of quarterly in-person summits since the inaugural 2016 Q1 event, rotating across premium US venues (Hotel Zamora, Opal Sands, Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Westin Sarasota, Ritz-Carlton Dallas Las Colinas) with one virtual pivot during COVID-19 (May 2020). The community self-describes as "100+ industry leaders" spanning non-competing verticals such as real estate, fintech, telecom, AI, retail/e-commerce, PR, and direct-response marketing, and gates entry through a founder-led 20–30 minute qualification interview at applyba.com.

The core product stack is a platform-plus-events architecture. The flagship experience is the BA Mastermind, delivered through BA Quarterly Summits — five-day, three-overlapping-session gatherings with a shared VIP Wednesday — featuring networking, panel discussions, strategic-input sessions, and joint-venture deal-making under an on-arrival NDA ("What happens at the Board of Advisors stays in the Board of Advisors"). Supporting technology includes a custom-built BA Member Portal hosted at advisors.boardofadvisors.com that aggregates per-event photos, videos, notes, and presentations into each member profile, exposes a searchable directory with hand-picked intros, and operates a Help Board where members post connection requests; ancillary properties include the BA Magazine (bamag.com) and an asset CDN (baassets.com). The portal integrates Google SSO and third-party document, calendar, and contact/address-book sync, with no public API, SDK, or developer program disclosed.

BA's business model is recurring-revenue-led, with three identifiable streams: (1) Membership dues paid by vetted operators on an undisclosed annual cadence, with access gated by the application/interview funnel and a "risk-free" first-day refund on seat deposits; (2) per-event seat deposits and privileged-guest fees for prospective members attending summits at luxury venues; and (3) a Premium Partners / vetted-vendor channel inside the member portal that monetizes curated third-party service-provider access to the membership. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the website uses "RSVP REQUIRED" rather than listed prices, and the company explicitly states there is no public sales pitch and no published price point for membership or events.

Name

Board of Advisors

Legal name

Board of Advisors, LLC

Website

https://boardofadvisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Board of Advisors is an invitation-only mastermind community for US entrepreneurs and investors with $1M+ annual revenue. Founded in 2015 by Mike Calhoun, the Florida-based firm delivers quarterly summits at premium US venues and a proprietary member portal for peer deal-making and joint ventures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Mastermind / Peer Advisory Membership Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer/User Conferences & Client Advisory Boards (THAHAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Founder/Entrepreneur & Family Business Executive Coaching (EDABANAM), Governance & Board Effectiveness Advisory (BPAHAFAC), Private Banking Business Owners & Entrepreneur Solutions (Liquidity Events, Pre-IPO) (FSABADAK)

Keywords

• Executive mastermind membership
• Entrepreneur peer advisory
• CEO business network
• Private mastermind community
• Quarterly business summit

Headquarters

HQ city

Marathon Shores

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Recurring membership fees paid by vetted entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives to access the private BA network, quarterly summits, member portal, and on-arrival NDA-protected strategic sharing environment. Membership is offered after a 'trial run' at a summit with no hard-sell or public price point disclosed.
2. Event / Seat Deposits & Privileged Guest Fees: Per-event seat deposits and privileged guest attendance fees for the quarterly 5-day, 3-session summits held at premium venues (e.g., The Ritz-Carlton Dallas Las Colinas). Refundable within the first day if the attendee feels the event is a waste of time.
3. Premium Partnerships & Member Directory Sponsorships: Premium Partners section within the BA member portal and event ecosystem provides a paid channel for vetted vendors and service providers to reach the curated membership.
4. Payment Processing for Memberships & Events: Processing of payments via secure payment processing services for membership registration, membership renewal, event registration, billing representative designation, and refund/reimbursable-expense handling, with anti-fraud detection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Board of Advisors operates an application-only mastermind membership for high-revenue entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives, delivered through recurring 5-day, 3-session quarterly summits at premium US venues and supported by an exclusive custom-built member portal that aggregates event media, member directories, hand-picked introductions, and a Help Board. Membership is gated by a founder-led 20-30 minute qualification interview, requires an active business with $1m+ in prior-year sales, and includes a risk-free day-one refund guarantee on the privileged-guest trial seat.

Product overview

Board of Advisors (BA) operates as a unified membership platform-plus-events architecture rather than a single monolithic product. The core offer is the Board of Advisors Mastermind — an application-only membership for entrepreneurs and executives — delivered in person through the recurring BA Quarterly Summits and supported in between by the BA Member Portal (exclusive community platform) and BA Magazine (BAMag). Onboarding is gated by Apply BA, a concierge interview process, while ancillary touchpoints include the Events portal (Past & Future), the Member Interviews library, and a Mobile Member Login for the secure portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BA Magazine: Companion media publication accessible at bamag.com, associated with the Board of Advisors brand.

Products and services

• Board of Advisors Mastermind An exclusive, application-only mastermind membership for high-revenue entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives, delivered via quarterly live summits featuring networking, panel discussions, strategic input sessions, and joint-venture opportunities; includes a risk-free day-one refund guarantee on the privileged-guest trial seat.
• BA Member Portal

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vistage: Vistage is the largest CEO peer-advisory organization, organizing facilitated small-group masterminds and speaker events for CEOs and business owners. Directly comparable to BA in target customer (mid-market operators), curated-group format, and recurring membership model.
• Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO): EO is a global peer-to-peer network for founders of businesses exceeding $1m in annual revenue. Directly comparable to BA in target member profile, $1m+ revenue threshold, chapter-based learning/community model, and large in-person event programming.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives with qualifying-revenue thresholds, organized into peer forums and large in-person events. Comparable to BA in curated CEO membership, peer-forum model, and premium live-event programming.
• Strategic Coach: Strategic Coach is a coaching and mastermind program for entrepreneurs typically running $1m+ businesses, structured around quarterly workshops and proprietary tools. Comparable to BA in target member (established entrepreneurs), quarterly in-person cadence, and premium positioning.
• Tiger 21: Tiger 21 is a peer membership organization for high-net-worth investors and entrepreneurs with $10m+ in investable assets, organized into local groups with monthly meetings. Comparable to BA in curated peer-group format, vetting-based admission, and focus on deal flow and wealth-building among operators.
• Genius Network: Genius Network is a private membership community for high-revenue entrepreneurs ($1m+), built around curated events, mastermind groups, and connection facilitation. Closely comparable to BA in target member, $1m+ revenue threshold, and exclusive-event-led GTM.

Emerging players

• The Oracles: The Oracles is an invitation-only collective of founders, investors, and business leaders that produces curated content, events, and deal flow. Comparable to BA in curated founder/CEO audience, exclusive membership model, and event-driven engagement, though with a stronger media/content orientation.
• War Room Mastermind: War Room is an invite-only mastermind for 7- and 8-figure online business owners run by Sam Ovens, with event-driven onboarding and curated peer access. Comparable to BA in invite-only, $1m+ entrepreneur focus, and event-led GTM motion.

Others

• Mighty Networks: Mighty Networks is a SaaS platform powering paid membership communities with courses, events, and member directories. Comparable to BA as the underlying technology infrastructure many modern masterminds use; indirectly competitive via enablement.

Broad incumbents

• Gazelles (Verne Harnish): Gazelles is a global executive education and coaching firm serving scaling mid-market companies, with the Scaling Up methodology and related peer groups. Comparable to BA in scaling-operator audience, peer-group coaching format, and event-driven delivery, but at much broader scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/board0fadvisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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