Business Leaders’ Family 2.0

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” – Winston Churchill

Being an entrepreneur is a challenging path. It can be quite a lonely at times…

When we feel like things are not working well, we feel we have to power through alone.

When we succeed we don’t celebrate because we are too busy with the next challenge. Or maybe we don’t have people to celebrate with, people who would truly understand what it took to win.

But it doesn’t have to be that way…

We all go through a very similar journey and sharing the journey makes it easier, faster and much more enjoyable.

Who do you share your business journey with?

The Business Leaders’ Family is a community of ambitious and caring entrepreneurs. We like to connect with fellow business owners, learn from one another and support each other in growing our companies.

Does it resonate?

JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP NOW

How important is word of mouth for your business? What percentage of revenue do you get from it? How do you grow this channel?

If things get any worse than they are now, who will catch you? Who is your support net? How will they know you need help? Will they understand you and be able to help?

Who is helping you reinvent your business? Who are you bouncing your ideas by? And when things don’t go as planned, how do you know why?

How do you discover your blind spots? The things you don’t know you don’t know?

Who challenges you to think and act bigger? Who pushes you when you don’t feel like it and when you need to stretch outside your comfort zone?

What is Business Leaders’ Family?

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together…” – African Proverb

The problems BLF addresses:

Feeling alone (often people around us don’t really get us – our employees, our family members, our employed friends and sometimes even our business partners; also when we feel low it’s not easy to bring ourselves up on our own)
Networking is broken (network is your net worth but when it comes to the calibre of people, traditional networking is hit and miss at best and many approach it as a pitching practice)
Turning connections into business opportunities is difficult (especially for natural givers – we are shy to ask)
Too much information and advice / too little time (we don’t need more information, we need to know what truly works for people like us and help with implementing it)
Lack of healthy challenge and accountability (are you thinking big enough? are you getting the important things done?)

“…If you want to go fast AND far join the Business Leaders’ Family” – Martin Zeman

What You’ll Gain from Joining BLF

Linkedin Pod:

1x per week
Sharpen up your message, strengthen your marketing muscles and stay on top of mind of your connections
Posting together helps with consistency and you can expect 10x bigger reach

‘In-the-Zone’ Co-working:

2x a week (2 hrs on Monday, 1 hr on Friday)
Virtual Co-working sessions to get stuff done
We co-create a focused environment that helps you stay on task and finish the important/non-urgent tasks

Gatherings:

1x per month / 1 hour per session
Intimate setting 5-20 entrepreneurs, no pitching, no preaching, no big egos
Breakout rooms with people most relevant for you
Structured guided sessions focused on your wins, lessons learned and challenges
Opportunity to tap into the members’ connections and get help with your primary challenge

Q&A with an expert:

30 minutes session with a top expert advising you (as a VIP member) on your top challenge at hand
30 minutes Q&A for all the VIP members

Network:

Expand your circle of relevant people who Know, Like and Trust You
Influence the direction in which the BLF will grow (what profile of people do you want to meet?)

Online community:

Access to the community between the gatherings (whenever you have a question or have something valuable to share)
Whatsapp group
Regular prompts to share your questions, insights and challenges

Mastermind:

A group of 4-10 entrepreneurs of your choosing
Regular fortnightly meetings (90 mins)
Challenge
Accountability (at meetings + nudges in between)
Mastermind Whatsapp group

Sidekick:

Fortnightly 1 hour session with Martin to review your business objectives and brainstorm your top challenges (like mini-board meetings with a chairman)
Whatsapp conversation with Martin as and when needed throughout the month
Martin proactively networking on your behalf and introducing you to valuable connections

If you are waiting for the right time, it’s NOW!

I believe our response to this crisis will greatly determine the rest of our business lives.

It is both a great threat and a great opportunity.

Success is far from guaranteed, but here’s your invitation to increase your chances and join a community of ambitious, committed and inspiring business leaders who want you to succeed.

Let me know either way. Are you in? Out? On the fence? Have a question? Just ask.

Thanks,
Martin
martin@businessleadersfamily.com

Testimonials

what our members say

I’ve known Martin and Business Leaders Family community for several years. It helps me with business growth, setting up new partnerships, and meet many great entrepreneurs. I can highly recommend Martin and his platform.

Radek StejskalADAMAPP

The BLF co-working sprints have enabled me to deal with some of those work rocks that weren’t urgent but were certainly important. It’s a welcoming, encouraging group that also enables you to get sh*t done!”

Cat KiplingJust So Speaking

Business Leaders’ Family is the perfect community for any business owner who wants to invest time into reflecting, learning and sharing their journey with other entrepreneurs. It’s great because the journey is always more enjoyable when shared with others.

Kian BakhtiariThe People

Honestly, I have gained so much from joining BLF. There is such a vast array of experience and knowledge within the group and the support from Martin and all the members has been amazing.

It’s a completely different environment to any other groups that I have been to and I love the fact that there is no pitching.

I have not only learned a huge amount, but have made some great connections and my confidence and ambition has increased hugely. I just can’t wait to meet everyone in real life!

Amy BurnettVisible Impact

BLF has a great mix of entrepreneurs in lots of different industries with a variety of experience – For me this has provided a great sounding board for working through problems and getting different perspectives that have made a huge impact in my business. Its a safe place & supportive community.

Tom SmithElucidate Accounting

Myself and my business partner joined BLF as we were blown away by the quality of people that Martin managed to attract, and by the fact that the value proposition is very well crafted.

This is so far the best networking group we came across, but on top of this Martin has created a very genuine and efficient LinkedIn Pod – a group that boosts engagement of your organic posts on the platform.

This helped us to grow the following of our LinkedIn company page and increased our awareness of the BLF member businesses, making our engagement more beneficial to all.

Yana LapitskayaYay!Starter Marketing

Great to be amongst a supportive, inspiring and driven community of business owners. The productivity pods have been so helpful with focus, and connecting on LinkedIn has helped us learn more about each other’s businesses and expertise. It’s been valued community for me both during the pandemic and beyond.

Kristel ValaydonKV Communications

Networking that feels more of a support group than a sales group.

Riya JadhaviDigitalise.com

BLF has helped me connect with some amazing business owners. It’s great to have a group to share challenges and wins with, and it’s really helped on my business journey.

Charli HuntProof Content

Q&A

How will the membership tiers change once the lockdown is over?

Depends on the situation and rules then and as members you will have a say in this. I envisage we’ll come back to monthly dinners for the members + quarterly ones for the wider family. There would be additional cost to the dinners, though a discount for the members.

I feel the online meetings have got great benefits (efficient, location independent) so we’ll keep those as well (probably 1x a month).

The masterminds might be face to face or online – dependent on the particular mastermind group preference.

My concern is the number of other people like me (similar businesses) in the community

In my mind BLF is less about driving direct business and more about leveraging the community to make adjustments in your own business to unlock its growth potential.

In terms of business referrals I don’t buy into the BNI idea that if there’s just one of a kind person in the room people will refer to that person.

I believe most people know other people in your category and whether they refer to you depends on the depth of your relationship (personality fit and values shared) and your business differentiation.

In the masterminds however there will be exclusivity – i.e. there will not be two businesses with the same value proposition.

Who will be in the Mastermind?

Masterminds will be formed based on your choice. First you will be invited to a trial mastermind session to experience the format. If that resonates with you, you’ll be asked to share what would be the ideal profile of a person you’d like in your mastermind and if there are any specific individuals, name them.

If there is a match between people a Mastermind group will be formed and any new members will be invited on an individual basis as guests with the current mastermind members voting on whether to invite a guest to join.

Is there a free tier?

Yes, if you can’t or don’t want to commit to the paid membership that’s absolutely fine. There is a free tier that still allows you to join our OPEN meetings – approximately 1x a quarter or every other month.

Membership plans

VIP MEMBER
Linkedin Pod 1x / week
‘In-the-Zone’ Co-working 2x / week
BLF Gathering
1x / month
Educational expert talk or a roundtable
1x / month
Online Community
–
–
BONUS: Your value proposition review
£35
per month
Pay monthly
£359 annually (-13% off)
Pay annually

MASTERMIND
Linkedin Pod 1x / week
‘In-the-Zone’ Co-working 2x / week
BLF Gathering
1x / month
Educational expert talk or a roundtable
1x / month
Online Community
Mastermind Group
–
BONUS: Your value proposition review
from £129
per month
I’m interested
from £999 annually (-16% off)
Pay annually

SIDEKICK
Linkedin Pod 1x / week
‘In-the-Zone’ Co-working 2x / week
BLF Gathering
1x / month
Educational expert talk or a roundtable
1x / month
Online Community
–
Martin as your Sidekick
BONUS: Your value proposition review
£249
per month
I’m interested
£2,499 annually (-16% off)
Pay annually

Currently you can only sign up for the VIP member tier. Mastermind and Sidekick tiers are by application only.

Mastermind is a small squad of 4-10 people who are at a similar level of business. They meet regularly, challenge each other and hold each other accountable. If that’s of interest – tell Martin and he’ll invite you to one of the upcoming free taster sessions.

Sidekick tier is an opportunity to get Martin’s brain and network proactively work for your business. If you want to hear more about this – chat to Martin. There are only 5 spots for this tier and the selection will be based on how big an impact he can make for you.