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The Mastermind Programme

Your 9-Step System for Building a Business That Works Without You

A structured, proven programme that takes you from working in your business to working on it — step by step, level by level, with real accountability at every stage.

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📋 9 Proven Steps
🏗 3 Levels of Growth
✅ Results Guaranteed
🏆 Top 10 UK Business Coach
📈 148% Average Client Growth
What Is It?

A Complete Business Operating System — Not Just Coaching

Most business coaching gives you tactics. The Mastermind Programme gives you a complete, structured system for building a business that performs predictably — without depending on you being there for everything.

Developed over 30 years of building and scaling businesses to over £150M, the 9-step programme works through three levels of business maturity: getting the foundations right, building the execution engine, and then optimising for growth, profit, and freedom.

By the end of Step 9 — Don't Work Fridays — you've built a business that gives you the life you want, not one that consumes it.

"Most business owners are experts in their trade but not in building a business. The Mastermind Programme changes that — permanently."

Level 1 — Foundation

Get absolute clarity on what you want, your numbers, and the most effective path to get there.

Level 2 — Execution

Build the systems, team, and customer acquisition engine that delivers results consistently — without you in the middle of everything.

Level 3 — Optimisation

Step back from the day-to-day. Leverage the business. Choose what your future looks like — on your terms.

9 Steps
to a business that works for you
The Programme

Your 9 Step Programme

Three levels. Nine steps. One complete system for building the business — and the life — you set out to create.

The 9-Step Mastermind Programme — Three levels: Foundation, Execution, Optimisation
Level 1: Foundation
Getting the Foundations Right

Before You Can Build, You Need to Know What You're Building Towards

The three foundation steps give you total clarity on your life goals, your financial picture, and the most effective route to achieve them. Without these, every action is a guess.

Step One

Your Life Plan

Understand what you want, and what you're prepared to do, to get it

  • Define Your Terms
  • Create Your Life Plan & Numbers
  • Manage Your Time
Step Two

Your Numbers

Understand your business's financial position, and how to deliver your Life Plan

  • Review P&L Numbers
  • Create 7 Numbers
  • Plot The Versions (1–4)
Step Three

Your Path

Identify the most effective way to deliver the numbers (the Path)

  • Map Out Business Model Canvas
  • Create Strategic Plan
  • Create Financial Plan
Level 2: Execution
Building the Machine

Systems, Teams, and Customers — Running Without You in the Middle

The execution steps build the infrastructure of a real business: a team aligned to a purpose, a consistent way of winning customers, and a delivery model your customers rave about.

Step Four

Your Team

Create an environment so the team is on the same Path

  • Define Mission, Vision, Values & Purpose
  • Allocate / Fill Roles From Business Model Canvas
  • Roll Out Mission, Vision, Values & Purpose
Step Five

Rhythmic Acquisition of Customers

Get the team to acquire customers in a consistent, predictable, profitable & routine way

  • Review & Define Customer Avatars
  • Design Customer Value Journey
  • Set Scorecard
Step Six

Delivering Excellence

Deliver your services in a consistent, predictable, profitable & routine way

  • Map Customer Journey
  • Test On Last 5 Customers
  • Sign-Off Customer Journey
Level 3: Optimisation
Freedom & Growth on Your Terms

Step Back. Leverage. Choose Your Future.

The optimisation level is where the business works for you — not the other way around. You move from operator to owner, and start making deliberate choices about what comes next.

Step Seven

Your Day to Day

Monitor the routine so you can release yourself to focus ON the business

  • Align Everything & Everyone
  • Measure Alerts (Scorecard)
  • Learn Lessons Feedback Loop
Step Eight

Leverage Your Business

Rapidly increase profitability by moving the levers to optimise each element of the business

  • Understand The Leaks In Your Bucket
  • Design Levers To Plug The Leaks
  • Prioritise The Lever
Step Nine

Don't Work Fridays

Choose what you do with your tomorrow

  • Decide Future Plan
  • Build, Invest, Retire, Sell — on your terms

"Step 9 isn't just the end of the programme. It's the beginning of the life you set out to build."

Is This for You?

The Mastermind Programme Is for Business Owners Who Are Ready to Do the Work

This isn't a course you complete passively. It's a live, facilitated programme where you implement each step in your actual business — with coaching, accountability, and expert guidance at every stage.

It's right for you if you're a business owner who knows there's a better way to run your business — and you're ready to find it, build it, and commit to it.

You have an established, trading business and want to grow it predictably

You're tired of working in the business and want to start working on it

You want a structured system — not just ad hoc advice

You're ready to commit to the process and implement what you learn

You want a coach who's actually been there — not someone who's read the theory

Why Nicholas Bills?

Coached by Someone Who's Done It — Not Someone Who Teaches It

The Mastermind Programme is only as good as the person delivering it. Nicholas Bills has built and scaled over 10 businesses to more than £150M — and that experience is embedded in every step.

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Award-Winning

Multi-award-winning business coach recognised as a Top 10 UK Business Coach

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Real Experience

10+ businesses built and scaled. £150M+ in personal business growth achieved

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Proven Track Record

Hundreds of entrepreneurs helped across the UK and Europe. 148% average client growth

Guaranteed Results

Every engagement comes with a results guarantee — our commitment to your success

Your Next Step

Start the Mastermind Programme with a Free Discovery Call

The best way to find out if the Mastermind Programme is right for you is a conversation. Book a free, no-obligation 45-minute Discovery Call and we'll map out exactly where your business is, where it needs to go, and how the programme fits.

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£999 + VAT / month

Monthly rolling commitment — cancel with notice after initial period

Start with a Free Discovery Call

45 minutes. No pressure. A clear picture of what the programme involves and what it would deliver for your business.

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Take the First Step

Your Business. Your Life. Your Plan.

The 9-step Mastermind Programme gives you the clarity, the systems, and the support to build the business — and the life — you set out to create.

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