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by MiddTech 3777 days ago
Sounds like a "mastermind" or something approximating one.

There is a service for matching people together for masterminds - > https://mastermindjam.com/

Just to be clear, there is no requirement to use a/the service, if you have people you know that works too.

There is a lot of information around about structure and potential pitfalls as well as their solutions.

Edit: No explanation

Edit: Clarification
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arrmn 3777 days ago
Yes it should be something like a mastermind group, I'll check out the link later do you have any experience with the service?
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NicheDiver 3777 days ago
I've been matched by this service as well. For me, it also took a while to get matched but I knew going into it that there would be a waiting period. (We're not all easy to match, ya know?)

After 9 weeks, half my group quit but customer support was very responsive and my group is now 100% full again.

If you don't have the right people in your network or you don't have time to be "interviewing" a bunch of people to make up your own mastermind group, then a service like this is a no-brainer.

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MiddTech 3777 days ago
I'm currently in a group matched by the service and its working fine for me.

There was a significant delay between signing up and being matched but i am fairly certain that was due to massive demand when it first opened.

The others in my group had no such delay.

If you know other people who might be interested in doing a mastermind group with you it might be better to group with people you know.

In my case it was worth it to use the service, YMMV

Edit: dammit, double spacing

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Eridrus 3777 days ago
This seems cool, are these physical or virtual groups?
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NicheDiver 3777 days ago
If I am understanding your question correctly, these are virtual groups in that we do not all live in the same place and we hold our meetings via Google Hangouts. However I will be physically meeting with the people in my group in April. We are all within 1 time-zone of each other so that helps. I suppose you could make whatever arrangements you want with your group once you know what everyone is up for.
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