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.
9 proven steps
3 levels of growth
Results Guaranteed
top 10 business coach
148% average client growth
A Complete Business Operating System — Not Just Coaching
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Duis auteMost 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.”
Get absolute clarity on what you want, your numbers, and the most effective path to get there.
Build the systems, team, and customer acquisition engine that delivers results consistently — without you in the middle of everything.
Step back from the day-to-day. Leverage the business. Choose what your future looks like — on your terms.
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.
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.
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
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)
Your Path
Identify the most effective way to deliver the numbers (the Path)
- ✓Map Out Business Model Canvas
- ✓Create Strategic Plan
- ✓Create Financial Plan
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.
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
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
Delivering Excellence
Deliver your services in a consistent, predictable, profitable & routine way
- ✓Map Customer Journey
- ✓Test On Last 5 Customers
- ✓Sign-Off Customer Journey
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.
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
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
Don’t Work Fridays
Choose what you do with your tomorrow
- ✓Decide Future Plan
- ✓Build, Invest, Retire, Sell — on your terms
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.
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.
Award-Winning
Multi-award-winning business coach recognised as a Top 10 UK Business Coach
Real Experience
10+ businesses built and scaled. £150M+ in personal business growth achieved
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.
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.
Monthly rolling commitment — cancel with notice after initial period
- Free 45-Minute Call
- No Obligation
- Clear Next Steps
- Results Guaranteed
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