A short course, or the full year
Mastermind vs Bootcamp
Both are taught by the same trainers, and both start from where your agency is today. The bootcamp is a short course of fourteen live sessions on getting clients in. The mastermind is the full programme across a year, with the whole agency rebuilt in order. This page is here so you buy the right one first time.
- Bootcamp from $125 a session
- Mastermind $750 a month, a yearly commitment
- Every bootcamp during your one year membership, free
The two, at a glance
- Meets
- Wednesdays, 2:00 to 5:00 PM
- Fridays, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, all year
- From
- $125 a session
- $750 a month
- Group size
- Open cohort
- Twenty agencies at most
- Covers
- Getting clients in
- The whole agency
Mastermind members attend every bootcamp held during their one year membership, free.
- Live bootcamp sessions, three hours each
- 14Live bootcamp sessions, three hours each
- One bootcamp session, the smallest way in
- $125One bootcamp session, the smallest way in
- Agencies at most in the mastermind
- 20Agencies at most in the mastermind
- A month for the mastermind, on a yearly commitment
- $750A month for the mastermind, on a yearly commitment
Two products, one choice
Program Overview
Mastermind vs bootcamp is a choice between two different products taught by the same trainers. The bootcamp is a short course on one part of the agency. The mastermind is the full programme across a year. The question is which one fits the problem you have this month. Choosing wrong costs money either way. A year is too much if you only need more clients. A short course is too little if clients come in but the agency still depends on you for everything.
The bootcamp is fourteen live sessions of three hours, with one topic in each. The topics run from positioning and pricing, through the lead generation channels, to closing high ticket clients and staffing. Sessions run every Wednesday, 2:00 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, while a bootcamp is running, in Lahore and live online at the same time.
You can buy the bootcamp a session at a time, from $125. You keep what you take away. That means the recordings, for up to two partners, plus the slides and the templates.
The mastermind is the whole agency, built in order across a year. It covers sales, lead generation, systems, team, finance, brand, international markets, AI and exit. It also gives you what a taught session cannot.
There is a live session every Friday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time. You get one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it, on your own agency. In the third week of the month, the roundtable puts two hand picked owners in the hot seat in front of their peers. Basecamp, the members’ online workspace, is open to you every day. There is a retreat every three months and an international trip each year.
The mastermind is a yearly commitment, capped at twenty agencies. Separately, members attend every bootcamp held during their one year membership, free.
So decide by the problem, not the price. If the gap is clients coming in, start with the bootcamp. If the gap is everything after the client arrives, choose the mastermind. That means delivery, hiring, pricing, the numbers and your own role in the agency. The chooser below asks about your agency as it is today and tells you which one fits.
Mastermind members attend every bootcamp held during their one year membership, free.
Choosing the mastermind is not choosing against the bootcamp. What that means in practice:
- The lead generation sessions are not something you give up by choosing the year.
- Each bootcamp subject sits in a quarter of the mastermind year that works on the same ground, on your own agency.
- A bootcamp bought before you join is a separate purchase. Its fee is not taken off the mastermind price.
Which one fits your agency
Who It Is For
Both are built for digital marketing and software development agencies. Answer the questions below about your agency as it is today. Each question starts on the bootcamp answer, so change any answer that does not describe you. The result follows the side with the most answers.
Start with the bootcamp
Your gap is clients coming in, and the bootcamp is built for exactly that. It is fourteen live sessions, bought all at once or a session at a time. If you later need help with delivery, hiring and pricing as you grow, the mastermind picks up from there.
The mastermind fits
Your gap is the whole agency, not one channel, and the mastermind year is built for that. It works through sales, systems, team, finance and the rest in order. You get one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it, plus the roundtable and the retreats. Separately, every bootcamp held during your one year membership is free, so you do not give up the lead generation sessions.
Here is the whole difference, row by row.
The two side by side
What You Get, Step By Step
Here is what you get in each programme, in one table. It shows how each one runs, what it covers and what your agency ends up with. Use the buttons to highlight one programme at a time.
| What differs | Bootcamp | Mastermind |
|---|---|---|
| How it runs | Fourteen live sessions, every Wednesday, 2:00 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, while a bootcamp is running | A full year. There is a live session every Friday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, and the roundtable in the third week. There is a retreat every three months and an international trip each year |
| Scope | Lead generation, sales and scaling models | The whole agency: sales, lead generation, systems, team, finance, brand, international markets, AI and exit |
| Format | Taught live sessions, in Lahore and live online, with recordings for up to two partners, slides and templates | Live sessions, the roundtable hot seat in front of your peers, and accountability on your own numbers |
| Between sessions | A Basecamp roadmap, small assignments and a Q&A thread per topic | Basecamp every day, with the coaches answering and your KPIs posted |
| Time on your agency | Three dedicated expert hours in Tier 3, or one hour at $199 in Tier 4 | One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it |
| Leaves the agency with | The recordings, slides and templates. A working grasp of every lead generation channel, from data and LinkedIn to email, ads, SEO and cold calling. Closing and staffing too | A year plan and KPIs, priced service packages and the company set up for international clients. Documented systems and job levels, with the cash flow and P&L under review. A clear view of how an agency exit works |
| Cap | Open cohort | Twenty agencies at most |
| Bootcamps | Bought by tier. The fee is not taken off the mastermind price | Every bootcamp held during your one year membership, free |
| Investment | From $125 for a single session to $1,499 for all fourteen with dedicated expert hours | A yearly commitment, paid $750 a month or $7,999 for the year |
| Best if | You need pipeline now | You need the whole agency rebuilt in order |
How each one runs
Delivery Format And Time Commitment
The two ask for different kinds of time. The bootcamp takes a Wednesday afternoon each week while a bootcamp is running. The mastermind runs all year, from Basecamp every day to an international trip each year.
Three hours, every Wednesday
- Session
- Three hours live, one topic
- Time
- Every Wednesday, 2:00 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, while a bootcamp is running
- Where
- In person in Lahore, and live online at the same time
- Asks of you
- Attend live, complete the assignments, use the Q&A threads
You keep the recordings, for up to two partners, the slides and the templates
Every week, all year
- Every Friday
- A live session, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time
- When you need it
- One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, on your own agency
- Third week of the month
- The roundtable, in the Friday 3:30 to 5:00 PM slot. Two hand picked owners take the hot seat, for about 45 minutes each
- Every day
- Basecamp, the members’ online workspace, with the coaches answering
- Every three months
- A retreat, with one night together and three workshops
- Each year
- An international trip, two to three nights
A yearly commitment, capped at twenty agencies
Same ground, by quarter
Where each bootcamp subject sits in the mastermind year
- The first quarter
Foundation
The quarter covers
Your ICP and niche, the year plan and KPIs, services and pricing packages, the agency website, company formation abroad, LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, data sourcing and email marketing.
Bootcamp subjects on the same ground
- Brand Development Strategies For Agencies
- Data Extraction And Validation Techniques
- Automated Outreach For Agencies
- LinkedIn Outreach And Automation
- Email Marketing Campaigns And PPC Tactics
- The second quarter
Sales engine
The quarter covers
Authority and SEO, closing and proposals, ads and international expos, staffing, upselling and cross selling, delivery templates, and cash flow and reinvestment.
Bootcamp subjects on the same ground
- Brand Development Strategies For Agencies
- Establishing Authority And Attracting Inbound Leads
- Facebook Lead Generation Tactics
- Scalable Agency Business Models
- How To Close High Ticket Clients
- SEO Strategies For Agencies
- Staff Augmentation Methods
- The third quarter
Systems
The quarter covers
Vendors, QA and contracts, lead automation, sales management and cold calling, account management and delivery standards, weekly reports, retention, the P&L and expense dashboards.
Bootcamp subjects on the same ground
See this quarter - The fourth quarter
Scale and exit
The quarter covers
Freeing up your own time, the case studies library, the final reviews of every part of the agency, and how an agency exit works.
Bootcamp subjects on the same ground
See this quarter
This shows where the subjects match, not a schedule. The bootcamp is a separate course that runs on Wednesdays. In the mastermind, you work on the same subjects in your own agency, in the quarter where they fall. A mastermind member attends every bootcamp held during their one year membership, free.
What each one costs and includes
Investment And What Is Included
The bootcamp is priced so you can start small. The mastermind is a yearly commitment, paid monthly or for the whole year.
From $125for a single session
- One session$125
- Any six sessions$599
- All fourteen$999
- All fourteen, plus three expert hours$1,499
The list also has one hour one to one at $199, and any two sessions plus the community for freelancers at $200. One on one business development is $1,500 a month, on a six month contract.
Outreach and data tools are not included in any bootcamp tier.
Compare every bootcamp tier$750a month, or $7,999 a year
A yearly commitment
- One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- Every bootcamp held during your one year membership, free
- Free access to the yearly masterclasses
- Unlimited networking
- Exclusive discounts per month for each referred agency that signs up
- Step by step guide for international agency setup, formation and scalability
Ad spend, third party tool subscriptions and legal filing fees for entity formation are not included in the mastermind.
Moving from one to the other? A bootcamp is a separate purchase, and its fee is not taken off the mastermind price.
Who teaches both
Coaches And Subject Matter Experts
You are not choosing between teams. Both are taught by experienced trainers including Hamid Mahmood, Asim Naeem and Umair Amjad. They use the same playbooks in their own companies. What you learn in a bootcamp session is what the mastermind builds on.
Hamid MahmoodCEO, author of 7-Figure Agency Mindset A-ZHamid has used every agency model in his own companies. The advice on branding, finances and leadership comes from running those businesses.
Umair AmjadSales and staffing coachUmair built the staff augmentation practice taught in the programme. The advice on pricing, closing and staffing comes from running that business.
- Asim NaeemEmail marketing and LinkedIn
Asim works on defining your ideal client and reaching them through LinkedIn and email. That experience also covers the automation supporting your outreach.
Alongside the Friday sessions, members book one to one coaching with a subject matter expert whenever they need it, on their own agency.
Here is what owners said about both programmes.
Reviews from both programmes
Member Results And Reviews
The first reviews are from owners who attended the bootcamp or worked one to one with the trainers. They say which method fits at which stage, and what changed once they used it. The other reviews follow, each under the owner’s own name.
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How each one starts
Enrollment, Contract And Onboarding
The bootcamp starts with a seat. The mastermind starts with a conversation about your stage.
- 1Pick a tier, or a single session
- 2Reserve a seat. Start dates are set and confirmed for each intake
- 3Attend live in Lahore or online, and keep the recordings, slides and templates
- 1Tell us your stage, and we tell you whether it fits
- 2A yearly commitment, paid $750 a month or $7,999 for the year
- 3Onboarding starts with the intake questionnaire and the Predictive Index test. Then you join Basecamp and the Friday sessions, with the year’s roadmap
Mastermind or bootcamp
FAQs
What is the difference between the mastermind and the bootcamp?
The bootcamp is a short course on getting clients in, and the mastermind is a full year of work on the whole agency. The bootcamp is fourteen live sessions of three hours on lead generation, sales and scaling models. Sessions run every Wednesday, 2:00 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, while a bootcamp is running, from $125 a session. The mastermind has a live session every Friday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time. It adds one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it, and the roundtable in the third week of the month. There is a retreat every three months and an international trip each year. The mastermind is capped at twenty agencies.
If I join the mastermind, do I still get the bootcamp?
Yes, mastermind members attend every bootcamp held during their one year membership, free. Each bootcamp subject also sits in the quarter of the mastermind year that covers the same subject. Choosing the year does not mean giving up the lead generation sessions.
Can I start with the bootcamp and move to the mastermind later?
Yes, you can start with the bootcamp and join the mastermind later. The bootcamp sells single sessions and the full run, with no yearly commitment. If you then want the whole agency rebuilt in order, the mastermind is a separate purchase. The bootcamp fee is not taken off its price. Once you join, every bootcamp held during your one year membership is included.
Which one is better for a very small agency?
It depends on your gap, not on the size of your agency. If clients are not coming in, the bootcamp is the faster fix. If clients come in and the agency still runs through you, the mastermind is built for that, whatever the headcount.
Are the same coaches in both?
Yes. Hamid, Asim and Umair teach in both, so the method you meet in a bootcamp session is the one the mastermind builds on. In the mastermind you also get one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it, on your own agency.
Pick the one that fits
Enroll Now
If the gap is clients coming in, start with the bootcamp. If it is the whole agency, join the mastermind. Every bootcamp held during your one year membership comes with it, free.
Mastermind capped at twenty agencies. Bootcamp sessions from $125.