If you’re going to start an online mastermind group, networking is an obvious “selling point.”

Any group where membership costs as much as a car payment, and commitment is higher than average, attracts high-caliber entrepreneurs. It seems so simple … and it is! As long as you know what to do with it once you start it.

The problem of being in the mastermind business gets tricky, if you’ve never joined a group before. One thing that worked in my favor was I’d been in business masterminds with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham and others for years.

I had a model to follow. Now, you might be reading this and think, “Big A! I’m in a mastermind.” Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it. If it doesn’t, send this on to someone who needs to read it. But I’m reaching out to people who want to start their own group, or already have one.

You may have heard me say, “Success is a marathon, not a...