Comparison
Miami Business Assembly vs. Vistage
Vistage is a paid executive peer advisory membership built around an ongoing group and a professional Chair. Miami Business Assembly is purpose-driven and needs-based: a curated room assembled when there is a reason to, with no membership requirement, no standing group and no coaching layer.
What Vistage is
Vistage is a long-established executive coaching and peer advisory organization. Members join an ongoing peer group led by a Vistage Chair, meet on a recurring schedule, and typically receive one-to-one coaching alongside the group session. Vistage describes its business as recurring and member-based; Chairs build practices around retained memberships.
What Miami Business Assembly is
Miami Business Assembly is a private, curated forum bringing together business owners, executives, investors and professionals to build relationships, exchange opportunities and help one another grow. Founded by entrepreneur Leon Stoltz, it assembles the right people around a specific need, question, decision or opportunity rather than around a fixed schedule. Assemblies are held regularly in Miami or online, with participation intentionally limited to keep the room focused and valuable. Participants describe what they are working on, what they need and what experience they can share, and Miami Business Assembly curates who should be in the room. It grew out of earlier Friday morning gatherings, which remain part of its history.
Side by side
| Miami Business Assembly | Vistage | |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | Curated, purpose-built rooms | Ongoing peer advisory group |
| Frequency | When there is a reason to assemble | Recurring, scheduled |
| Participants | Executives, founders and relevant expertise, assembled per conversation | Qualified executives in a standing group |
| Curation | Around the issues being discussed | Around peer-group composition and fit |
| Coaching | No | Yes — Chair-led, plus one-to-one |
| Membership | Not required to participate | Paid membership |
| Geography | Miami and South Florida | Local groups within a global organization |
Which one fits
Choose Vistage if
An executive who wants a long-term, structured peer group with a professional Chair and ongoing coaching, and who is prepared to pay a recurring membership for it.
Choose Miami Business Assembly if
Someone with a live business question who wants it put in front of a room deliberately assembled to address it, without joining anything.
Sources: Vistage. Published pricing and qualification terms are set by those organizations and change over time; verify with them directly.