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Frequently asked questions.
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What is Miami Business Assembly?
Miami Business Assembly is a curated business community in Miami, founded by entrepreneur Leon Stoltz, that brings the right people together around real business needs. Business owners, CEOs, senior executives, startup founders, investors and experienced professionals are assembled around a specific challenge, decision, opportunity or question — when there is a reason to, and in whatever setting the conversation calls for.
Who can attend Miami Business Assembly?
Business owners, CEOs, senior executives, startup founders, investors and experienced professionals who are actively working on something real. There is no title requirement. The practical requirement is that you can describe what you are working on, and that you have experience someone else at the table can use.
Is Miami Business Assembly a networking group?
No. There are no elevator pitches, no card exchanges, no referral quotas and no round-the-room introductions as the purpose of the meeting. The conversation is about specific business problems and what people have learned solving them. Relationships form as a consequence of that conversation, not as its agenda.
Is Miami Business Assembly a mastermind?
Not in the usual sense. Masterminds are typically fixed groups that meet on a recurring schedule with the same members over a long term. Miami Business Assembly curates each table around the issues being discussed, so the composition of the room can change from gathering to gathering.
Is Miami Business Assembly like Vistage?
They solve related problems differently. Vistage is a paid membership organization built around ongoing peer advisory groups with a professional Chair who also provides executive coaching. Miami Business Assembly assembles people around a specific issue when there is a reason to, without a standing group, a coaching structure or a membership requirement.
How is Miami Business Assembly different from EO?
Entrepreneurs' Organization is a global membership organization with published qualification thresholds, initiation fees and annual global and chapter dues, organized around chapters and forums. Miami Business Assembly is a single-city, invitation-reviewed gathering with no membership requirement to participate, curated table by table.
Do I need to be a CEO?
No. Titles are not the filter. What matters is that you are working on something real and can contribute experience to the room.
Can startup founders participate?
Yes. Early-stage founders are often the reason a table works, because they arrive with concrete, unresolved problems that more experienced operators have already solved once.
Can investors participate?
Yes, when they are present to contribute perspective rather than to source deal flow. The table is not a pitch room.
Can lawyers and professional advisors participate?
Yes, on the same terms as everyone else: contribute expertise to the conversation. Attendance is not a business development channel, and participants who treat it as one are not invited back.
Does it cost anything to attend?
Participation is currently complimentary. Miami Business Assembly is not sold as a ticketed event or a paid membership.
Where does Miami Business Assembly meet?
Assemblies are held regularly in Miami or online. Depending on who is in the room and what it is about, that may be a small table, coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, a meeting in an office or a private video session. The specific location or link is shared with participants once a place is confirmed.
Why did Miami Business Assembly begin with early mornings?
Because the early hour is the one that reliably belongs to the person who owns the calendar. The original Friday morning gatherings started at 7:00 AM for that reason, and early meetings still happen. Today the time follows the conversation rather than the other way around.
Are discussions confidential?
Miami Business Assembly encourages discretion among participants but is not conducted under a mutual nondisclosure agreement. Each participant is responsible for determining what information they choose to share.
How are participants selected?
Every seat begins with a request that describes what the person is working on, what they need and what they can share. Requests are reviewed and each room is assembled so that the needs in it are matched by the experience in it.
How often does Miami Business Assembly meet?
Assemblies are held regularly in Miami or online, rather than on a fixed weekly schedule. We meet when there is a real need, question or opportunity that makes it worth assembling the right people, and participation is intentionally limited to keep the room focused and valuable.
How long does a gathering last?
Long enough to be useful and no longer. The original format ran ninety minutes, and many assemblies still do. Whatever the setting, it starts on time and ends on time.
How is Miami Business Assembly different from YPO?
YPO is a global chief executive membership organization with qualification thresholds based on age, title and company scale, an initiation fee and annual global plus chapter dues. Miami Business Assembly is a Miami-based curated community with no membership, no dues and no title requirement, assembled around the issues participants bring.
How do I request a seat?
Submit a request describing what you are working on, what you need and what experience you can share. Requesting a seat means asking to be considered for the Miami Business Assembly conversations where you are relevant — not booking a fixed event. Requests are reviewed and rooms are assembled from them.
Can I bring a business problem to the table?
Yes. That is the point. Describe the problem in your request so the room can be assembled around people who have already worked through something similar.
Can I share experience even if I am not looking for help?
Yes. Some of the most useful participants arrive with nothing to ask and a great deal to contribute. Say so in your request and you will be seated where your experience is needed.
Can capital or fundraising come up at the table?
It can, as one business need among many. Participants may include founders considering outside capital and investors with experience evaluating or funding businesses, and when capital is relevant to the conversation Miami Business Assembly may curate appropriate investment experience into the room. Miami Business Assembly does not raise capital, broker investments, guarantee introductions or endorse any investment.
Who founded Miami Business Assembly?
Leon Stoltz, an entrepreneur whose earlier Friday morning gatherings in Atlanta brought founders and experienced executives around one conference table. Miami Business Assembly is presented by STOLTZ ONE.