Hill firmly believed that belonging to such a group was a way of taking your personal and professional life to the next level.
While many believe the popularity of this concept was driven by Hill, many believe his ultimate inspiration came from his mentor, Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was the founder of a Chicago group of business people known as the Big 6. The members included William Wrigley Jr. of Wrigley’s chewing gum and as well as John D. Hertz and William Ritchie, who owned the Yellow Cab Company.
To show the true power and history behind masterminds, we can go back as far as 1727 when Benjamin Franklin formed a club for mutual improvement called Junto. Franklin brought this group of friends together to provide a structured form of mutual improvement. The members were drawn from diverse occupations and backgrounds, but they all shared a spirit of inquiry and a desire to improve themselves and their community.