2010 – 2026 · Sixteen Years of Community
For sixteen years, I gathered soulpreneurs into community.
Since 2010 — my second full-time year as a business coach — I’ve hosted masterminds and group coaching programs every single year, welcoming up to 300 members at a time. At the end of 2026, I’m bringing that chapter to a grateful close.
every year, without a gap
How It Began
It started with a few people who didn’t want to build alone.
In 2010, in my second year of coaching full-time, a handful of heart-led business owners asked if we could simply keep meeting — not for another course, but for the steadiness of doing the work alongside each other. We gathered, we shared what was working and what wasn’t, and we cheered each other on.
That small circle became a practice I never put down. For the next sixteen years there was always a George Kao community somewhere — meeting, encouraging, and building together. Some seasons it was an intimate mastermind of a few committed people. Other seasons it grew to a few hundred. Through all of it, the heart of the thing stayed the same: sensitive, values-driven entrepreneurs, growing with kindred spirits instead of grinding alone.
“These are sacred and sane spaces in the crazy marketing and business world.”— Shweta Parmar, longtime member
The Communities
The circles I’ve had the honor of hosting
Over the years they took many forms — but each was a place for heart-centered entrepreneurs to grow together, with my ongoing guidance and a circle of committed peers.
MasterHeart
My year-long authentic-business mentoring community. Members committed to a full year of building together — with my regular coaching, small accountability teams, and a private circle of peers. Some stayed five years and longer.
Authentic Business Circle
A lighter, more accessible monthly membership for heart-based business owners who wanted the community and group coaching without the full year-long commitment.
Soul Gym
A gathering for the inner game of soulful business — presence, resilience, and self-care as the quiet foundation beneath everything else we build.
Work Retreats
Live virtual co-working retreats — calm, focused sessions where members worked side by side and got real things done, in good company.
Joyful Productivity Club
An ongoing community practicing joyful, sustainable productivity together — gentle accountability, shared rhythms, and calm, doable structure.
AI for Soulpreneurs
My most recent community — exploring how to use AI with discernment, ethics, and humanity, without losing soul or genuine relationship.
…and earlier masterminds and circles going all the way back to 2010.
A Sustained Practice
Sixteen years, without a gap
Not a one-time program — a community I showed up for, year after year.
The span of years I hosted communities
Consecutive years, every single one
Members at a time, at its largest
How long some members chose to stay
What Made Them Different
More than a program — a field of belonging
I never treated the community as a bonus feature. It was the main event.
Community as the main event
Members came for the group as much as for me — and often stayed for the friendships. I treated belonging as a core offering, not a side effect.
Co-learning, never lecturing
These were collaborative spaces. We learned from each other’s questions, wins, and stumbles. I taught from beside, not from above.
A real person who showed up
I was present in the group regularly — answering questions, giving feedback, celebrating progress. Not a distant name on a sales page.
Bonds that outlasted the program
The relationships members formed with each other often lasted long after a program ended. That ripple of mutual support was part of the point.
Calm, hype-free spaces
Heart-centered and unhurried — a refuge from the loud, pressured, performative world of online business.
Structure that steadied people
Accountability teams, shared rhythms, and clear next steps — so members felt held and oriented, not overwhelmed.
In Their Words
What members said
I’ve been fortunate enough to be in the MasterHeart program for five years. The value is incalculable!
The best group mentoring program I’ve ever experienced. George’s care, attention, and expertise — not to mention the community.
Worth every cent. Exceptional support, and community. George makes being a good human and building a good business feel like the same thing.
A wonderful, authentic, intimate community — for connection, sharing challenges, and lots of un/learning together.
You’ll be part of one of the most supportive, soul-centred communities anywhere.
After several months in the program, my business feels far more stable and consistent. I know what to keep doing, week after week.
A New Chapter
Why I’m stepping back
After sixteen years, I’m bringing my group programs to a grateful close at the end of 2026, and stepping into a kind of semi-retirement. This isn’t a goodbye to the work — it’s a way of protecting its quality.
Facilitating live communities well takes enormous, ongoing energy. By stepping back from hosting groups, I can pour that same energy into the two things I most want to get right: the depth and clarity of my courses, and the generosity of my free content.
I want what I leave behind to be genuinely excellent — and available to everyone, at their own pace, for years to come.
Where To Find Me Now
The work continues — here
Everything the communities were built around now lives in two places, open and ready whenever you are.
My Courses
Everything I’ve learned about authentic marketing, joyful productivity, and sustainable business — in self-paced courses I’m continually refining and deepening.
Explore the courses →Free Knowledge Library
Years of articles, videos, and guides — free and open to all. My life’s work, organized so you can find exactly what you need and grow at your own pace.
Browse the library →And if I ever open a new community, my newsletter is where you’ll hear about it first. Be the first to know →
To everyone who ever sat in one of these circles — thank you. You made them sacred. 🙏