COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS GATHERING
Community Architects Gathering
For Entrepreneurs Building Lucrative, Transformational In-Person Communities
If you are building or planning to build — a paid community, mastermind, or retreat-driven ecosystem for your business, welcome home.
Why This Matters Now
Most communities are struggling.
• Engagement drops after month three
• Members lurk but don’t participate
• Revenue is inconsistent
• Retreats don’t fill as expected
• Leaders feel pressure to constantly produce more content
Yet connection - the primary purpose of community - is extremely hot right now. As it should be.
The retreats and experiential gatherings industry stands at $260 billion and growing. Subscription-based communities and paid memberships continue to expand as founders look for predictable revenue. People are actively seeking belonging and shared experience.
In a world where business cards are forgotten, social media posts disappear in 24 hours, and online groups feel transactional, retreat-driven communities are both soul-nourishing and your competitive advantage.
If in-person retreats are part of your business model, you are ahead of the curve.
What You’ll Experience
Part I — Retreat Community Workshop (Led by Jon Block & Dr. Mansi Shah)
This is an open, strategic discussion on:
• What is actually working right now in paid communities
• Why some masterminds retain and expand and others quietly dissolve
• How retreats are being used as anchors for loyalty and long-term revenue
Bring your notebook.
You will have the opportunity to:
• Pressure-test your current model
• Strengthen your offer positioning
• Identify gaps in retention and engagement
• Get live peer-level insight from other builders
This is not theory. This is active work on your ecosystem.
Part II — Creating a Massive In-Person Community
Jules Schroeder | Founder of Unconventional Life
She is the founder of Unconventional Life, a global community, podcast, and experiences company that has reached millions of people across 75+ countries.
Since launching in 2016 as the first podcast on Forbes Under 30, the Unconventional Life Podcast has grown into a top 1% podcast worldwide with 500+ episodes featuring entrepreneurs, creatives, and thought leaders redefining success on their own terms.
Community Architects Gathering
This gathering is for founders who:
• Lead or are launching a paid community or mastermind
• Use (or plan to use) in-person retreats as strategic anchors
• Want long-term members — not short-term buyers
• Care about culture, not just cashflow
• Are building in Health, Wealth, Leadership, Conscious Business, or Regenerative spaces
If you’re casually experimenting, this may not be for you.
If community is central to your business model — it is.
And if alignment is there, you’ll learn about the ARC Gathering happening in-person July 8-11 at our San Diego compound. This is our deeper immersion for founders architecting community-led wealth.
🔥 Hosts
Jon Block — Co-Founder of The ARC | Community Architect & Facilitation King
Jon Block is a Community Architect, strategist, and co-founder of Abundance Retreat Club (The ARC). His life’s work is dedicated to helping founders and leaders use in-person experiences as the foundation for building enduring communities, masterminds, and legacy ecosystems.
Jon is known for his depth of clarity, structural thinking, and uncompromising standards around integrity, leadership, and community design. His work bridges strategy with soul, helping leaders build what outlives them.
Dr. Mansi Shah — Co-Founder of ARC | Fire Woman | Legacy Builder
Dr. Mansi Shah is the founder of ARC (Abundance Retreat Club), a global movement and sanctuary for community builders, founders, and legacy leaders building at the intersection of wealth, health, leadership, and consciousness.
A former PharmD & a Functional Medicine Expert who left mainstream medicine after witnessing the systemic failure of allopathic healthcare, Mansi has since built multiple impact-driven ventures and produced high-level retreats and masterminds serving conscious founders, healers, and investors.
🌟 Guest Speaker
Jules Schroeder | Founder of Unconventional Life
Beyond media, she has produced and led events, retreats, and gatherings across all seven continents, including Antarctica, for groups ranging from intimate masterminds to large-scale experiences of 500+ people.
Her work has always centered on bringing people together through ideas, storytelling, and meaningful connection.
Grab your seat today and don’t miss this world-class learning opportunity.
The future belongs to those who build meaningful relationships and thriving communities.