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The Royal Maple Club

A private mastermind.

Two couples playing mixed doubles on the grass court at golden hour
Est. MMXXVI· Vancouver· By application only

The Royal Maple Club is a community. Each of us is working on something difficult and profitable, meeting in rooms where the coffee is excellent and the goal is for everyone to elevate.

We believe the best advice comes from people with experience so this is a vetted community.

Members at the pool, late afternoon
A club towel, properly draped
Tennis balls warming in the sun
The veranda in morning light

The Mastermind

Serious rooms, unserious setting

Masterminds are 90-day sprints over the quarter, and we start with a longer planning session for the next quarter. Weekly calls focus on one problem at a time. Between gatherings there are monthly dinners, a summer retreat, and a register that puts every member one call away.

The gym exists so the honesty has somewhere to recover.

The Membership

The company you keep

Every member is vouched for, and every member has been, at least once, spectacularly wrong and lived to tell it at dinner.

Small enough that everyone knows everyone. Large enough that someone in the room has already survived whatever you're walking into.

Members with cigars and whisky in the clubhouse lounge

The Register of Privileges

What membership affords

  1. Four 90-day sprints a year. A longer planning session opens each quarter; weekly calls carry it, one problem at a time.
  2. The monthly members' dinner. Long table, no agenda, no phones.
  3. The register. A direct line to every member, answered because it's you.
  4. First look at member deal flow. Opportunities circulate here before they circulate anywhere.
  5. Outings, like tennis. And the gym, where the honesty recovers.
  6. Reciprocal standing. A warm introduction in any city a member calls home.
  7. An honest room. A vetted community with no reason to flatter you.
  8. The towel. Embroidered. You've seen it. You want it.
By application only

Membership Application

Applications are read by the membership committee, which is one man, at a desk, with strong coffee.