The Hidden ROI: Why Retreats Are Your Next Six to Seven-Figure Revenue Stream

ASE Weekly Takeoff - April 27, 2025

Apr 27, 2025

Hello Friends,

Ever wondered why top coaches and wellness brands are scaling their businesses faster than ever?

The secret might be sitting right in your business model blind spot: high-value retreats and masterminds.

Let me show you why retreats are the perfect mid to high-value ladder offering that can transform your business's revenue trajectory.

The Perfect Mid to High-Value Ladder Offer

For wellness brands, health coaches, business coaches, and really any B2B service-based business, retreats solve a critical business challenge: creating transformative experiences that justify premium pricing while delivering exceptional value.

And the math makes this opportunity crystal clear:

10–20 participants paying $5K+ each = $50K–$100K revenue per event
At 50%+ profit margins = $25K–$50K profit per retreat
Host quarterly? That’s an extra $100K–$200K in annual profit

Our Track Record in the Retreat Space

At ASE, we've seen this firsthand.

In the last 18 months, we helped a single wellness retreat scale from inconsistent months to:

$225K revenue in a single month
$1.65M in TTM revenue
Secured $1M in corporate credit
Launched an expanded offer ladder with couples retreats, B2B options, and more
Automated sales, marketing, operations, and backend systems to support continued growth

This isn’t theory—it’s a proven model that any serious service-based business can apply to create transformational, scalable retreats.

Why Retreats Work So Well By Business Type

For Wellness/Health/Mental Health Brands: A retreat allows you to showcase your full ecosystem of products and methodologies in an immersive environment, creating lasting brand evangelists who continue purchasing long after the retreat ends.

For Wellness/Health/Mental Health Coaches: Your coaching becomes tangible when clients disconnect from daily life. The accelerated breakthroughs you facilitate justify premium pricing and position you as a true industry leader.

For Business Coaches: Nothing builds authority faster than hosting live business transformations. Masterminds and retreats create high-value networking and real-time results that clients can’t get anywhere else.

For Specialty Coaches: Whether you're focused on relationships, career, or creativity, retreats allow you to go deeper and deliver life-changing results that simply aren’t possible in traditional hourly coaching formats.

The Real Strategic Advantage: Compound Business Growth

The brilliance of retreats extends far beyond the immediate revenue:

Content goldmines for months of marketing
High-ticket private clients from group experiences
Exclusive communities for recurring revenue
An industry authority that attracts speaking gigs and media opportunities

Remember: while some wellness retreats may benefit from luxury environments, many education-focused masterminds thrive in simple, focused settings where the real value is in the breakthroughs and connections.

Create Recurring Revenue With A Membership That Includes Regular Retreats or Masterminds

Sam Parr is the co-founder of Hampton, an exclusive membership community for founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs of high-growth companies. Hampton offers curated peer groups, private events, and a digital network to foster confidential, high-level connections.

And if you already have a following, what's stopping you from taking this step?

Ready to add 6–8 figures to your business through strategic retreats?

The opportunity is wide open for coaches and brands willing to evolve beyond traditional models.

What kind of retreat would best suit your specific business?

Reply back—I’d love to hear about it.

Top M&A Deals From Last Week

Top 6 M&A Deals

Global Payments Inc. to Acquire Worldpay, LLC
- Value: $24.25 billion
- This landmark acquisition positions Global Payments as a dominant force in payment technology, significantly enhancing its global reach and service capabilities2.
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. to Acquire Issuer Solutions (Global Payments Inc.)
- Value: $13.50 billion
- Fidelity National expands its core offerings by acquiring the issuer solutions business, reinforcing its commitment to innovation in financial services2.
KKR & Co. Inc. to Acquire OSTTRA Group Ltd
- Value: $3.10 billion
- KKR’s acquisition of OSTTRA, a leading provider of post-trade services, strengthens its portfolio in the financial infrastructure sector2.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited to Acquire Abbot Point Port Holdings Pte. Ltd.
- Value: $2.54 billion
- This strategic move bolsters Adani Ports’ international footprint, particularly in the Asia-Pacific logistics market2.
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. to Acquire Ares Acquisition Corporation II
- Value: $2.50 billion
- The merger will enable Kodiak Robotics to go public, accelerating its growth in autonomous trucking and logistics technology2.
Markforged Holding Corp to be Acquired by Nano Dimension Ltd.
- Date Announced: April 24, 2025
- This transaction will combine two leaders in additive manufacturing, aiming to drive innovation in industrial 3D printing5.

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Our marketplace has a ton of live listings ready to sell their business.

On the sell side, we can help you sell your business without a broker and get you valuation feedback from multiple investors.

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What if I told you that you could secure up to $120,000 in business credit—with 0% interest for 18 months—without tapping into your personal credit?

We just did it for our wellness retreat in 2024, and now we’re helping businesses like yours do the same through Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS).

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Launch Your Own 7-Figure Retreat

Quick heads-up—we’re opening up just 2 new client spots to work directly with service-based retreat businesses who are serious about scaling to 7 or even 8 figures in 2025.

In the last 18 months, we helped one retreat go from stuck to scaling fast:

✅ Hit $225K in a single month
✅ Crossed $1.35M in annual revenue
✅ Crossed $1.63M in TTM revenue
✅ Secured $1M in corporate credit
✅ Tripled their sales team
✅ Launched new offers like Ibogaine, couples, and white-label B2B retreats
✅ Built a full-stack growth engine across sales, marketing, operations, and admin

We didn’t just coach them—we built the machine with them.

This same framework works for any high-touch, service-based retreat with traction, a great offer, and an ambitious vision.

If you're looking to:

Get out of the daily grind
Hire a real team that sells
Raise capital for new properties
Systematize your retreat backend
And finally install the structure to scale without chaos...

Check out everything that we've done so far here.

Let’s build your 7-figure retreat machine—starting now.

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