ACADEMY
Mastermind Program
ACADEMY
Mastermind Program
Sydney
Newmark
Academy
Mastermind Program for Residential Builders
A small group of serious builders. Monthly sessions.
Real conversations about how your business actually works. No theory. No seminar.
The room you’ve been looking for.
Sydney — Est. 2025
Newmark
Academy
Mastermind Program for Residential Builders
01 — The Program
Not a course.
Not a seminar.
Not a networking event.
The Newmark Academy Mastermind is a small group of residential builders — six to eight of you — who meet monthly for ten sessions across the year.
Each session, one member takes the hot seat and brings a real operational topic from their business. The rest of the group brings their own experience on the same topic. The conversation is direct, specific, and confidential.
You leave each session with a clearer picture of how other experienced builders are solving the same problems you are — and a clearer picture of where you stand.
"The trouble is, it can get very quiet at the top.
The decisions don't get smaller as the business grows — they get bigger."
Mark Newman
Not a course
Not a seminar
Not a networking event
A room full of builders who get it
02 — Who It's For
Builders who have run out of trusted peers to test their thinking against.
You’re established. Capable. Running a residential business with a team behind you, five to ten years or more in.
The market is tighter than it was. You’re watching tenders carefully, watching your margins, working out which jobs are worth pursuing and which aren’t.
You make most of the significant calls alone — because there’s no one around you who has done exactly what you do.
You’re not looking for someone to tell you how to run a building business. You’re looking for a room full of people who already do.
Builders with 5-10+ years of experience
You have the fundamentals handled. This program is about the next level of clarity.
You’re not a sole operator. You have staff, subcontractors, and the complexity that comes with them.
Residential specialist
Custom homes, high-end residential, architectural projects. This is your market.
Prepared to be candid
The room only works if everyone brings the real stuff. Numbers, problems, decisions you’d make differently.
03 — How It Works
Ten sessions. One year. One group.
Session Format
The Hot Seat
Each session, one rostered member presents a real operational topic from their own business — actual numbers, actual processes, real decisions. Not polished presentations. The real stuff.
Group Dynamic
Peer Contribution
The rest of the group comes prepared to contribute from their own experience on the same topic. Mark acts as host and curator — keeping the conversation on track, drawing connections, adding where it counts – all in the moment.
governance
Confidentiality
Membership is governed by a signed Member Agreement and Group Charter, agreed at Session 1. Members agree to keep all discussions confidential, creating a trusted environment where candid conversations can take place. That trust is what makes the experience valuable.
Session Format
The Hot Seat
Group Dynamic
Peer Contribution
governance
Confidentiality
04 — The Year Ahead
Ten sessions built from
the topics that matter most.
05 — What You'll Get
Four things members describe, consistently.
validation
Knowing where you stand against other serious builders. Know you’re on the right track, or where there are opportunities for improvement.
ideas
Better approaches you haven’t seen, because someone else has already lived it.
Accountability
Commitments made in front of peers who will follow them up next month. The things you know you should do but keep deferring, actually get done.
Your COHORT
A small, tight group of builders you actually trust — people you can call when something comes up that can’t wait until next month.
validation
ideas
Accountability
Network
06 — Mark Newman
Built from experience. Run by someone who still does it.
Mark Newman started as an apprentice carpenter, he spent a decade on the tools before moving into project management, spent five years in the commercial sector, studied at university, alongside stints working in Canada and England.
In 2009, he founded Newmark Constructions, building award-winning, high-end custom architectural homes across Sydney. Underpinning this success are the rigorous operational systems and processes Mark designed to keep every project moving with absolute precision. He was named the NSW and National MBA Young Builder of the Year in 2018 and a was a Master Builder of the Year finalist in 2024.
Since 2023, Mark has been part of a mastermind cohort of Sydney builders whose collective experience directly shaped this latest venture. The Newmark Academy formalises this exact dynamic: bringing serious operators together where honest conversation drives better construction businesses.
30+
Years in the residential construction industry
2009
Newmark Constructions founded
2023
Master Builders Association
Divisional Committee Member and past President
07 — The Practicalities
Simple. Transparent. Designed to deliver.
Group Size
6 - 8
Builders per cohort. Deliberately small. Once the group is full, applications close.
included
All ten sessions, the Group Charter and Member Agreement, and a Year 2 self-facilitation framework.
sessions
10 Sessions
Collaboration, idea incubator, validation
Confidentiality
Member Agreement and Group Charter agreed at Session 1.
format
In Person
Sydney venue confirmed at enrolment.
not included
Group Size
6 - 8
sessions
10 Sessions
format
In Person
Confidentiality
included
not included
The next step is
register your interest.
The next step is join the waitlist.
No pitch. No pressure. Register your interest.
Apply now to register your interest for the next cohort. Cohort size is deliberately small — when the next group opens up, we’ll be in touch.
