Manick Bhan
Founder CEO/CTO, Search Atlas
Founded LinkGraph and Search Atlas. INC 5000 three times.
Application-only · Founding prices locked
Build at the speed of thought and climb the Agentic Ladder.
Skip the 2 year and $2M learning curve. Build like a commander, not an operator. Master agentic engineering principles, including the skills, and install Golden Loops on the channels you already run.
- 01OPERATE
- 02ASSIST
- 03ORCHESTRATE
- 04COMMAND
- 05SOVEREIGN
- 06SWARM
The Agentic Ladder
Start with handoffs. Finish at Swarm.
Six levels from Operate to Swarm. Operate is where you start, not who this room is for. Build like a commander, not an operator: master agentic engineering principles, including the skills, and let each rung move labor to agents while control comes back to you. Begin where you are. Climb when the rung below is steady.
Level 01 · OPERATE
You still carry every handoff.
Agents draft. People still finish the transfer into the real world. ChatGPT and Claude help, but the handoff is still on you.
Human carriesThe handoffAgent carriesChat outputLevel 02 · ASSIST
Level 03 · ORCHESTRATE
Level 04 · COMMAND
Level 05 · SOVEREIGN
Level 06 · SWARM
The mastermind
The marketing mastermind is the operating layer.
Skip the 2 year and $2M learning curve. The mastermind is for commanders, not operators who stay inside every handoff. Master agentic engineering principles, including the skills. Evolve directly into the business, learn from the leader, and build the agentic stack with people already running enterprise-level campaigns. Frameworks that outlast models. A compounding curriculum. Channels to ship every week.
Learn from being in a room with 7-, 8-, and 9-figure entrepreneurs and builders who have built, created, and sold multiple tech companies and e-commerce brands.
- 52Build sessions / year
- 9Monthly sessions with Manick
- 20 hrs1:1 build time / year
- INC 5000Three times
- 5,000+Agency clients
- 1.5M+Marketers trained
- Duke · Rutgers · PurdueCurriculum taught at
The room
Operators in the room. Impact on growing businesses.
Faces from live summit sessions. Not logos. People building beside you so you can skip the 2 year and $2M learning curve, with outcomes tied to how the program actually runs.
Leave weekly builds with systems shipping, not a folder of notes.
Agency operator · Weekly builds
Implement Golden Loops for yourself and clients until failure is boring.
Growth lead · Golden Loops
Automate your agency with Borg workforces that share context and take real work.
Founder · Borg workforces
Nine monthly sessions with Manick keep direction tight while peers raise the bar.
Operator · Peer room
Why join
Skip the 2 year and $2M learning curve.
Most masterminds sell access. This one sells output. Build like a commander, not an operator. Master agentic engineering principles, including the skills. An agentic marketing engineer on every call. Evolve directly into the business, learn from the leader, and leave with the full skills to automate your agency.
Build like a commander, not an operator
Operators live inside every handoff. Commanders set intent, design the system, and hold the standard while agents ship. That is the identity of this mastermind, not a label on one ladder rung.
Master agentic engineering principles
You learn the principles and the skills: how a loop closes, how a system is designed, and how a workforce takes real work. Then you practice them on live channels every week.
Learn from the leader and the room
Evolve directly into the business. Sit with Search Atlas leadership and operators who already run the stack, not consultants reading slides.
Enterprise campaigns, executed by masters
Learn from enterprise-level campaigns run by masters in the industry. Pattern-match against work that already ships at scale.
Mindset, sales, and prospecting
Elevate your mindset with sales training, coaching, prospecting, and lead generation baked into how the room operates every week.
An agentic marketing engineer on every call
52 live working sessions per year, each with an engineer who helps you build. Get the full skills to automate your agency, not another course library.
Golden Loops
Implement the Golden Loops of Marketing.
Every channel needs a closed loop, not a one-off prompt. Signal, decide, ship, measure, learn. Tighten until failure is boring. Membership shows you how to install that loop on the channels you already run.
The
Golden Loop
signal → shipped → measured
1Signal
2Decision
3Action
4Measure
5Learn
- 01SignalSee what changed
- 02DecisionChoose the next move
- 03ActionShip through agents
- 04MeasureCheck the proof
- 05LearnTighten the loop
Channel cards for the Golden Loops system. Same loop on every surface: Signal, Decide, Ship, Measure, Learn.
Paid
- Meta AdsPaid social
- Google AdsPaid search
- ChatGPT AdsEmerging. Bing is platform-ready.
Growth
- SEO + AI SearchChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google
- ContentWhat you publish
- Website + CROSite and conversion
- Local + GBPLocal presence
- Authority BuildingAuthority + PR
- Organic SocialLinkedIn, X, YouTube, Meta
Supporting
- CRM + EmailPipeline and follow-up
Path to outcome
From handoffs to Swarm with Golden Loops installed.
Membership is a climb with a clear finish line: agentic swarms, unlimited AI, and closed loops on the channels you already run.
- 01JoinKickoff bootcamp and stack setup
- 02ClimbOperate → Assist → Orchestrate → Command → Sovereign
- 03Install loopsSignal → Decide → Ship → Measure → Learn
- 04SwarmUnlock swarms. Build with unlimited AI.
Borg · AI Workforces
Install AI Workforces for your business.
Borg is how you install AI Workforces: agents that share company context, take real work, and unlock agentic swarms. Build with unlimited AI through the same stack members already use.
Implement the workforce
Stand up AI Workforces that know your tools, your channels, and your operating rules.
Unlock agentic swarms
Move from single agents to coordinated swarms that find useful missions and execute with org context.
Build with unlimited AI
Borg Gateway and AI App Marketplace give members unlimited access to frontier models for text, image, video, and TTS, plus member tools that ship agentic work.
The Mastermind
Marketing Automation + AI Workforces.
One membership that skips the 2 year and $2M learning curve. Golden Loops, Borg AI Workforces, weekly builds with an engineer, and nine monthly sessions with Manick.
Everything you get
- 52 build sessions with an engineer$52,000 VALUE
- 9 monthly sessions with Manick$90,000 VALUE
- 20 hours of 1:1 build time$10,000 VALUE
- Every session recorded$10,000 VALUE
- Member only software perks$12,000 VALUE
- A room of vetted peers$32,000 VALUE
- Knowledge Base: templates, legal, training, recordingsINCLUDED
How we get you there
- THIS WEEK!Kickoff bootcampYour AI stack set up
- EVERY WEEK52 build sessionsAn engineer on every call
- EVERY MONTH9 calls with ManickReviews and direction
- 3X A YEARFull days in personThe whole team there
- EVERY QUARTER5 hours 1:1Build it with a specialist
Included in the Mastermind
- Get our Command Center, use it for your agency
- Agency Systems
- Automate your Agency using Borg
- Agentic Engineering
- Implementing the Golden Loops of Marketing for yourself and clients
- Unlimited AI for your team powered by Borg
- Team Training Materials
- Proposal Templates
- Legal Agreements
- Previous recordings in our Knowledge Base
- 9 monthly sessions with Manick
- 3 hosted hackathons per year with CTO-level software architects
- Unlimited Borg Gateway and AI App Marketplace access
From team friction to swarm sovereignty
- Handoffs
- Tickets
- Updates
- Misalignment
- Sovereignty
- Workflows
- Results
- Alignment
What you get
The operating stack is included.
Borg Gateway
One gateway to frontier models for text, image, video, and audio TTS. OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, plus Astra and Fable AGI marks as they ship.
Unlimited Borg Gateway access for text, image, video, and audio TTS
- Text
- Image
- Video
- Audio TTS
- OpenAI
- Claude
- Gemini
- Groq
- Astra
- Fable
AI App Marketplace
Member tools that replace the mass-market SaaS stack you already pay for: Loom, HubSpot, PandaDoc, Wispr Flow, Slack, Expensify, Mailchimp, Calendly, and more.
Unlimited AI App Marketplace access for member tools that help you ship
- Loom
- HubSpot
- PandaDoc
- Wispr Flow
- Slack
- Expensify
- Mailchimp
- Calendly
Knowledge Base
Plug-and-play agency assets you can use immediately: training materials, proposal templates, legal agreements, and the full recording library.
Previous recordings in our Knowledge Base
- Team Training Materials
- Proposal Templates
- Legal Agreements
- Previous recordings
- 52 weekly build sessions with an engineer
- 9 monthly sessions with Manick, plus full days in person 3x a year
- 20 hours of 1:1 build time per year
- 3 hosted hackathons per year with CTO-level software architects
- Unlimited Borg Gateway access for text, image, video, and audio TTS
- Unlimited AI App Marketplace access for member tools that help you ship
- Team Training Materials, Proposal Templates, and Legal Agreements
- Previous recordings in our Knowledge Base
Fit check
This room is for you if…
Application-only keeps the peer bar high. Check this list before you apply.
For you
- You already run a real marketing operation or agency book of business
- You want to build like a commander, not stay the operator on every handoff
- You want to install agentic systems, not collect another course library
- You will bring live work to weekly sessions and ship between calls
- You want peers at your level and builders in the room, not coaches on a stage
- You are ready to climb from handoffs toward Swarm with Golden Loops installed
Not for you
- You are still validating a business model or hunting for free tactics
- You want passive content consumption with no live build commitment
- You need a seat for a junior team without an operator who owns outcomes
What is next
In-person days and hackathons on the calendar.
Three full-day in-person sessions and three hosted hackathons per year. Exact dates lock after you join. Placeholders below are labeled clearly until the cohort calendar publishes.
- In person
Full-day working session
Placeholder · Spring 2026 date TBD
Manick and the full team present. Concentrated execution day.
- Hackathon
Hosted build hackathon
Placeholder · Summer 2026 date TBD
CTO-level architects in the room. Ship a working loop.
- In person
Full-day working session
Placeholder · Fall 2026 date TBD
Peer breakthroughs that do not happen on video.
- Hackathon
Hosted build hackathon
Placeholder · Late 2026 date TBD
Prototype, pressure-test, and leave with a 30-day plan.
- In person
Full-day working session
Placeholder · Early 2027 date TBD
Third in-person day of the membership year.
- Hackathon
Hosted build hackathon
Placeholder · Mid 2027 date TBD
Third hackathon. Keep the loops compounding.
3× in-person + 3 hackathons per membership year. Dates marked Placeholder until confirmed.
Room proof
The room, not a pitch deck.
Summit photos and operator energy from live sessions. Quotes stay grounded in what members actually do in the room.
Every session is a working session. You leave with things built.
Program promiseAn engineer on every call. Bring real campaigns. Leave with systems.
Weekly build cadenceNine monthly sessions with Manick. Reviews and direction, not group Q&A theater.
Monthly cadence
Who you work with
Search Atlas leadership, in the room with you.
Sophia Deluz-Bhan
Co-founder & COO, Search Atlas
Scaled Search Atlas operations and grew the team to 250+.
Arman Advani
Head of Partnerships
Built an 8-figure agency. Technical strategy across 5,000+ agency clients.
Justin Rondeau
Head of Growth
Hundreds of millions sold online. 3,000+ conversion tests. Top 25 CRO.
Founding membership
Pay $25K in full, or $30K over time.
Same access and the same team either way. $25K is pay in full. $30K is the paid-over-time total only.
Pay in full · Save $5,000
$25K
one payment
Paid over time · Four payments
$7,500 × 4
$30K total
Paid over time · Monthly
$2,500/mo
$30K total over 12 months
- 52 weekly working sessions with an agentic engineer
- 9 monthly sessions with Manick
- 3 in-person full-day working sessions
- 3 hosted hackathons with CTO-level architects
- 20 hours of 1:1 implementation time per year
- Unlimited Borg Gateway and AI App Marketplace access
- Price locked for life of membership
Apply for membership
Application-only. Founding prices lock from the day you join.
How you get in
Submit. Review. Interview. Join.
Same access. Same team. Pay $25K in full or $30K over time. Founding prices lock when you join and are not reopened after the founding cohort fills.
- 01
Submit your application
Tell us about your background and what you are building. Takes less than 10 minutes.
- 02
Application review
The team reviews every application personally, within 24 hours. Standards are real and consistent.
- 03
Interview call
Selected candidates meet with the team to align on goals and fit. A two-way conversation, not just vetting.
- 04
Join as a founding member
Your price locks at $25K in full or $30K over time. Kickoff details confirmed. Your seat is secured in the founding cohort.
FAQ
What you need to know before applying.
Who is this for?
Senior marketing operators, agency leaders, and founders who already run real books of business and want to install agentic systems with builders in the room.
Who is this not for?
If you are still validating a business model, hunting free tactics, or want passive content with no live build commitment, this is not the right room yet.
Is Borg Gateway and AI App Marketplace included?
Yes. Unlimited Borg Gateway and AI App Marketplace access is included. Borg Gateway covers frontier text, image, video, and audio TTS, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Astra, and Fable as available. Access details are shared after you join.
How do the 9 monthly sessions with Manick work?
Nine virtual monthly sessions with Manick for strategic direction, campaign reviews, and feedback. Separately, three full-day in-person sessions bring Manick and the full team together with the cohort.
What is the time commitment?
The core weekly commitment is a single group working session. Monthly sessions with Manick are scheduled in advance. In-person days and hackathons are on the calendar early. 1:1 hours are scheduled at your discretion.
Is this remote or in person?
Weekly and monthly sessions are remote. Three full-day in-person sessions and three hosted hackathons happen in person each membership year.
What happens after the interview?
If there is mutual fit, you get founding membership details, lock $25K in full or $30K over time, and confirm kickoff timing. If timing is wrong, the team says so clearly.
Is my team included?
Membership is tied to the operator who owns outcomes. Bring live work from your team into sessions. Extra seats are handled case by case on the interview call.
What do weekly sessions look like?
You bring real channel work and live problems. An agentic engineer helps build loops and systems. These are working sessions, not lectures. Recordings are available.
How does the application process work?
Submit your application. The team reviews within 24 hours. Selected candidates get a short interview call. Then you join as a founding member if there is fit.
How do the 1:1 implementation hours work?
Five hours per quarter are included (20 hours per year) with a Search Atlas specialist. Bring a specific project. Additional hours are available at $100/hr.
Ready to build like a commander with the people who run this stack?
52 working sessions. 9 monthly with Manick. 20 hrs 1:1. Golden Loops installed. Unlock agentic swarms. Build with unlimited AI.
Apply for membershipApplication-only · Reviewed within 24 hours · Limited founding seats