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Williams Academy

Williams Academy is for business owners at every stage. Learn practical business building from a successful housebuilder.

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Pricing
$27.76 a monthWell above the business median of $7.
Size
136 membersBigger than 19% of the business communities indexed here.
Revenue ceiling
$3,775 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
Platform
Circle
Category
Business
Last verified
8 October 2026

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About Williams Academy

Williams Academy is for business owners at every stage. Learn practical business building from a successful housebuilder.

Why you should join: BUILT courses for starters, operators, demand, profit and leaders, practical scorecards, planners and templates with every lesson, a monthly live Q&A with founder Matthew Horncastle and regular member check-ins. Membership is $27.76 a month.

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The one-liner

Practical business courses and community from the founder of a large housebuilder.

What they actually sell

Williams Academy is run by Matthew Horncastle. The page shows $27.76 a month or $277.56 a year, with a seven-day refund window and cancel anytime. Members get five live courses, BUILT for Starters, Operators, Demand, Profit and Leaders, with tools such as scorecards and planners, a new course each month and a monthly Q&A. Anyone copying this should notice that the sale rests on one clear outcome rather than a long feature list.

Who pays and why

Business owners who want help with real decisions, not theory. The pull is learning from someone who scaled a company from a solo builder. They pay for five BUILT courses, scorecards and planners, a monthly live Q&A and a member community. The emotional pull is being around people chasing the same thing, which matters as much as any single lesson.

Where the members come from

Matthew Horncastle's name is on the Circle page, so members most likely come from existing work, clients and followers rather than cold traffic. The page itself links no social channels, which suggests growth comes from an audience built elsewhere.

What's holding it back

One founder's story carries the brand, so members are buying his time as much as the lessons.

Steal this

Order your lessons in the sequence real decisions come up, from starting to leading a team.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for any founder with a large business behind them. Weak for teachers without that track record.

Written 9 October 2026

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