About MMC

We didn't name it after what we sell. We named it after a number we intend to change.

Illustration of five men standing together on a mountain summit at sunset
Mission

A Million Men Committed.

Committed to becoming better husbands, fathers, brothers and leaders across the 6 Pillars of Excellence.

Conceptual world map with red connections representing the Million Man Campaign
Vision

The Million Man Campaign.

A global movement of men who influence culture through Leadership, Legacy, and Freedom.

That's the whole thing. Not a club. Not a course library. A campaign with a headcount.

The brand architecture

This is MMC.

  1. The shield is what we recognize.Our unmistakable symbol of identity, belonging and the standard we carry.
  2. MMC is what we call it.The simple, powerful name of the brand and the movement.
  3. MMC Brotherhood is what we join.The community where men grow together through the Six Pillars of Excellence.
  4. Million Men Committed is who we become.Men committed to becoming better husbands, fathers, brothers and leaders.
  5. The Million Man Campaign is what we build.A global movement influencing culture through Leadership, Legacy and Freedom.

Why this exists

Something happened to men, and it wasn't weakness.

One in seven men now reports having no close friends at all — up from about one in thirty-three in 1990. The share of men with six or more close friends fell from more than half to roughly one in four over the same period. Men are significantly less likely than women to turn to a friend for emotional support.

Sources: Survey Center on American Life, American Perspectives Survey (2021); Pew Research Center.

Behind every one of those numbers is a specific man. He's providing. He's competent. He's respected at work. And he hasn't told anyone the truth about his marriage, his faith, or his fear in nine years, because there's nobody in his life whose job it is to ask.

He isn't weak. He's alone. And no man was ever built to hold the line by himself.

MMC exists to put men back next to each other — not in a comment section, but at a table.

Coach Michael Burt teaching a room of MMC men at The Greatness Factory in Nashville
Regional event Nashville, Tennessee — Coach Michael Burt at The Greatness Factory

What we built

An Operating System, not a content library.

Most men's programs hand you one log and send you home. You burn it in six weeks and go looking for the next one. That's why you've done this before and you're still looking.

The Fuel

The 6 Pillars. Faith, Fitness, Family, Friends, Finances, Fight. Thirty disciplines beneath them. They're not a secret — you could find a thousand videos on any one of them by lunch. On their own, they're information.

The Engines

The 5 Engines make it move. The Transformation Ecosystem turns knowing into doing. The Brotherhood Alliance puts the right men around you. The Brotherhood Economy turns trust into opportunity. Brotherhood Experiences forge what technology can only start. Brotherhood Legacy is where it all points.

The Vehicle

The Operating System — the thing that carries a man somewhere he'd never reach alone.

6Pillars of Excellence
5Engines of the system
30Disciplines fueling growth
1Brotherhood

Pour fuel into an engine and everything moves. That's the difference between watching a video about discipline and living inside a system that turns discipline into brotherhood, wealth and legacy.

See the 6 Pillars and their 30 disciplines →

The code we live by

The 7 Brotherhood Laws of MMC.

  1. Lead Yourself First

    A man who cannot govern himself cannot lead anything else. Discipline is the foundation of freedom. Before a man leads his family, his business, or his community, he must first master:

    • his habits
    • his mindset
    • his actions

    In MMC, every man takes responsibility for his life. No excuses. No victims. No passivity.

  2. Honor God, Family, and Brotherhood

    A man's priorities must be in order. Faith anchors his character. Family is his responsibility. Brotherhood is his strength.

    Men who walk alone eventually fall. But men who walk together grow stronger. MMC exists so that no man has to fight life's battles alone.

  3. Speak Truth and Live With Integrity

    A man's word must mean something. In a world full of deception and performance, MMC men commit to:

    • honesty
    • integrity
    • accountability

    Trust is the currency of brotherhood. Without truth, there is no trust. Without trust, there is no brotherhood.

  4. Pursue Strength in All Six Pillars

    A well-rounded man pursues strength in every area of life. MMC men train themselves daily in the six pillars:

    • Faith
    • Fitness
    • Family
    • Friends
    • Finances
    • Fight

    Neglecting any pillar weakens the man. Mastering all pillars builds a powerful life.

  5. Build, Don't Destroy

    The world has enough critics and complainers. MMC men are builders. They build:

    • families
    • businesses
    • communities
    • legacies

    When they see problems, they bring solutions. Builders leave the world better than they found it.

  6. Lift Your Brothers

    Brotherhood is not passive. MMC men actively support each other. They:

    • encourage each other
    • challenge each other
    • hold each other accountable

    When one man rises, the brotherhood rises. Success is not meant to be hoarded — it is meant to be multiplied.

  7. Leave a Legacy Worth Remembering

    Every man will leave something behind. The question is what. MMC men live with long-term vision. They are building lives that impact:

    • their children
    • their communities
    • future generations

    A man's legacy is not what he owns. It is who he becomes and who he raises.

MMC founders with a room full of young men from a fraternity chapter in Florida
The next generation Speaking to a fraternity chapter in Florida

How we're built

Belong first. Become when you're ready.

Brotherhood Access

Free and permanent.

The Founders' Table, the assessment, Fire to Fire, the podcast, the monthly pillar, and an invite link so you can bring a man in whether or not you ever pay us anything.

Join the Brotherhood →

Shield Bearer

$97 a month.

The Forge, the Oath, a 30-day mission, daily accountability, weekly coaching, the Brotherhood Economy, and the founder training vault.

Become a Shield Bearer →

We don't throw a man out because he hasn't pulled out a card. We also don't pretend the deep work is free. Those two things can both be true, and keeping them both true is most of what we think about.

What we refuse to be

Most of the men who find us have been through five versions of this already.

So here's what we won't do.

No fake scarcity.

If we say there are spots left, there are spots left.

No unearned titles.

Nobody is a Platinum Founding Elite for signing up. The first rank in here costs an oath said out loud.

No numbers we can't source.

There's a widely circulated statistic about the percentage of men who die without a close friend. We don't use it, because nobody can trace it to a real study and the men we serve check.

No pretending we're your brothers before we are.

A brotherhood is what you build at a table over months. It is not a welcome email.

Who's behind it

The men who built it, and the men who teach in it.

Executive Team

Bryon Jaymes
Bryon JaymesCave Commander & Founder
Bryan Dulaney
Bryan DulaneyChief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer & Founder
Joe Moffett
Joe MoffettChief Operations Officer & Founder
Josh Brown
Josh BrownChief Technology Officer
Troy Dooly
Troy DoolyGuardian of the Fight

Co-Founders

Troy Dooly
Troy Dooly
David Hughes
David Hughes
Dustin Hillis
Dustin Hillis
Benji Alexander
Benji Alexander

Mentors

Ryan D. Lee
Ryan D. Lee
Rylee Meek
Rylee Meek
Ray Higdon
Ray Higdon
Coach Micheal Burt
Coach Michael Burt

Mentors are men who teach inside MMC — they build the programs and lead the training that Shield Bearers get as part of membership.

Every one of these men takes his turn at the Founders' Table, where any man in the brotherhood, paying or not, can ask a question and get an answer from the man himself.

Faith

Where we stand.

MMC is built on a Christian foundation, and Faith is the pillar everything else gets built on. We're not going to be coy about that.

We're also not going to make a man pass a doctrinal test at the door. Men who are wrestling, men who walked away a decade ago, and men who've never set foot in a church are welcome at these tables, and some of the best men in this brotherhood walked in exactly that way.

We're not at a million yet.

Which means you're not member 47,000 of a faceless platform. You're early, in something still being built — and the men being built with you are the whole point.

Hold the line