Entrepreneur · Founder · Speaker · Brooklyn, NY

I build businesses that let people keep what they earn.

Payments for business owners. Mindset and money education for the people coming up behind them. Different companies, one question underneath all of them: where is value leaking, and how do we keep it?

See what I'm building → Book me to speak
Michael Ducille Now buildingKeepwell Payments
Right now Helping business owners stop losing their margin to card fees with Keepwell Payments.
01 — Ventures

What I'm building

Each company stands on its own site. This is where they live together.

Now buildingPayments · Founder

Keepwell Payments

An independent payments agency for owners who'd rather keep their margin than hand it to card fees. Cash discount, surcharge or interchange-plus — every fee explained before anyone signs, and a real person to call.

Visit keepwellpayments.com →
Who it's for
Restaurants · Auto shops · Salons & barbers · Contractors · Retail · Medical & dental
Start here
Free statement review — see what card fees are really costing you.
Since 2018 · Founder

The 1 Percent Mindset

Speaking, coaching and educational programming built on one idea: find your psychological advantage, then act on it. The D.I.P. Method — Discipline, Impact, Process.

the1percentmindset.com → Since 2019 · Youth

Leave a Legacy

A youth entrepreneurship program, now an eight-module course with student and teacher logins — built for schools and community partners.

Explore the course → Nonprofit

The 1 Percent Mindset Foundation

Raising funds so financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs reach young people who can't pay for them.

Support the Foundation → Since 2024 · Founder

The 1PM Group

Financial education for business owners — closing the knowledge gap so families start with structure, not catch-up.

the1pmgroup.com →
02 — About

The person, not the product.

I started out teaching people how to think — on stages, in classrooms, in coaching sessions and on a daily podcast about the decisions that compound. As an NLP master practitioner, my craft was helping people see what was actually driving them.

Over time that work kept pointing at money: business owners leaking margin they'd already earned, families who were never shown how the system works, young people starting from catch-up instead of structure. So I started building companies that fix those leaks directly.

Keepwell Payments is the business I'm building for the long haul, and it sits alongside everything else I've started — none of it has ended. The brand isn't any one company — it's the way I build them.

  • Founder
  • Speaker
  • NLP Master Practitioner
  • Coach
  • Podcast Host
Chapters — all still going
  1. 2018 — PresentThe 1 Percent MindsetSpeaking, coaching, the podcast.
  2. 2019 — PresentLeave a LegacyYouth entrepreneurship in schools.
  3. 2024 — PresentThe 1PM GroupFinancial education for business owners.
  4. 2026 — PresentKeepwell PaymentsPayments that work for the owner.
03 — Speaking

Bring me into the room.

Keynotes, workshops and multi-week programs for schools, districts, community organizations and business groups.

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TopicThinking like an ownerEntrepreneurship for students and first-time founders.
TopicKeep what you earnWhere small businesses quietly lose margin — and how to stop it.
TopicFinancial literacy that sticksCollege transition and money basics for teens.
TopicDiscipline, Impact, ProcessThe D.I.P. Method for personal performance.
04 — Contact

Pick your door.

For your business Get a free card-fee review from Keepwell Payments. Start the review → Speaking & programs Book a keynote, workshop or youth program. Request a booking → Everything else Partnerships, press, or the next idea. Talk to me directly. michaelducille@gmail.com →