How To Meet Other Entrepreneurs

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By Bruce Freeman - Scripps Howard News:
A great way to meet other business owners is to take a class with them. You get to learn something that helps your business and, in the process, meet other entrepreneurs who are going through the same experience. To find a business class or workshop near you, check out your nearest Small Business Development Center, Small Business Association, Chamber of Commerce or community college.

According to Kira Wampler of Intuit, ‘If you don’t have time to attend a class or group meeting, you can also connect with people online. There are many growing communities of new business owners who help each other figure out issues such as how to get people to visit your business’s Web site.’

JumpUp.com is a social networking site that is specifically designed to help new business owners like you meet other entrepreneurs and business experts. Here you can highlight your business by creating a profile and browse the profiles of other business owners by industry. You can connect with other members by e-mail or add them to your contact list. There are also a variety of online forums. One such forum is called ‘The Coffee Break’ and is a perfect place to simply chat and network with other entrepreneurs from the U.S. and around the world.

Another option is to use the Web to find a local group of business owners who regularly meet. To do this, check out Meetup.com. This website helps you search for groups of people with similar interests in or near your town who get together in person. To find a Small Business Meetup, go to the site and search under ’small business’ or ‘entrepreneur’ and enter the zip code of the largest town near you. If you don’t find any Small Business Meetups nearby, you may consider starting one yourself.

Many entrepreneurs meet and network online. LinkedIn.com. is a good example of a networking site where you can search and connect with just about anyone including former colleagues, old friends and other small business owners in your industry and proximity.

 

By MrsMoney on November 29th, 2007
In: Tips / Dicas, Entrepreneurial Lifestyle / Empreendedor, Networking, Posts In English, Small Business, How to  | 

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