The Human Equation – a Conversation with Randy Gordon
Part 5 of series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon. This time, we dug deep into home-based businesses, networking groups and the hunger for human connection. Randy: I want to go back to something you said about home-based businesses and tell you that we do have a pretty good share of […]
A Bad Fit – a Conversation with Randy Gordon
Part 4 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon answers who is *not* a good fit for the Chamber. Nate: So what would not be a good fit for the Chamber, and why? Randy: Well, I think small business owners who have virtually no employees are a very difficult fit. […]
Good Fits – A Conversation with Randy Gordon
Part 3 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon discusses which types of businesses benefit most from the Chamber of Commerce. Nate: What category of business is the best fit for chamber membership? Who gets the most value out of it if they attend? And what category of business might not […]
TIME POVERTY – A Conversation with Randy Gordon
Part 2 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon discusses the negative effects time poverty has on healthy networking. Nate: So the main objection that you’re hearing from Chamber members is: “I don’t have enough time?” Randy: Yeah, we hear that a lot. For example, if somebody’s joined, then ten months […]
The Upsides & Downsides of Metro Chambers
Part 1 of our series on small business networking groups, Randy Gordon does a deep dive on the upsides and downsides of large metro Chambers of Commerce, and how business owners should navigate them. Randy: Sometimes, chambers that are big—our chamber’s got a $1.5M budget with only seven employees, but the chambers of Los […]
