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 […]