Austin Brainstorming Meetup 1st meeting at the Business Success Center will focus on networking best practices for introverts and other shy creatures. Presented originally for SXSW. it presents a way to stay true to yourself as an introvert and demonstrate the value to extroverts of networking with an introvert. This is an interactive session.
BOSS-Talks Business Tools: Standing Out in the Crowd
If you are in business or you are the business, this program will show you how to stand out in the minds and hearts of your market. It takes some planning, decision-making, and sticking to a system – all of which will be discussed.
Standing out combines networking with prospecting and mentoring. So you will also get a good understanding of how these words differ and relate.
Your Takeaway: This short program is not to teach you “hype sales”; it is part of a systematic approach to give your market the opportunity to buy what you have to sell at a price you can both agree on.
Who should attend: business owners, business owners who hate sales, business owners who love to learn new sales processes, independent sales people
Presenter: Jan Triplett, CEO, Business Success Center & BOSS-Talks Host
Part of the Profit-Mover Program from the Business Success Center
Be prepared to introduce yourself and add your thoughts.
Here’s how to join our webinar:
BOSS-Talks: Standing Out in a Crowd
Tue, Jul 11, 2017 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CDT
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/987645429
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (224) 501-3412
Access Code: 987-645-429
First GoToMeeting? Try a test session: http://help.citrix.com/getready
BOSS-Talks Business Tools Lunch and Learn meets online every 1st Tuesday of the month except May and August at Noon Central Time. The next BOSS-Talks Business Tools is August 8 at Noon online. The topic is “Organizing Your World to Hire an Intern or Temp”.
Business Growth 2.1, part of Austin Small Business Festival
Does your business have growing “pains”? Getting to that next level always brings its own tough challenges and opportunities.
Go beyond general business management all the way to specific “Business Growth 2.1.”
Join us and other growing companies for continental breakfast, networking, specific growth opportunities, mentoring, special guests, and more.
We’ll explore the big picture owner-investor point of view. Then we’ll show you how to start thinking about how to better allocate your money, management process, and marketing dollars.
Who should come: business owners, partners, and investors in growing companies. This is an intermediate/advanced program and not for startups.
4 real benefits you will takeaway from Business Growth 2.1:
- 6X6: 6 key secrets to success of 6 key plans — Funding, Marketing, Operations & Personnel Management, Social Media, Sales, and IP/Legal
- Asset-building strategies for growing your balance sheet through real estate
- SBA loan guarantee programs that fit into your growth plans
- Stand out in the crowd: one-on-one mentoring and networking opportunities
See you at breakfast!
BOSS-Talks Business Tools: Why Networking Extroverts Need Introverts
Networking is different for introverts and extroverts but they need each other to be more succesful. Each looks at goals differently and each adds value to completion of goals. Join this discussion to learn how to extend your own mutually beneficial network and work together. Gives you time to get ready for some upcoming events you might want to attend.
Who should attend: both extroverts and introverts!
Your Takeway: Spend part of your lunch time with us to explore your options and re-think your current networking process. Be prepared to introduce yourself and add your thoughts.
Presenter: Jan Triplett, CEO, Business Success Center & BOSS-Talks Host
Part of the Profit-Mover Program from the Business Success Center
Please RSVP for this event at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-talks-why-networking-extroverts-need-introverts-tickets-30863928842
Here’s how to join our webinar:
BOSS-Talks Why Networking Extroverts Need Introverts
Tue, Mar 7, 2017 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM CST
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/373992125
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States +1 (571) 317-3112
Access Code: 373-992-125
First GoToMeeting? Try a test session: http://help.citrix.com/getready
Part of the Profit-Mover Program from the Business Success Center. We open doors to your business success!
BOSS-Talks Business Tools Lunch and Learn meets online every 1st Tuesday of the month at Noon Central Time. The next BOSS-Talks Business Tools is “”Working Together without Killing Each Other” April 4 at Noon online. You can RSVP for this event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-talks-working-together-without-killing-each-other-tickets-31233675765
July Networking Meeting for 1st Looks Mentees
Step 8 of the 1st Looks Mentoring Program. Open networking meeting ONLY for former 1st Looks Mentoring program participants.
Bring your questions and news to share. We will provide legal, sales, and funding mentors to listen and advise. Meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday, noon – 1. Ok to be a little late. It just means you have a little less time to talk.
You may bring your lunch. We will provide drinks and desserts.
Another growth program from the Business Success Center to take your business to the top.
1st Looks Mentee Networking Group June
ONLY for former 1st Looks Mentoring program participants.
Bring your questions and news to share. We will provide legal, sales, and funding mentors to listen and advise. Meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday, noon – 1. Ok to be a little late. It just means you have a little less time to talk.
You may bring your lunch. We will provide drinks and desserts.
Another growth program from the Business Success Center to take your business to the top.
Networking is about Saying “No”
(Excerpt from The Networker’s Guide to Success by Jan Triplett)
Sometimes, you just need to say “NO”!
Not all groups are right for you to join and give your valuable time and effort. Not all people are key to your networking success. It’s not about the numbers. It’s about knowing when to say “Yes” and more importantly, when to say “No”.
There have been times when I just said no. That’s hard for those of us who use networking to do, but it’s vital.
At some point your time, money, and energy run out. Before it gets to be a crisis, back off for a while. Reconsider how you are networking. Remember, you are responsible for helping your current networks as well as helping yourself. In networking, you have to be constantly on the lookout for new additions and people to add to your current networks, or even new networks to join. In addition, other people will invite you to join their network. You are going to have to say “no” or “not right now” to some of them. It’s okay.
In Austin, there are between ten and twenty new networks, Meetup groups, and new formal and informal associations that are formed each month. An equal number fold or change. There may be even more opportunities where you live. You have to decide what’s right for you and what’s not.
Take a minute to consider how much time, effort and money you’re willing to invest and at what rate of return. Make sure you also consider what you can invest. Say “yes” to the people, organizations, meetings, lunches, etc. with the highest value to meet your goals; say “no” to the rest. You can always change your mind if your situation or theirs changes.
For ways to look at organizations before you take the plunge, read my post about what’s wrong with many networking meetings. You also might want to check out Jerry Ussem’s post that discusses various experts opinions on why it pays to be a jerk sometimes. He quotes research from the University of Amsterdam that found that semi-obnoxious behavior not only can make a person seem more powerful, but can make them more powerful. Your goal should be to be ok with being perceived as obnoxious by some if you say “no”.
More ideas on networking success are in The Networker’s Guide to Success ebook available from the Business Success Center and online at Apple, Amazon and Nook.
1st Looks Mentee Networking Meeting March
1st Looks
Step 8 of the 1st Looks Mentoring Program™. Open networking meeting ONLY for former 1st Looks Mentoring program participants.
Bring your questions and news to share. We will provide legal, sales, and funding mentors to listen and advise. Meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday, noon – 1. Ok to be a little late. It just means you have a little less time to talk.
You may bring your lunch. We will provide drinks and desserts.
Another growth program from the Business Success Center to take your business to the top.
Mentoring Is All About Choice
Do you want to find a mentor? Do you want to be a mentor? As Pamela Ryckman says, the author of Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business., “Mentoring—or at minimum connecting with a variety of people in all industries and age groups—has never been more important.”
Having a successful experience as a mentor or as a mentee is dependent on the choices you make before and during the relationship. You can be better prepared to use mentoring if you understand what each side is expecting and what choices have to be made. If you already use mentoring, consider how you made your choices. There are ways to improve the experience for both of you. [Read more…]
Pivotal Career Moment for an Intern
John Hamilton, Production Manager
I attended a recent NBX Meetup. The table topic question being asked was, “What was one pivotal moment in your life or career that got you to where you are today.”
I thought about my own pivotal moment, a forwarded email that I received from a St. Edwards University advisor in late April of this year. A small business strategy firm was looking for an intern. After a few interviews, I got the internship at the Business Success Center. [Read more…]