Connect Over Coffee: Real Connections. No Ghosting. Great Coffee.

CONNECT OVER COFFEE
A guided networking experience by Connect 4 · The Melanin Marketer

This is not a mixer.
This is not speed networking.
This is Connect 4.
Come for the connection. Stay for the community. ☕💜

You have been to networking events before.
You showed up. You smiled. You worked the room.
And still drove home feeling like nobody really saw you.
Or you exchanged cards with someone who seemed genuinely interested — and got completely ghosted.

Connect Over Coffee was built for the 66% of Black entrepreneurs who are tired of that.

Here is what you can expect:

We See You.
Every single person in that room gets seen and heard. No exceptions. No wallflowers. No invisible people. That is not a promise. That is the experience.

Ghost Who? 👻
Before you leave that room somebody already has your number AND a reason to use it. No ghosting. Guaranteed.

Connection Meets Community.
You came for the connection. You stayed for the community. You left with collaborators — not just contacts.

This event is for you if:

• You are a Black entrepreneur or creative who is done leaving networking events empty handed
• You are an introvert who wants to connect but needs a structured safe space to do it
• You are tired of pitching to people who never asked and being pitched to by people you never wanted to hear from
• You are ready to find your Connector. Your Encourager. Your Mentor. Your Sponsor.

This event is NOT for you if:

• You want to pitch your business to a captive audience
• You are looking for a mixer with a DJ and a bar tab
• You are not serious about building real community

And that is completely OK. Connect 4 is not for everyone. But for the ones it IS for — it will change how you network forever.

EVENT DETAILS:
📅 Saturday, August 29, 2026
🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 PJ's Coffee · Bowie, MD
🎟 50 spots only

$15 — includes $5 PJ's food & beverage gift card