Structured Professional Networking at Hourglass Brewing

I've run hundreds of events but never a networking night. Wanted to try one, and I wanted to design it to fix the parts that usually make these events a waste of time.

Standing around for an hour trading business cards and talking to maybe 2 people and heading home saying what a waste of time. This one runs different.

The format: Each person will engage in 6 structured 8-minute speed networking rounds. Each round runs on a timer that splits the 8 minutes evenly, one person speaks first, then the other, so both sides get equal airtime. When the round ends, the rotation moves you to a new person. No deciding who to connect with, no getting stuck. 15-minute break after round 3. Then 30 minutes open social after round 6.

The point of the night is reciprocal referrals and bouncing ideas off each other. The format is built to actually produce that.

Who this is for: business owners, salespeople, freelancers, entrepreneurs, consultants, working professionals. Anyone building something, growing something, or trying to solve something.

One rule: don't bring your pitch unless you want help improving it. The room is for real conversations, not sales presentations.

The tool we're using is FastRounds (fastrounds.com) which runs the timer and the rotation automatically.

Logistics:

• Thursday, May 21
• Hourglass Brewing, Longwood
• Arrive 6 PM for rounds 6:30-8 PM
• 8 PM 30-minute open social

See you there.

Paul

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