Networking
I’ve been a member of Leighton Buzzard Business Club for some 15 years. This is a collection of local businesses who meet on a Wednesday morning at 7am with a view to networking. Over the years there has been a trickle of excellent leads, but the main reason for my attendance is the tremendous amount of information that I have accumulated about running a business. Whether it is new technology, somebody who has a solution to an issue or just a sympathetic ear, it keeps me going back on Wednesday mornings. Sometimes with quite the hangover.
http://www.lbbiz.co.uk/why-running-a-business-is-like-competing-in-the-olympics-honest/
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