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Get local visibility
Your business can be featured in event listings, emails, social posts, event recaps, and community announcements.
Host or Sponsor a Business Meetup
Bring local business owners through your doors.
The Business Meetup Network partners with local cafes, restaurants, coworking spaces, bookstores, studios, and community spaces that want more visibility, more relationships, and more good people discovering what they offer.
Main CTA: reach out through my dot profile with your business name, location, capacity, best days/times, and whether you want to host, sponsor, or explore a collaboration.
Why host or sponsor?
This is designed to be simple for the host and valuable for the business community.
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Increase foot traffic
Bring local business owners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals into your space.
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Build real relationships
Connect with people who may become customers, referral partners, collaborators, supporters, or repeat visitors.
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Support the community
Help create a useful gathering place where local builders can meet, learn, share ideas, and support each other.
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Showcase your space
Let people experience your atmosphere, food, drinks, services, staff, products, and brand in a natural way.
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Potential story feature
Strong host partners may also be a fit for The Builders Table interview series and business storytelling content.
Event formats we can explore.
Different spaces work for different rhythms. The goal is to choose the format that helps your business and gives attendees a good experience.
Wednesday • 12:00–12:45 PM
Lunch & Learns
Short, useful business sessions for owners, freelancers, and professionals. Great for coworking spaces, bookstores, offices, cafes, and community rooms.
Thursday • 5:30–6:30 PM
Power Hour
Casual after-work networking, conversation, coffee, drinks, or light food. Best for businesses that want a consistent weekly or monthly local rhythm.
Saturday • 2:00–4:00 PM
Community Meetups
Open community networking events at rotating local locations. Good for cafes, restaurants, breweries, bookstores, event rooms, studios, and unique spaces.
Good Host Fits
Spaces that already bring people together.
The best host locations are welcoming, easy to find, comfortable for conversation, and open to having local business owners, creators, and professionals gather in a relaxed way.
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Cafes and coffee shopsGreat for casual networking, Lunch & Learns, and recurring community rhythm.
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Restaurants and breweriesGreat for Saturday community meetups and after-work gatherings.
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Coworking and office spacesGreat for workshops, business education, founders, freelancers, and professionals.
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Bookstores and creative spacesGreat for thoughtful conversations, community programming, and local culture.
How it works.
Simple, low-pressure, and built around making the event a win for everyone involved.
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Reach out
Contact me through my dot profile and share basic information about your business or space.
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Pick a format
We choose whether a Lunch & Learn, Power Hour, Saturday meetup, or sponsor opportunity makes the most sense.
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Promote it
The event can be shared through the network list, website, social posts, and local outreach.
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Host the room
People show up, connect, support the space, and learn more about your business naturally.
What to Send
Interested? Send me the basics.
The fastest way to start is to contact me through my dot profile and include enough detail so I can understand what kind of event or sponsor opportunity may fit.
Include this information:
- Business name and website or social link
- Location and parking/access notes
- Capacity for a casual group conversation
- Best days and times for slower or ideal traffic windows
- What you want: host, sponsor, collaborate, or be featured
- Any offer you want attendees to know about, such as a discount or special
Sponsor Options
You do not have to host to support the network.
Some businesses may want visibility without providing a space. Sponsor opportunities can include newsletter mentions, event support, attendee discounts, resource offers, giveaways, or collaboration around a specific business topic.
Scan + Contact
Scan the QR code and reach out.
My dot profile has the best current contact links, social profiles, business resources, and ways to connect. Send me a message with your host or sponsor interest and the details listed above.
Main CTA
Ready to host or sponsor?
Contact me through my dot profile with your business name, location, ideal day/time, capacity, and what kind of collaboration you want to explore.