Posts from — September 2007

Dan McComb is Co-founder of Biznik, an online business networking community built around member hosted events.

Josh: Dan, how do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Dan McComb: Business networking is making things happen for other people so that they’ll make things happen for you. In that order (most people get it backwards). Business networking is particularly important to indie biz, because when you’re small, collaboration is a much surer path to success than competition.

Josh: Can you share a couple of ideas that someone could put into practice that would help them to improve their business networking skills?  Click to read the full post...

Tatsuya Nakagawa is co-founder of Atomica Creative Group, a specialized strategic product marketing firm. He has assisted Bridgestone, Hitachi and other global companies in their early stage deployments and has been involved in many successful product launches in North America, Europe and Asia in several industries. He has co-authored Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of Innovation.

Josh: How do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Tatsuya Nakagawa: Business networking is about learning about people and finding opportunities to make a difference in their professional or personal life. This usually involves being proactive and making the first move.  Click to read the full post...

Becky McCray is an entrepreneur, business consultant and blogger at Small Biz Survival. She created her first blog in 2003. Becky started blogging to share some of the terrific small business resources available. To share her skills, she helps businesses maintain their web presence.

Josh: Becky, how do you define Business Networking and why do you feel it is important?

Becky McCray: Business networking is reaching out to people. Business is all about people and relationships. If you aren’t actively reaching out to new people, you are stagnating within a static pool of people, and your business probably shows it.  Click to read the full post...