Business Networking Group in Hollywood

A group of 21 local professionals who show up for each other. One seat per business category means nobody in the room is your competition, so what gets exchanged is real help: advice, introductions, and referrals to people they trust. The mighty Hollywood chapter — for the past 5 years, building relationships and driving business among members. Membership consists primarily of Hollywood residents and local business owners. Meetings are tue 8:00 AM, Tue 8:00 AM at Hollywood, Florida. See who is already here, or visit a meeting and see whether it feels like your kind of room.

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On the ground in Hollywood

Business Networking in Hollywood, From People Who Work Here

The Hollywood chapter is a category-exclusive business networking group that meets tue 8:00 AM. Here is what members who sell into this market already know about it.

Hollywood Is Small Business Country

Walk Hollywood Boulevard around Young Circle and you get the whole picture in ten minutes: independent restaurants, studios, small offices above shopfronts, service businesses run by the person whose name is on the sign. Add the beach and the Broadwalk on one side, the healthcare campuses in the middle of the city, and neighborhoods that run west toward the Turnpike, and you have a business base that is unusually owner-operated for South Florida.

That shapes the referrals. There is less procurement and fewer committees here, so a recommendation goes straight to the person who can say yes. It also means members are selling to their neighbours, which raises the stakes on doing good work. A bad job in Hollywood gets around the same week.

The kind of member who fits this room

Trades and home services covering east Broward
Independent restaurants, retail and studio owners
Health, dental and wellness practices
Realtors working the older housing stock east of Federal
Insurance, accounting and legal for owner-run businesses

Next meetings

Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 AM Online / Zoom
Tuesday, September 1 at 8:00 AM Online / Zoom
Tuesday, September 15 at 8:00 AM Online / Zoom
Tuesday, September 29 at 8:00 AM Online / Zoom

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Before you visit

Hollywood Business Networking: Questions Guests Ask

Is the chapter tied to the tourism side of Hollywood?

Some members serve visitors, most do not. The beach and the Broadwalk are part of the local economy but the chapter is built around businesses that serve residents and other businesses year round.

I am in Dania Beach or Hallandale. Would I be out of place?

Not at all. Those cities blend straight into Hollywood and members regularly work across all three. Come and sit in on a meeting before you decide.

Most of my work comes from word of mouth already. What does joining add?

Structure, and reach past the people you already know. Word of mouth that happens by accident is slow. A chapter turns it into something that happens on a schedule, with people whose own reputation is on the line when they send you a customer.

Schedule Tue 8:00 AM