The worst part of networking is the first ninety seconds. We removed it.
Five rounds, five minutes. You always talk to the person across from you. At every seat there's a question already written for the two of you — and not one of them is about your business.
Volunteers only, names drawn live. A lender, an insurance agent, someone from the county and an owner who's seen it all ask you the things your friends won't.
Twenty-four people. One per category — one lender, one insurer, one contractor. When a category fills, it's closed. No walk-ins.
Six to a table. One person is the anchor and never moves; everyone else shifts one seat along the loop when the host calls it. After five rounds you've had a real conversation with every person at your table — no repeats, nobody missed. You don't have to remember any of this. It's printed on your card.
Rounds hasn't happened yet. Before anyone pays for a seat, we want to know whether the questions actually work — whether a stranger reads one and starts talking, or reads it and shrugs.
That's the whole ask: eight questions, about six minutes. No pitch, no mailing list, no obligation to attend anything.
None of them are about your business. We're not going to tell you what we do with them — you'll find out at the table.
Answer them like you'd tell someone, not like you'd fill in a form — a couple of sentences with a bit of detail beats a tidy one-liner. If one doesn't suit you, ask for a different one — you get two swaps.