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How a matchmaking event that works gets built.
186 articles on running, hosting and selling B2B matchmaking events.
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You can profit from business matchmaking even with no experience
How to prepare for your first business matchmaking event, work the room without a track record, and turn the contacts you make into real commercial opportunities.
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Your next source of income could be a business matchmaking event
How business matchmaking can drive new sources of income for your company or your career, with strategies for maximising opportunities and closing advantageous...
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Business matchmaking: how to find commercial partnerships
Before going into a business matchmaking event, be clear about your objectives and what you want to offer in a partnership. How to find strategic commercial...
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Strategies for ensuring a positive return on investment
Not every contact has to result in immediate investment. The strategies that ensure a positive return on what you invest in a business matchmaking event.
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Key trends in funding rounds
This article explores some of the main trends in funding rounds and shares tips on how to stand out in a highly competitive environment.
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Speed networking: benefits, format and when it pays off most
Speed networking packs many short conversations into a little time. The real benefits of the format, how to prepare, and how it differs from business matchmaking.
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Stand out at business events
Standing out at a business event is not being the loudest in the room. It is being the person others remember when a problem you solve comes up.
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Business matchmaking: 7 mistakes to avoid
Seven mistakes appear at practically every matchmaking event, and all of them are avoidable with preparation. The worst happens afterwards and cancels everything...
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Business matchmaking: building commercial relationships
A commercial relationship is not accumulated charm. It is a record of commitments kept. The five phases of a partnership, and how to measure whether it works.
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Speed networking: the art of making connections
Speed networking is networking with a clock: short, sequential meetings with equal time for everyone. How to size it, how to take part and how to run it.
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B2B matchmaking events
Before you attend a B2B matchmaking event, decide what you want from it. Ask yourself what you are actually there to achieve, and prepare accordingly.
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Ten tips for effective networking
If you are about to attend a business matchmaking event, here are ten practical tips for networking that produces something, from setting your objectives to...
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The playbook for running a matchmaking event
How to size the room, how many rounds fit your schedule, what to ask on the registration form, and what to put in front of the sponsor afterward. It is what we would tell you on a call if you asked where to start.
- The tables, seats and rounds math, worked through with real numbers
- The checklist for the day before and the day itself
- The mistakes that cost the most, and how to dodge them