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Looking back, that $1200 'mastermind' group in Austin was a total waste
It was all hype and no real connections, just a bunch of people trying to sell to each other. I paid for a year up front thinking it would open doors, but I never got a single solid lead from it. Anyone have a better way to find a real, helpful network?
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nathan1931mo ago
Had the exact same thing happen with a "private networking group" in Denver ($900 for six months). Ended up bonding with one guy over how useless the main meetings were, and we just started swapping contractor recommendations over coffee instead. That's the only takeaway I got (literally just one real connection from the whole thing).
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elliot_johnson3mo ago
Yeah I read something about how the best networks form around shared work, not just paying for access. Like volunteering on a real project together builds way stronger bonds than those forced mixer events. Might be worth looking for a local group tackling an actual problem you care about.
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adams.harper3mo ago
Totally agree about the "shared work" thing @elliot_johnson. I dropped $800 on a "networking retreat" that was just awkward icebreakers. The only real contact I made was when a few of us got fed up and just started helping each other fix our actual websites over coffee. That felt real.
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