First Connect Networking Meeting
$25 To cover breakfast and coffee
Business Networking can be too formal, serious or over the top rigid with regulations.
They can also be too relaxed to last.
A long-standing IT Company with security, and software devolpment arms. "Freedom With Technology".
An accountant and business analyst dealing with startups, venture capital and corporates.
Doing valuable work with our youth. Providing the guidance that would otherwise be lacking.
Legal, dealing with business, family or property law. There would be a strong synergies.
Our insurance and fincancial expert. A multi-site corporate in this industry.
In business for the past 30 years while not a large corporate, there is a rich history with AKL business.
Leadership training. Involving themselves with the growth of business of all sizes.
Dealing with utility organisations, council & large corporations in Traffic Management & related industries.
Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, Youtube. We seriously need your skills.
Real estate agencies benefit any related transactions that take place within the group .
Any tradies, plumbers, electricians, builders, motor trade or related industries.
A travel agent or someone working in the travel industry. Getting NZ back on the map.
A pest control company with good contacts in the restaurant and food retail business.
To complement our online businesses, i.e. social media and web design.
This is a broad field - take your pick, we'd have and opening for you.
Anyone who can both benefit and contribute to a group of serious professionals.
Please complete the web form here, or call Andy Rolston: 021 064 1123 or Uli Knapp: 021 640 833 if you need more information.
Sure. Bring $25 with you to cover the breakfast. We’d love to meet you and allow 2 free visits before joining.
We meet at Gilli Cafe in Newmarket at 7am every 2nd Friday.
43 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland
The meeting takes place in a break-out room.
Yes, while we’re a small group, we still believe in an agenda.
At every meeting one of us gets 10-20 minutes to present their business.
Each member gets a ca. 2 minute opportunity to present their business.
We’re quite open about questions and banter during this time.
One member will present a business tip.
If there is time, we have a meeting wrap up or a general discussion.
There is an annual membership fee of $250 plus GST. A portion of this is allocated to costs and the remainder goes into our social fund.
On arrival we each pay $25 per meeting for breakfast and coffee.
Yes, there is an expectation that you attend meetings.
We do however not insist on substitutes in the event that you cannot attend.
Our members turn up because the meetings are beneficial and fun.
We generally allow only on member per category. Where there is a clash, the incumbent member will get preference. In some categories a there may be an overlap. The parties will decide how that will be managed within the group.
Give Andy a call or register your interest on the form.
We’ll let you know when the next meeting is and discuss anything else that you may want to know.
Come along, we’d love to meet you and we trust that you will benefit from joining our group.
Andy Rolston: 021 064 1123