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  • REMINDER: Event TONIGHT, 4/1 at Firebird Tavern – No, This Isn’t an April Fool’s Day Joke

    REMINDER: Event TONIGHT, 4/1 at Firebird Tavern – No, This Isn’t an April Fool’s Day Joke

    No no, I get it, I do – I totally understand why we’ve gotten a couple dozen emails, tweets and walk-up questions asking us if we’re pulling a fast one by having scheduled an event for today.  Shame on us for spending the last 14 years being sarcastic laughing idiots I suppose… …but seriously, we…

  • The Dating Corollary: Breakup Netiquette

    The Dating Corollary: Breakup Netiquette

    As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), in the first follow up (and you read that one too, right? No? Go read it over here), and then in the next one about counter-offers over here, we’re going to chat about some of the similarities between the…

  • Don’t Be That Guy: The Hipstercrite

    Don’t Be That Guy: The Hipstercrite

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.”  – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank Ever since I wrote my entry about getting involved if you don’t like the changes going on in downtown Detroit, there’s been a lot of conversation about it. Hell, I wound up on Flashpoint with Devin Scillian over…

  • Live Broadcast Tonight, Event Wednesday Night, Star Wars Night, Blogs and More for 3/30/2015

    Live Broadcast Tonight, Event Wednesday Night, Star Wars Night, Blogs and More for 3/30/2015

    We didn’t get one of these updates out last week with everything going on, so we’ve got a lot to get to this time around.  The last couple episodes of our weekly live broadcast.  A whole bunch of blog entries.  We’ve got not one but two in-person networking events taking place this month…and in fact, we’ve…

  • TONIGHT: Pink Slip Party at Majestic Theater, 5pm Start Time

    TONIGHT: Pink Slip Party at Majestic Theater, 5pm Start Time

    Our next event will be a Pink Slip Party event, taking place TONIGHT – Thursday, March 19th at The Majestic Theater. If you’re not familiar with our Pink Slip Party events…you should be.  They’re on a whole different level from our casual networking social events like the one we had at Blackfinn last week.  Our…

  • Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Networking

    Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Networking

    There are a many reasons why you go to networking events.  You might be looking to make some connections in your target field.  You might be looking for a job, or you could be looking to hire someone.  You might be looking for customers to sell to, or you might be looking for suppliers to…