Ian Landsman is Starting From Scratch, December 3, 2007:
Chamber of Commerce
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What’s the modern day chamber of commerce? I’ve almost joined my local chamber a dozen times, but there’s just nothing there for me. I want to be part of the local business community, but they simply don’t provide services I find valuable. They’re not designed for a web based business. They’re not designed for a company that’s never sold a product in it’s own area code (that’s right, never one sale in 845). Bank financing, no thanks. Pitches from the local paper and discounts on ads .... uh no.
I suppose the various shareware associations are along the right lines, but I’ve been a member of those before and don’t find them to be that great either. I think there’s an opportunity in there somewhere, but I can’t put my finger on it.
Discussion
You got me. Our small 2-man software shop actually joined the local Chamber of Commerce. I even sat in on a "tips group"--if one of the members sold, say, some new carpet to a new business in town, they'd share the contact info with the group in case said new business also needed some financing, some window cleaning services, or...some enterprise software development? Yeah. We didn't renew our membership.
Created by Stephen on 12.08.2007 12:13 am