The Business Meetup Network is a free local community for business owners, professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and normal humans who want real conversations, better connections, useful resources, and more opportunities to grow.
No weird networking pressure. No fake business card swaps. Just people showing up, helping each other, learning together, and building something stronger locally.
Start where you are. Join the community for free, get coaching and accountability, or have Charlie help build the systems behind your business.
For people who want real connections, business conversations, local events, referrals, community, and free resources.
For business owners who need a coach, mentor, accountability partner, and systems-minded guide to help them move forward.
For business owners who want the back-end machine built for them so leads, follow-up, forms, calendars, automations, and client communication work cleaner.
BMN is not just another email list. It is the front door into a growing local community for business, creativity, support, and real opportunities.
Meet local business owners, creatives, freelancers, founders, professionals, and people who want to grow without the fake networking energy.
Get opportunities for event mentions, newsletters, recaps, sponsor spotlights, social posts, and The Builders Table interviews.
Build trust with people who can introduce you to customers, collaborators, partners, community leaders, and new opportunities.
Access audits, guides, checklists, tools, partner offers, and training to simplify your business and keep moving forward.
Stay in the loop on Lunch & Learns, Thursday Power Hours, Saturday community events, and special local gatherings.
You do not have to own a business to belong. You can come to make friends, network, learn, and be around good people.
Join the list to get exact locations, RSVP links, reminders, and updates as new host locations and community partners are added.
Short, useful business sessions with practical lessons, Q&A, systems, AI, marketing, follow-up, and growth topics.
Weekly after-work networking with casual conversations, coffee, local business owners, and real relationships.
Rotating host locations, sponsor businesses, local experiences, demos, discounts, resources, and community support.
We partner with cafes, restaurants, coworking spaces, bookstores, studios, local businesses, nonprofits, and community spaces that want more visibility, more foot traffic, and stronger local relationships.
Bring good people through your doors and become part of the weekly rhythm of the community.
Support free local events while getting newsletter, social, event, and community visibility.
Strong community partners may become a fit for The Builders Table interview series.
Events are added as local hosts confirm. The network list is where members get first announcements, location details, RSVP links, reminders, and partner opportunities.
BMN is building relationships with coffee shops, restaurants, coworking spaces, bookstores, community spaces, and small businesses around Ann Arbor and beyond.
You do not need more random tools. You need a clearer plan, better follow-up, stronger systems, and someone helping you stay focused long enough to make it work.
Get help clarifying what matters, creating a plan, following through, and staying out of the weeds.
Build cleaner forms, calendars, CRM, follow-up, automations, and client communication so fewer opportunities fall through the cracks.
Keep improving with regular support, training, troubleshooting, and growth guidance after the system is built.
Give people value right away. These resources help members simplify their business, learn faster, and get connected.
Review your tools and find ways to save time, money, and missed leads.
Try CRM, funnels, calendars, forms, automations, follow-up, and business tools in one place.
Step-by-step emails to help clean up, automate, and grow your business.
Helpful resources and referral links for tools like Google Workspace, Mercury, and other business basics.
Watch stories from local business owners and apply to be featured when it makes sense.
The Builders Table is a conversation series featuring local business owners, creators, entrepreneurs, and community builders. It helps people share their story, build trust, and become more visible in the local community.
I’m a coach, teacher, entrepreneur, photographer, creator, community builder, and business systems guy. After years of building, teaching, creating, living internationally, and starting over more than once, I’ve learned that people do better when they have meaningful relationships, clear systems, and a reason to keep moving forward.
That is why I started the Business Meetup Network. I wanted to create a place where local business owners, professionals, creatives, and everyday people could meet in real life, build trust, learn together, and find opportunities without the fake networking pressure.
I also run Shirley’s Fund, a nonprofit focused on mental health, arts, and community support. Across business, community, coaching, nonprofit work, music, photography, camp projects, and family responsibilities, the mission is the same: build a meaningful life, build stronger relationships, and help people move forward.
Use this QR section for flyers, events, table cards, and conversations. People can scan the code, join the network, choose how they want to participate, get free resources, and stay connected after they meet you.
Join the network, become a community partner, access resources, apply for The Builders Table, take the tech audit, try GHL, or connect through the main dot profile.
Attend events, make friends, grow your business, become a community partner, get free resources, or ask for help building the systems behind your business.