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Sunday evening, about eighty Canucks, and a dozen Americans who crashed the bash, got IEG off to a rocking start with Canada Night. Besides the drinks and apps….the social got me thinking about something.
It amazes me how people who live and work in the same city, and the same industry, have to go all the way to Chicago to meet one another. If Person A had tried to reach out to Person B and randomly arrange a meet up, their odds of success might not be very high. But put drinks and snacks in the hands of the same two people in a low key Chicago sports bar, throw in some name tags and you’ve got an instant business opportunity sparking.
We work in a people business. A relationship driven industry. Whether we are sellers, buyers, advisers, or inventors…we can get a lot more done when we aren’t at our desks.