Building Your Business – “Social Networking”

Karen Klein will give a presentation and analysis of Business Internet Presence & Social Networking

What’s worth while and what isn’t? What works for your particular business and what may just be a waste of time? Karen Klein, of Silver Planet (silverplanet.com) will lead us through this constantly changing labyrinth.

Invite a friend or associate to join us for this exciting discussion — and another cup of BBC!

SUPPORT WINSLOW WAY BUSINESSES: CONSIDER SHOPPING OR DINING ALONG WINSLOW WAY THIS WEEKEND.

To stay abreast of 2011 Winslow Way reconstruction, go to: http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/winslow_way_reconstruction.aspx

And From Winslow Street Smarts: http://www.winslowstreetsmarts.com/p/overview.html

3 June 2011 – BBC Friday – What is your “favorite business book”?

If you actually have a copy of the book, bring it with you.

If you’ve actually written a review of it, bring that with you, too.

Or maybe you just have a few great quotes from the book.

Invite a friend or associate to join us for this exciting discussion — and another cup of BBC!

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – moderated discussion
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

SUPPORT WINSLOW WAY BUSINESSES: CONSIDER SHOPPING OR DINING ALONG WINSLOW WAY THIS WEEKEND.

To stay abreast of 2011 Winslow Way reconstruction, go to: http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/winslow_way_reconstruction.aspx

And From Winslow Street Smarts: http://www.winslowstreetsmarts.com/p/overview.html

There will be no BBC this Friday, May 27th, for the Memorial Day Holiday.

Have fun everyone.

Be safe.

But not so safe you don’t have fun.

Our next BBC Friday will be on June 3rd.

20 May 2011 – BBC Friday – Open Discussion

Join us for another cup of BBC Friday @ Flowering Around.

AND don’t forget the great new resource on our BBC website: GeoSalesTax, “Sales Tax Automation For Everyone”

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Open Discussion
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

SUPPORT WINSLOW WAY BUSINESSES: CONSIDER SHOPPING OR DINING ALONG WINSLOW WAY THIS WEEKEND.

To stay abreast of 2011 Winslow Way reconstruction, go to: http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/winslow_way_reconstruction.aspx

And From Winslow Street Smarts: http://www.winslowstreetsmarts.com/p/overview.html

Moderated discussion: The Ideal Customer/Client.

What is your idea of a great customer or client? Here at the BBC we are all getting to know each other and each others businesses. By discussing what we each might consider the ideal customer/client, we can better understand what constitutes a great referrel.

[Thanks to Alyse McConnell (http://www.joywork4life.com/) for this weeks discussion topic.]

So, invite a friend or associate, and, while you’re at it, join us for another cup of BBC Friday @ Flowering Around.

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Moderated Discussion
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

See you there for your Morning Cup Of BBC.

AND FROM BBC FOUNDER & TALKING HEAD, Tim “thats-him-over-there” Longley, we have a new BBC web-resource: “GeoSalesTax” — go to the GeoSalesTax resource page on the BBC website (top menu tab of the same name) and see for yourself what a great resource this APP is. (Whatever an app is, this one is powered by Avalara, avalara.com, “Sales Tax Automation For Everyone” — coffins and burial urns extra, don’t take with alcoholic beverages, if your pregnant consult your clairvoyant or practitioner, ask your doctor if this is right for you, ask your loved-ones if this is right for you, beware of large white whales, beware of men-in-black-with-one-leg chasing large white whales, other unstated provisos may apply depending on your state of residence mind or matter, don’t let anyone enter your house that flashes a fake FBI badge, this space for rent, if you can read the fine print you’re probably standing too close and may get run over, our lawyers are standing by, call us anytime at 555-555-5555. Other tiny provisos may apply, who knows.)

SUPPORT WINSLOW WAY BUSINESSES: CONSIDER SHOPPING OR DINING ALONG WINSLOW WAY THIS WEEKEND.

To stay abreast of 2011 Winslow Way reconstruction, go to: http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/winslow_way_reconstruction.aspx

And From Winslow Street Smarts: http://www.winslowstreetsmarts.com/p/overview.html

BBC Friday – Open Discussion

Once again we will be meeting back at our new venue “Flowering Around” (http://www.floweringaround.com/), 200 Winslow Way West — a block west of Madison, on the north side of the street. You can purchase coffee/tea and healthful breakfast snacks of various exciting sorts. And their green teas are amazing! Jake is a tea expert, and he can answer all your tea-type questions.

Invite a friend or associate.

See you there for your Morning Cup Of BBC.

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Open Discussion
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

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Sincerely,
The BBC Management

We’ll be meeting for this BBC Friday at the Bainbridge Island Library again.

This Friday morning, BBC will meet at the Bainbridge Library in the big meeting room just to the left when you enter the main doors.  OfficeXpats (http://www.officexpats.com) co-founders Jason Omens and Leslie Schneider are hosting this meeting, and they will present some real-life business challenges and ideas for our input — similar to a “Mastermind” group of entrepreneurs working together to help each other grow their businesses.

OfficeXpats will bring the large DoodleBiz (http://thedoodlebiz.com) mind map created at a similar brainstorming session a few weeks ago, and Leslie will translate the new input from our group onto a similar map as a way of practicing communicating ideas with pictures. Hey, this could be really fun!

Note: Because we’re meeting at the Library this Friday, remember to BYOB, bring your own coffee/tea/snacks. You might stop by Roosters Coffee or Flowering Around or another business on the way to the Library to buy your breakfast drink etc.

See you this Friday for your Morning Cup Of BBC @ The Library.

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Brianstorming “Mastermind” Session
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

(Disclaimer: The Bainbridge Public Library meeting rooms are made available as a public service, and booking a room in no way indicates an endorsement of the program or philosophy of those who are using the rooms.)

Once again we will be meeting at our new venue Flowering Around, 200 Winslow Way West — a block west of Madison, on the north side of the street (http://www.floweringaround.com). You can purchase coffee/tea and healthful breakfast snacks of various exciting sorts. Their various types of green tea are amazing!

Invite a friend or associate.

Be sure to thank our new hosts at Flowering Around.

See you there for your Morning Cup Of BBC.

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Group Discussion (topic to be announced)
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Group Discussion This BBC Friday

Once again we will be meeting at our new venue “Flowering Around” (http://www.floweringaround.com/), 200 Winslow Way West — a block west of Madison, on the north side of the street. You can purchase coffee/tea and healthful breakfast snacks of various exciting sorts. I hear their green teas are amazing!

Invite a friend or associate.

Be sure to thank our new hosts at Flowering Around.

See you there for your Morning Cup Of BBC.

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Group Discussion (topic to be announced.)
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

________________________________
Sincerely,
The BBC Management

BBC Business Bio Extravaganza with Lee Jorgenson, owner of San Carlos Restaurant!

A family owned and operated eatery (http://www.sancarlosgrill.com/):  We are proud to be as excited and passionate about the business as we were that first Monday in May 1984 when the doors opened and as we say in the business, We got slammed!

San Carlos has many factors to consider for their ongoing success: San Carlos itself was named after founder Lee Jorgenson’s father who grew up in central New Mexico and shared a fanatical love of chili, the old west, and could brew a mean pot of green chili stew. Lee, a sometimes crazy Swede, fell in love with the restaurant business with his first busboy job at age of fourteen and has considered himself in second Heaven ever since, with the unflagging support of loving wife Marianne, family, and long tenured staff.

Best Appetizer Taste of Edmonds Grilled Chicken with Santa Fe Sauce 1994
Best Entree Bite of Seattle Herbed Crab Chimichanga 1996
Best Barbeque Bite of Seattle Mesquite Smoked Texas Ribs 1998
Bainbridge Island Chili Cookoff 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009 & 2010

BIG NEWS: NEW VENUE FOR BBC! This Friday we will be meeting at “Flowering Around” coffee shop (http://www.floweringaround.com/), 200 Winslow Way West — a block west of the Madison, on the north side of the street. So, just bring yourself; you can purchase coffee/tea and breakfast snacks of some exciting sort at our new venue.

So join us at “Flowering Around” for another Morning Cup Of BBC.

7:30-8:00 – coffee, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:30 – Business Bio Extravaganza!
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

________________________________
Sincerely,
The BBC Management