Misner started BNI. That makes this the 35th anniversary for the organization, which now has more than 9, chapters in more than 70 countries around the world. Misner started a management consulting business in He needed to bring in a lot of new business—fast! Since all his business came from speaking engagements and referrals, he had to find a way to generate more referrals. Either they were purely social, or everyone spent the time selling. Neither one generated very much business, so he decided to start his own group.
The members would be people he knew and trusted and wanted to refer business to. They held their first meeting on January 8th. After about 3 months of referrals, someone came to him and asked if would be possible to open a second group because there was already a member representing her profession. By the end of the first year, there were 20 groups. At that point, Dr. In , he started to plan for scale. Next week, Dr. This is a rebroadcast of Episode January 8th marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of BNI, and today Dr.
Graham Weihmiller recently served as the CEO of a year-old nationwide franchisor of homecare services. While there, he was a founding director of a foundation that provides homecare to those who cannot afford it.
Home History of BNI. Learn to work on your business , not just in your business. Reverse-engineer your goals. If you have a goal for the end of the year, where do you need to be at the end of each month between January and December.
You have to delegate both responsibility and authority. Know your numbers. Get daily reports on your key success factors, and get as granular as possible. Do six things a thousand times, not a thousand things six times.
Be a dog with a bone. Persistence is a superpower. Surround yourself with great people. Ignorance on fire is better than knowledge on ice. Hire people with a great attitude and teach them. Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Create an amazing vision statement, know your core values, and create a great company culture. Start with your first employee. Know your mission. Work in your flame, not in your wax.
Share a vision that everyone is striving towards. BNI has dominated its industry in almost every market for decades because of a shared vision and a shared implementation of that vision. In , Dr. Misner could see the organization was close to launching internationally, and to prepare for the change, rebranded The Network as Business Network International, and shortly after focusing the name as BNI for simplicity and trademark purposes. Now known as the BNI Foundation, the charitable arm of the organization was established to allow directors and members to repay the community they live in.
The support team outgrew their office in Claremont and relocated to Upland, securing room for all departments and the growing warehouse and shipping team. To better support the growing international audience and to open the door for additional talent on the team, the Global Support Team relocates the BNI Headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina. The new online meeting space is adopted all over the world.
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