The best business in the Upstate still happens between people who actually know each other.
Meet the accountants, electricians, designers, realtors, and coaches your clients keep asking for. Put faces to names before you need them.
The best referrals don't come from strangers. They come from people who've watched you show up, week after week, and know exactly who to send your way.
No homework. No quotas. No pressure to be anywhere else. Just show up, grab a coffee, and meet whoever's in the room that morning.
If you own it, run it, sell for it, or are building it on the side — you belong in the room. Solo shops, seasoned firms, brand-new ventures still figuring out the name. Service, trade, retail, creative, professional. All of it.
We don't do exclusivity by industry. We don't cap the table. If your business brings something honest to the Upstate, pull up a chair.
No RSVP required. No form to fill out. Just show up Tuesday morning at the NEXT Innovation Center a few minutes before nine, grab a coffee, and introduce yourself.
Drop your email and we'll send the occasional friendly reminder — meeting notes, schedule changes, who's showing up, and the rare holiday week we take off. No spam. No selling. Unsubscribe anytime.