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Just realized everyone says you need a big budget for Atlanta networking events, but I found the opposite
I was trying to meet people in the tech scene here, and all the advice was to buy tickets to the expensive downtown conferences. I skipped those and just started going to the free meetup at the coffee shop on Ponce every other Tuesday. After four visits, I got two solid leads just by talking to the person next to me about a project they were working on. Now I'm wondering if anyone else has found the smaller, free events to be better for making real connections in Atlanta?
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abbyhall23d ago
I used to drop a couple hundred bucks on those big tech mixers at the Georgia World Congress Center. The smaller groups at places like Java Lords in Little Five Points always ended up with better conversations for me, honestly. It just feels easier to actually talk to someone without all the noise.
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corap6123d ago
You know, @abbyhall is right about the noise at those big places. But here's the thing I never see people say. At the free coffee shop meetups, you're both there because you actually want to be, not because your company paid for a ticket. That changes the whole talk. You're not just a business card to them. It feels like you're already on the same team just by showing up. That's why the leads feel more solid.
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