Since 1992, Team Network has helped professionals, entrepreneurs and Main Street business owners across Montgomery County, Frederick County, Northern Virginia and Washington DC grow the way business actually grows — through people who know you, trust you, and send you work.
Team Network was built on a simple idea: business moves fastest between people who know, like and trust each other. Three decades later, that is still exactly what happens in our rooms — and on our Zooms — every week.
Founded in 1992 and still growing. Members have built entire books of business on introductions made across a breakfast table.
Meet face to face over breakfast or join from your desk. Most teams run both, so a busy week never costs you a connection.
Your category is yours alone on your team. You are never competing for the same referral with three other people in your field.
Plenty of networking groups exist. Finding one that fits your schedule, your industry and the way you actually like to do business is harder. Some of our strongest teams started because one person decided to launch the group they could not find — with our training, technology and marketing support behind them, and no membership dues to pay.
Three things, mainly. Only one person per business category sits on each team, so you are never competing with a direct rival for the same referral. Teams are run by local captains who actually know the market rather than by a distant head office. And the organisation has been built on the same know-like-trust principle since 1992 — which is why a lot of members have been sitting in the same room together for years.
The corridor between Rockville, Bethesda, Tysons and Vienna is one of the densest small-business markets in the country. Our teams are built around those local territories rather than dropped on top of them.
Both, and the mix is deliberate. Business-to-business members — commercial real estate, business bankers, CPAs, IT service firms, commercial insurance agents, business attorneys and coaches — tend to trade introductions to decision makers.
Business-to-consumer members — home service contractors, trades, realtors, financial advisers, health and wellness professionals — get referred into their fellow members’ personal networks, which is where most consumer work actually originates. A team carrying both sides usually refers more than one that skews entirely one way.
Teams across Montgomery County and Northern Virginia generally meet from 8:00 to 9:30 am, with open networking beforehand — bring business cards and a sharp introduction. The usual pattern is one in-person meeting in your team’s own territory during the first week of the month, with multi-team Zoom meetings on the other weeks.
Schedules do vary by team, so check your team’s page or the events calendar before you set off. If your diary is packed, the Zoom weeks mean a busy month rarely costs you a connection.
That category is closed on that team, but it is rarely the end of the conversation. We run teams across Bethesda, Rockville, Frederick, Baltimore, Alexandria, Tysons, Vienna, Reston, Fairfax and the Dulles corridor, and openings move around as businesses come and go.
Members are also welcome to visit other teams where their category is open, with the team captain’s permission and an RSVP. Call 301-260-0060 and we will tell you which teams currently have your category free.
Yes. There is a 30-day free trial that gives you the full member experience: every team Zoom meeting, any in-person event on the calendar, your own listing in the member directory, and visits to other teams where your business category is open.
Curt Kowalski walks you through onboarding personally, and your team captains help you settle in and meet the right people. There is no cost during the trial and no obligation to subscribe when it ends. Start your free trial here.