One thing I love about BNI is that the best business often starts with a simple 121 conversation. Even though it is a BNI principal, you might be thinking why would I want to have 121 with you?
Well, I'm 51, ex CFO, always worked internationally, and I fill my happiness bucket when I can add value to somebody else.
Drop a comment or DM me if you'd like to schedule a 121 ☕
Hello,we have a CNC routing and milling machine in Sriperumbudur, our main products that we currently sell are Doors,Door frames,wooden window,other wood related products and 2D cutting I am thinking of joining BNI to gain more connections and refferals can u give me some advice and subscription amount and other necessary things thank you
Hi, I have a clothing brand and I was considering to join BNI chapter in Gurgaon. Can someone suggest me about the charges, and will it be beneficial for me?
The map is AI generated, not 100% correct, but it shows the power of BNI and building relationships all over the world. Those were my 121 with a lot of follow up that I gladly do. How about you? Where did you go this week?
Hi, I built a card scanning app to solve my own problem; I receive lots of business cards when I visit national BNI expos. And I didn't do anything about them. Never contacted them because I was too occupied "firefighting" in my own business
The card scanning app does the following:
- Uses on-device ML models to OCR the text on the card
- Puts the info into the right fields
- Allows folks to send a personalized email, text, WhatsApp immediately.
- Allows folks to sync that info to a Google Sheet, any CRM via webhooks.
- Allows folks to immediately share their contact details via a contact vCard QR (its a pretty fascinating reaction to see when folks get all my details in a few seconds)
Subscriptions are as follows:
Monthly 4.99 USD
Yearly 34.99 USD
The lifetime subscription is for 59 USD
I've been able to sell about 3 lifetime deals so far.. and there is one subscription active from India, Brazil and Phillipines.
What's working:
- Explaining the app during 1-2-1s .. 45% of folks are buying on the spot..
What I'm thinking:
- Giving out to 5-10 folks in the US and Europe zone a year's subscription for free (need more international subscribers).. in exchange for a 30-60 second video + app/playstore review.
- Cold emailing BNI folks
- Running ads (working on it in another tab)
Can anyone help? Or are there any volunteers here?
If someone from BNI buys this, I will post the TYFCB slip here an announce the TYFCB so proudly it in my chapter 😄
Links for reference:
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/cardaction-biz-card-scanner/id6759823472
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kraftpixellabs.cardaction
https://cardaction.app/
My chapter:
BNI Viceroy, Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra, India
ED is saying give one induction and pay another year fee, i just renewed in January 2026 💀 What should I do? Also nothing much received after one year in BNi I used to get good business from other groups they were cheaper in terms of yearly fee.
I am hearing more lately that franchises are encouraging their owners to join BNI because of how successful it's been for other owners. I'm wondering if we can compile a list here of which franchises suggest joining so I can then reach out to my local ones and ask them about taking a seat in our launching chapter. We only need 5 more people.
