The notebook is names. The meet-ups are where we actually talk. Always a small group, a few people around one topic, with time to understand, ask every question you have, and leave with concrete answers and the contacts that go with them. It is free, but seats are limited.
With Michael, a financial advisor, we look at the investments open to newcomers, how to build toward retirement here, and above all how to handle money day to day. Because Europe and North America are two different financial worlds, and I struggled before I understood that.
With Rime, a real estate agent. The file, the credit, the viewing, the negotiation. What I learned hunting for my own apartments, and the person who helped me land my gems.
Legal setup, offer, first clients, and the money nobody dares bring up. Come with your project, even if it is just an idea. Leave me your email and I will tell you as soon as the date is set.
Enough for ideas to flow, few enough that each person leaves with their own answer and contact.
No formal presentation. You ask your question, even the awkward one, and we deal with it.
At the end, I open the notebook. You know who to call, and I make the introduction if you want.
This is a beginning, in a small group. If it takes off, we will go bigger, and elsewhere.A beginning. If it takes off, we go bigger.
It is free, but seats go fast, there are few of us. I reply myself.