Our business networking events are open to members and non-members.
We hope you will join us!
Business networking events in Toronto and the GTA, also called Toronto area entrepreneur networking events, are great places to meet potential clients and referral partners and promote your business. Unlike sending cold emails or social media messages to people who may or may not be interested or have time to make new connections or learn about your business, when you attend our business networking events you can meet lots of people who are there to make new connections and do business together. Our guests, who are all independent entrepreneurs, self-employed professionals and small business owners are happy to learn about you and your business and have you learn about them and their businesses in return. They understand you, because they are living the same entrepreneur lifestyle as you so you can feel comfortable knowing you will fit in very well.
Join us at these GTApreneurs Toronto Area Business Networking Events every month. (Some date exceptions occur throughout the year)
1. TORONTO: 1st Wednesday from 6:00-8:00pm
2. VIRTUAL: 2nd Wednesday at 12:00pm
3. NEWMARKET: 3rd Tuesday from 5:00-8:00pm.
4. VAUGHAN: Last Tuesday from 5:00-8:00pm (Except June, July, Oct & Dec)
*Exceptions in October:
Please WHITELIST (Add to your Safe Senders list) “[email protected]” and “[email protected].“so our event invitations land in your inbox. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Upcoming
Join us and hundreds of other entrepreneurs and small business owners for our 3rd Annual Business Expo & Conference in Vaughan > BizX 2026 on Tuesday October 20. Meet your next client and referral partner there, and promote your business.
TIME: 5:00-8:00pm
VENUE: Improve Canada Centre
ADDRESS: 7250 Keele St, Vaughan, ON.
– Includes food buffet & Guest Contact Sheet
TIME: 6:00-8:00pm
VENUE: The Village Hive Eglinton
ADDRESS: 120 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, ON – 3rd floor event space
– Includes healthy snacks and beverages & Guest Contact Sheet
Warm-Up Ticket: 12:00-1:00pm
Premium Ticket: 12:00-2:00pm
*Premium ticket includes the Guest Contact Sheet which we will send to you after the event.
Click below to learn more and register.
VIP Ticket: 9:00am-5:00pm
EXPO Ticket: 1:00pm-5:00pm
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*For all of our events that include the Guest Contact Sheet, you must attend the event to be included on the sheet and to receive the sheet.
Some entrepreneurs regularly attend networking events and convert some of those event guests into clients. Other entrepreneurs attend networking events and never get clients. Why is that?
The big secret, which is not an actual secret, is to consider the contact you make with people at a networking event as one “touch,” in a multi-touch sales or business development process. Unless you sell products, other event guests will not buy from you or hire you on the spot at an event, so don’t tell them everything about your business. Instead give a few benefits of your services and suggest you meet for a video call at a later date to learn how you may be able to collaborate.
Before that though, make sure to take the time to get to know the other person. This is important for 3 reasons.
How can you get to know the other guests at the event and how can you get them to know you? Talk with them. Say, “Hi, how are you? I’m [Your Name]” It’s an easy conversation starter. They will tell you their name and you can both say, “Nice to meet you.” After that, say or ask something not specifically related to your business or their business to build some rapport. I call these conversation extenders.
There are 2 ways to extend a conversation:
Remember always comment POSITIVELY on what the other person says.. DON’T COMPLAIN about anything.. NO ONE wants to hear about anything negative and if you say anything negative, they will not want to have another conversation with you again.. meaning, they WILL NOT become your client.
You only get one chance to make a 1st impression. Make sure that it’s a good one. Leave other people with a feeling that they like you and would be happy to converse with you more in the future.
For example, you could comment on:
a. Weather
b. Something they are wearing or something about them.. i.e. give a compliment (Be genuine)
c. Venue – “This is a beautiful space!”
d. Event – “Wow! There are a lot of people here!”
Or you could ask them:
e. “Have you been to a networking event before?”
f. “Have you been to one of these events before?”
g. “Are you from around here?”
h. “Do you live in the area?” [DO NOT ask, “Where do you live?” It is too personal for some people, especially when its a male asking a female]
i. “Did you see the Jays game last weekend?”
Then say, “Tell me about your business,” comment positively on what they say and ask follow up questions. After you’ve both had a chance to talk, if you determine they are qualified to be your client, suggest that you meet again another time where you can talk about how you can collaborate.
Hopefully they will agree and you can book the meeting then or tell them you will send them an email tomorrow to set something up. If it’s the latter, make sure to SEND THEM THE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL. *Make sure to always send follow-up communication (email, phone or LinkedIn connection request with a note) within 24-48 hours of meeting a prospect or the lead may go cold.
Note, networking events are one of many sales funnels you can use to grow your business, and like other sales funnels, you will never get 100% of those you connect with to say Yes to a meeting and say Yes to becoming your client, and that’s ok. If you can get a meeting booked with around 10-30% of event guests, and you follow a good format in your one-on-one meeting, you will find that networking events are a great way to get new clients. Note, for some types of products and services, people need more time to feel they know and like you. and can trust you to provide high-quality products or services. Also, many people may not be looking for what you are offering at that moment, so come back to our events every month and you will get closer and closer to success.
If you want help with converting event guests into clients, book a video consultation with Tammy Defoe. She would be happy to tell you about her custom coaching and training programs.
DISCLAIMERS:
1. By participating in our events, you are giving us permission to capture your presence by photo and video for us to use in our marketing materials to promote our other events.
2. By participating in our events, you are giving us permission to share the following with the other event guests and exhibitors: Your name, professional title, organization name, city, website and LinkedIn URLs (If you enter them when registering for the event). ONLY if you specifically indicate on your registration form that you do give us permission to share your phone number and/or email address with the other events guests, will we share them. If you indicate that you do not give us permission to share your phone number and/or email address, we will not share them. We will never share your full address or any other information.
3. If you don’t attend the event, we will not include your name or other information on the Guest Contact Sheet and we will not give you a copy of the Guest Contact Sheet.
4. Guest Contact sheet is not included with BizX tickets or exhibitor packages.
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