A learning commity for small business

Attended ProfitNet's pilot launch in South Africa and while the name ProfitNet sounds like another "Network Marketing Opportunity", their intentions (to provide mutual support for people who are in small business) are quite noble.


How Profitnet works
ProfitNet (as I see it) takes a different tack on developing small businesses. Instead of offering instruction to business - they create small groups, pop in a trained facilitator and then trust the process that comes out of the small group to guide the learning.

• Exciting - there is the probability of dialogue, interaction, and collaboration between participants.
• Scary - the lack of central control and predictability could cause the busy small business owners frustration.
  

New - not really
After listening to the promotional chit chat, I commented to a fellow audience member that the modus operandi seemed quite similar to House Churches. Could business use such an approach? I'll be attending a small group every month and keep you up to date. Yes - a criteria for participation is confidentiality, and I'll respect that. My reflections will only be on my reactions to the process I've engaged in. These posts are simply a collection of my preconceptions here - and then reconfigure them later on, once I've met with the group.