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Thursday Lunch & LearnSpotting Opportunity Others Miss
What opportunities are you missing because they look like everyday problems? Many business owners and professionals are surrounded by opportunities, but they are often hidden inside customer complaints, repeated questions, industry shifts, or small frustrations people mention every day. The challenge is learning how to notice them before others do. Join us for Spotting Opportunity Others Miss, a Thursday Lunch & Learn happening on Thursday, July 30, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM via Zoom. This session is designed to help business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals develop stronger awareness for recognizing emerging opportunities in everyday conversations, problems, trends, and customer behavior. During this session, we’ll explore why opportunities often appear as problems first, how to recognize patterns that reveal new possibilities, and what signals in customer questions or behaviors may point to a new idea, service, offer, or improvement. You’ll also participate in a live exercise to identify opportunities in your current work, so you can leave with practical ways to become more curious, creative, and strategic in how you see what is happening around you. If you want to stop overlooking possibilities and start recognizing opportunities before they become obvious, this session is for you.
FlagshipFeaturedBusiness Connect Summit 2026
Our biggest event of the year — keynotes, deal rooms, and the full network in one place.
Special events on the horizon.
The bigger moments worth blocking your calendar for.
Alice Rivera
Rivera Design Co
Alice helped three members rebrand this quarter — all through trades on The Exchange. A model of what the community makes possible.
New member orientation moved to Thursdays
Weekly orientation now runs Thursdays at 9am — a great first touchpoint for newcomers.
Q3 partner applications are open
Interested in becoming a strategic partner? Applications are open through the end of the month.
Learn about partnership
New Member Starter Guide
Everything to get oriented in your first week.
2026 Growth Playbook (PDF)
Our framework for scaling past your first hires.
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