Join the team
Start a group in your town
No BforB group near you? That is how every group began. Mel helps local founders launch one, covering the venue, the format and the first members, so your town gets a referral table with your seat at it first.
What Mel helps with
Venue, format, first members
The venue
A room that can serve food at every meeting, because food is included at every in-person meeting, whether your group runs as a breakfast, a brunch or a twilight. Mel has been matching rooms to groups for long enough to know what works.
The format
You do not have to invent the meeting. The 90-minute agenda, the fortnightly rhythm and the one-seat-per-profession rule arrive proven. The format has barely changed in twenty-five years, because it does not need to.
The first members
One seat per profession means a new group is recruited across trades, not from one. Every member was a visitor once. First visits are free, food included, which is how a table fills with people who have actually seen it work.
Come and see one
Join us at a BforB meeting
Visiting a group is the only way to know if the room is right for you. Pick the one nearest you and we'll get you on the guest list. Your first visit is free.
Opens the group's booking page. No charge to visit.
The person behind the table
Hi, I'm Mel.
Together with my husband John, we created Business for Breakfast after wasting years trying to get cashflow to our business. We realised that relationships are key therefore created an environment that welcomes business people and allows them to thrive.
The first step
Talk to the person who launches them
A new group starts as a conversation with Mel: your town, your trade, and whether there is a table's worth of businesses around you. Visit a running group first if you want to see what you would be building. That is free, food included.