Why we're unique
The philosophy of BNI is built upon the idea of "Givers Gain". What we mean is what goes around comes around; if I give business to the members of my chapter, members of my chapter will, in return, pass business to me. By giving business to others, you will get business in return.
Within this framework, our goal is to educate members that networking is more about farming than it is about hunting; it’s about cultivating long term mutually beneficial business relationships!
Subsequent to this, BNI’s role is to better educate, guide and inform members in the process of developing word-of-mouth based business.
Bottom Line – BNI is about saving time and making money through the power and leverage of relationships. "Belonging to BNI is like hiring dozens of salespeople."
With over 175,000 members worldwide, BNI is the largest business networking and referral marketing organization in the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 6.6 million referrals resulting in over $8.5 billion dollars worth of business for its members. BNI was founded in 1985 by Dr. Ivan Misner. The organization has over 6,800 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.