Our story

We believe your network is your net worth

CORE - Collaboration, Opportunity, Resources & Enterprise - is a referral network built on one idea: business grows fastest through people who genuinely want you to win. We give professionals the structure, the trust, and the exclusivity to turn relationships into real revenue.

CORE members at a weekly club meeting
Why CORE exists

Networking was broken. So we rebuilt it.

Most business networking is a stack of cards and a dozen cold follow-ups. Yet almost everyone's best work arrives the same way: a warm introduction from someone who already trusts them.

CORE is built around that fact. One seat per trade, so members never compete for the same job. A weekly structure that turns relationships into referrals instead of leaving them to chance. And honest tracking - every referral, every pound of closed business, logged by the members themselves - so nobody has to guess what their network is worth.

  • Referrals, not cold leads

  • Structure over serendipity

  • Give first, always

By the numbers

Momentum you can measure

We only count what matters: members showing up, seats filled, and real business passed between them.

Members

Clubs

Business passed

Cities

What we stand for

The principles that run every club

These aren't poster words. They're the operating system behind how a CORE club actually works.

Give First

Lead with generosity. When you help members win business, that goodwill compounds and comes back to you many times over.

The principle we were founded on

One Seat Per Trade

Every club locks a single seat for your profession, so the referrals for your category are exclusively yours - never split.

Accountability

Weekly meetings, attendance, and clear asks keep the whole club moving. Showing up is how referrals actually compound.

Trust First

Applications, sponsorships, and One-to-Ones mean you only ever refer people you'd stake your own reputation on.

Measurable ROI

TYFCB tracking turns warm introductions into real, reportable revenue - so you always know exactly what your network is worth.

Community

Guests become members become friends. The relationships you build here outlast any single deal or quarter.

How a club begins

From one application to a chartered club

Every CORE club takes the same five steps - and the first one is somebody deciding their city needs a room like this.

  1. Apply

    Someone puts their hand up

    A professional applies to charter a club in their city, naming the trades they can already bring to the table.

  2. Review

    The network checks the ground

    We look at the city, the founding trades and the commitment. An approved application makes the applicant founding president.

  3. Forming

    The club starts meeting

    A forming club meets weekly from day one. Members join, take the seat for their trade, and start passing referrals immediately.

  4. Charter

    Twelve seats filled

    At twelve members the club can request its charter - the point where a room of visitors has become a club that runs itself.

  5. Growth

    The seats do the work

    One seat per trade means every new member widens what the room can refer, rather than splitting what it already has.

Your network is waiting to meet you

Visit a CORE club as a guest this week and see the referrals for yourself - or reach out and we'll help you find the right seat.