A growth network built for owners and entrepreneurs
Networking Reimagined.
The Deal Flow Network is a growth network for business owners. Every week, a small group of owners works on each other's businesses. Four times a year, the Columbus Expo Series brings the whole market into one room. And all year, the network puts your story in front of people who've never met you.
A Stronger Community
The Four Pillars of Membership
Pillar One: Think Tanks
Eight to ten owners, a short recorded lesson, then the room works on real problems together. Each week of the month focuses on one sector, so you're in a room with people who face what you face. Bring the real problem, not the polished version.
Pillar Two: Expertise on Tap
The network deliberately includes the professionals a business owner needs most: accountants, attorneys, lenders, insurance advisors, marketing and HR professionals, fractional executives. They teach in our course library, they're in the rooms, and members hire each other.
Pillar Three: Mutual Promotion and Support
Members help promote one another. Social media, reviews, introductions, word of mouth. The culture of the network is "promote it forward": when you see a member doing good work, you say so, publicly, and you send people their way.
Pillar Four: Amplification
Every member records a produced panel and a solo episode, promoted across the network and cut into clips. Sixty seconds in a weekly meeting reaches the twelve people who showed up. Sixty seconds on a produced episode reaches thousands, and it's still reaching them a year from now. Same sixty seconds. Different math.
A Stronger Community
A Stronger Community
The Four Pillars of Membership
The Four Pillars of Membership
Pillar One: Think Tanks
Eight to ten owners, a short recorded lesson, then the room works on real problems together. Each week of the month focuses on one sector, so you're in a room with people who face what you face. Bring the real problem, not the polished version.
Pillar Two: Expertise on Tap
The network deliberately includes the professionals a business owner needs most: accountants, attorneys, lenders, insurance advisors, marketing and HR professionals, fractional executives. They teach in our course library, they're in the rooms, and members hire each other.
Pillar Three: Mutual Promotion and Support
Members help promote one another. Social media, reviews, introductions, word of mouth. The culture of the network is "promote it forward": when you see a member doing good work, you say so, publicly, and you send people their way.
Pillar Four: Amplification
Every member records a produced panel and a solo episode, promoted across the network and cut into clips. Sixty seconds in a weekly meeting reaches the twelve people who showed up. Sixty seconds on a produced episode reaches thousands, and it's still reaching them a year from now. Same sixty seconds. Different math.
What We Offer
The person joins, not the business. Most groups give a seat to one company in one category. Here the seat is yours: bring up to five businesses, and come to the think tank for any of them.
And we welcome competitors. We don't lock one seat per profession. Two CPAs in a think tank make each other sharper, and both get promoted by everyone else in the room.
Complete Business Exposure
Every business you're involved in shows up, in the member directory, across the network's social channels, and in front of members in every room you walk into. You never have to pick which version of you gets seen.
Education that moves the needle
An online course library taught by the founders, members, and sponsors, included with membership, plus courses from outside experts at a member rate. Learn on your own schedule, then bring it into the room.
Quarterly Expo Events
Four expos a year, following the life of a business: the Growth Expo in February, Profit in May, Scale in August, and the Buyer Expo in October. Every member and every business is welcome at every one.
How DFN Comes Together
The Deal Flow Network®
Visionary · Connected · Built to Grow
Owners come to grow. Experts come to teach, and become the person members call. The network produces the content that puts both in front of a wider audience: episodes, clips, and features across every channel. Built to grow.
Membership
Two core membership levels, plus Corporate Sponsor opportunities.
The Builder
$600 /year
A seat at any weekly think tank, courses taught by the network included, member rates on outside-expert courses, a directory listing, member pricing on every expo, and a produced panel and solo episode each year.
One-time $99 setup fee for all new members. All memberships renew January 1.
The Amplifier
$1,000 /year
Everything in The Builder, plus a second panel and solo, priority social amplification, and featured directory placement.
One-time $99 setup fee for all new members. All memberships renew January 1.
Corporate Sponsorship
Opportunities for businesses to engage with business owners.
The Syndicate
$1,200 / year Founding rate
Founding $1,200 through Dec 31, 2027 (standard $1,500/yr).
Three named seats, four teaching sessions a year, a produced solo episode.
The Anchor
$2,400 / year Founding rate
Founding $2,400 through Dec 31, 2027 (standard $3,000/yr).
Six named seats, four teaching sessions a year, two panels and a solo.
Events
Regular opportunities to learn, grow, and create deal flow.
Weekly Think Tanks
Every Tuesday at 8 am in Lewis Center, with a different sector each week of the month. Member-hosted groups coming soon across Central Ohio. Members sign a confidentiality agreement when they join; visitors sign one at the door.
The Columbus Expo Series
Buyer, Growth, Profit, and Seller: four expos a year, open to the whole market. The best way to see the network in action.
Visit as a Guest
Come to two think tanks before you decide. Sign in, sit in, and see what a room of owners does with a real problem.
When & Where
Next up: The Columbus Buyer Expo — October 27th, 2026, Lewis Center.
Think tanks begin the first week of November.
Membership
Two core membership levels, plus Corporate Sponsor opportunities.
The Builder
$600 /year
A seat at any weekly think tank, courses taught by the network included, member rates on outside-expert courses, a directory listing, member pricing on every expo, and a produced panel and solo episode each year.
The Amplifier
$1,000 /year
Everything in The Builder, plus a second panel and solo, priority social amplification, and featured directory placement.
Corporate Sponsorship
Opportunities for businesses to engage with business owners.
The Syndicate
$1,200 Founding rate
Founding $1,200 through Dec 31, 2027 (standard $1,500/yr). Three named seats, four teaching sessions a year, a produced solo episode
The Anchor
$2,400 Founding rate
Founding $2,400 through Dec 31, 2027 (standard $3,000/yr). Six named seats, four teaching sessions a year, two panels and a solo.
Events
Regular opportunities to connect, create, collaborate, and create deal flow.
Weekly Think Tanks
Every Tuesday at 8 am in Lewis Center, with a different sector each week of the month. Member-hosted groups coming soon across Central Ohio. Members sign a confidentiality agreement when they join; visitors sign one at the door.
The Columbus Expo Series
Buyer, Growth, Profit, and Seller: four expos a year, open to the whole market. The best way to see the network in action.
Visit as a Guest
Come to two think tanks before you decide. Sign in, sit in, and see what a room of owners does with a real problem.
When & Where
Next up: The Columbus Buyer Expo — October 27th, 2026, Lewis Center
Think tanks begin the first week of November.
Ready to Build What's Next?
We're early, and that's the offer. Think tanks start in November, and the network goes live January 1, 2027. Join before December 31: start in the rooms now, and your dues cover all of 2027.
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