My Networking Group

What My Networking Group does

My Networking Group (MNG) is a private, membership-based business networking organization founded in mid-2007 in New York City. The company organizes professionals into geographically-defined local groups — currently Manhattan-I, Manhattan-II, Manhattan-III, Westchester, Westchester-Fairfield, and Lower Fairfield County — that meet twice monthly for structured sessions featuring 90-second elevator introductions, open networking, and collective brainstorming. Members are assigned by industry to prevent internal competition, and the organization explicitly differentiates itself on a relaxed, low-pressure culture with no referral obligations and evening (rather than early-morning) meetings. The customer base consists of small-to-mid-sized business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs in the NYC metropolitan and Fairfield County areas seeking leads, strategic alliances, and long-term peer relationships.

The underlying technology stack is minimal: the company operates a WordPress-based website with a business-directory plugin listing members by group, supplemented by Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube social channels. There is no proprietary software platform, no mobile app, and no AI/ML capabilities disclosed. Revenue is generated almost exclusively through recurring annual membership dues — $300 for the initial year and $200 for annual renewals — with some groups carrying additional location fees. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on word-of-mouth referrals from existing members, a "visit two meetings before joining" policy, and quarterly membership events. MNG is led by founder Ron Rubin (Treasurer-Secretary) and a distributed team of group leaders (Ross Karp, Robert Remin, Daniel Morris), with no institutional investors, no parent company, and no disclosed funding rounds. The entity is organized as MNG Corporation under New York law.

Name

My Networking Group

Legal name

MNG Corporation

Website

https://networkmng.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

My Networking Group is a private, membership-based business networking organization founded in 2007 that operates five to six geographic groups across Manhattan, Westchester, and Fairfield County, serving SMB owners and professionals seeking referrals, alliances, and peer relationships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees provide the primary revenue stream. Initial year membership is $300, with $200 annual renewal fees. Some groups may have additional location fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

My Networking Group (MNG) operates as a membership-based business networking organization serving NYC and Westchester-area professionals through six geographically organized groups (Manhattan-I, Manhattan-II, Manhattan-III, Westchester, Westchester-Fairfield, and Lower Fairfield County). Members pay annual dues and attend bi-monthly evening meetings featuring 90-second elevator pitches, brainstorming sessions, and one-on-one meetings designed to generate leads, create strategic alliances, and build long-term business relationships.

Product overview

My Networking Group (MNG) is a business networking organization offering a single unified membership service structured around geographically organized peer groups. The core product consists of six regional networking groups (Manhattan-I, Manhattan-II, Manhattan-III, Westchester, Westchester-Fairfield, and Lower Fairfield County) that meet twice monthly for structured meetings featuring introductions, brainstorming sessions, and one-on-one networking. Membership includes access to the business directory, ability to visit other groups, and participation in quarterly member events. The organization was founded in mid-2007 and operates in NYC and Westchester areas with annual dues of $300 for initial membership and $200 for renewal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MNG Business Networking Groups Membership Annual membership in MNG's structured business networking program, giving professionals access to bi-monthly group meetings, 90-second introductions, brainstorming sessions, one-on-one meetings, an online business directory listing, and quarterly member events across six regional groups (Manhattan-I, Manhattan-II, Manhattan-III, Westchester, Westchester-Fairfield, and Lower Fairfield County).

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Vistage Worldwide: Vistage runs paid peer-advisory groups for executives and business owners with regular facilitated meetings. While it targets a more senior segment and charges much higher dues, the underlying peer-group, recurring-meeting model is structurally similar to MNG.
• Alignable: Alignable is a digital small-business network explicitly built to help local SMBs generate referrals and partnerships. It targets the same customer segment as MNG with a lower-friction, app-based alternative to in-person chapter meetings.

Direct peers

• Referral Institute: Referral Institute provides referral-marketing training and chapter-style networking groups focused on systematic referral generation. It is a direct functional peer to MNG's referral- and relationship-building model.
• LeTip International: LeTip is a long-established chapter-based business networking organization where members pass qualified leads in structured weekly meetings. It competes head-on with MNG in the SMB networking category with a similar membership-fee model.
• BNI (Business Network International): BNI is the global leader in chapter-based business referral networking with thousands of chapters worldwide. It is the most directly comparable peer to MNG, operating the same weekly/bi-weekly structured-meeting, industry-exclusive, referral-driven model at vastly larger scale.
• 4Networking: 4Networking runs local business-networking breakfast meetings in the UK with the same chapter-based, structured-introduction format as MNG. It is a directly comparable peer in the regional networking category though operating primarily in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the dominant digital business-networking platform and the broadest incumbent competing for the same SMB-professional mindshare MNG serves. Its scale and free-tier offering represent the principal digital substitute risk to MNG's value proposition.
• Meetup: Meetup is a large incumbent platform that enables local in-person groups across any topic, including business networking. It overlaps with MNG's in-person, locally-organized meeting format and could substitute for it at lower cost.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCU55vGfnxZl1lgEqGOEwu-Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/NetworkMNG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/network-mng
• Xx.com/networkmng

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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