The Charlotte ETA Group is back Wednesday, October 7, and this one is built for searchers. Everyone wants proprietary deal flow. But proprietary search means a business owner has to answer you, and before an owner answers, they look you up. What they find either builds trust or kills the conversation before it starts. Our speaker is Darren McKee: 150K+ followers, 100M+ impressions, and 2,373 straight days of posting on LinkedIn. He started out selling to small business owners who wouldn't return his calls, figured out how to reach them through LinkedIn, and now trains executives, founders, and sales teams on it full time. He'll cover how to build a profile and presence that gets owners, brokers, and investors to take you seriously, and he'll review audience LinkedIn profiles live on stage. Bring yours. We're a 501(c)(3) with 500+ members: searchers, operators, investors, and lenders across the Carolinas. 40+ people are already signed up for this one. When: Wednesday, October 7, 6:00-9:00 PM (networking at 6, talk at 7) Where: Noble Smoke, Freedom Drive, Charlotte Free to attend. Order food and drinks at the bar, meet your people. And a heads up for November 4: our first live deal review. An M&A attorney, an SBA lender, a wealth advisor, and a QoE expert tearing apart a real deal submitted by one of our searchers. Want yours on the table? DM me.