Business Owners' Meet & Mingle [May]

📣 This month's edition of the Business Owners' Meet & Mingle will be guided by our guest facilitator, Ugne Marchionno.

🌿 About this month's session:

From scattered effort to strategic clarity

Running a business often means being “in it” every day — creating, posting, selling, solving, and reacting. Over time, this can lead to a sense of fragmentation: lots of activity, but not always clear direction or consistent momentum.

In this interactive Business Owners Meet & Mingle session, we take a step back from the day-to-day to zoom out and look at the bigger picture of your business.

Guided by a simplified version of the Aim to WOW strategic framework, this morning is designed to help you reflect, reset, and refocus. Together, we will explore where your business currently stands, what might be slowing growth or momentum, and what practical next steps could bring more clarity and direction.

Expect a mix of reflection, light structure, and open conversation. You will be guided through simple but powerful questions and exercises that help you reconnect with your strategy in a grounded, realistic way — without overwhelm or complexity.

By the end of the session, you will leave with:

• A clearer understanding of where your business is right now

• Insight into what may be blocking growth or consistency

• A more focused sense of direction

• A few practical next steps you can actually implement

As always, this is not just about learning — it is about connecting with other founders, sharing experiences, and realising you are not navigating the journey alone.

👥 Who is this for?

This session is for small business owners, founders, freelancers, and independent professionals who want more clarity, structure, and direction in their business.

You may recognise yourself in this if:

• Your business feels active, but not always focused or structured

• You are doing “a lot,” but struggle to prioritise what really moves things forward

• Your marketing or visibility efforts feel scattered or inconsistent

• You want to grow, but in a more sustainable and intentional way

• You are looking for a moment to step back and think strategically again

This is especially valuable if you are in a phase of growth, transition, or recalibration and want to bring more simplicity and clarity into how you move forward.

No formal strategy background is needed — just openness to reflect and engage with your business in a new way.

🌿 About Guest Speaker:

Ugne Marchionno is the founder of Aim to WOW, a boutique strategy studio supporting small businesses and founder-led brands in building clearer, more structured growth.

As a Strategic Business Navigator, she works across strategy, visibility, content, analytics, and execution, helping founders connect the dots between all parts of their business instead of operating in scattered silos. Her approach focuses on simplifying complexity and turning it into practical, actionable direction.

With over 15 years of international experience across Europe, Asia, and South America, Ugne brings a unique blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution. Her work is grounded in helping business owners understand where they stand, what is holding them back, and what concrete steps will create sustainable momentum.

Alongside her consulting work, she is actively involved in entrepreneurial communities in The Hague and regularly speaks about business growth, positioning, visibility, and adapting marketing strategies in a fast-changing digital landscape.

Business Owners' Meet & Mingle | Monthly Networking Meet-ups

For Freelancers, Self-Employed Professionals, (Solo) Entrepreneurs and (Small) Business Owners

Being an entrepreneur or small business owner can be exciting, but it can also feel very lonely at times—especially when most of your days are spent working alone or from home [or when you’re the only entrepreneur in your circle of family and friends].

Without "colleagues" to share ideas, challenges, or even a simple coffee break, it’s easy to feel isolated.

With these monthly Business Owners' Meet & Mingle Network sessions, we create a supportive space to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and independent professionals—people who understand the ups and downs because we’re all walking the same path.

We come together to support each other, showing up consistently, productively, and mindfully in our own businesses. ✨

This is a perfect opportunity to enjoy a change of (your office) scenery while being productive and connecting with like-minded individuals.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, business owner, a freelancer or remote worker, join us for an in-person networking session and don't miss out on this chance to mix "getting things done" and "getting connected"!

We meet once a month! You are welcome to join our circle regularly or attend our events occasionally, as suits you.

☀️ Join us for an uplifting, connected & productive morning!

A typical Business Owners' Meet & Mingle Networking session looks like this:

🎯 10:30 Welcome | Grab your drink & Settle

🎯 10:35 Opening Circle | Ice Breaker, a round of introductions

🎯 Inspirational topic from an expert (~30 minutes)

🎯 Speed-networking (multiple rounds) [have a chance to get to know everyone shortly]

🎯 12:00 Closing circle

✅ 12:00 - 13:00 Social Networking (optional)  [Feel free to stay longer and have deeper conversations with those you have a click with.]

Practicalities & Good to know:

📍Location: WTC The Hague Business Centre

🚩Meeting point: Donna Restaurant, ground floor, at the back

☕️ Drinks and other consumables are available at the bar.

🚎 Easy to reach by public transport, by car and by bike.

Tram #3 and tram #4 stop right in front of the building,

Den Haag Laan van NOI train station (5 min walk)

Den Haag Centraal train station (15 min walk)

🅿️ Paid street & garage parking available.

👥 Limited spots available.

Ticketed event. Pre-registration only. No last-minute walk-ins.

📷 Please note:

By attending this meetup, you consent to being photographed or recorded.

If you do not wish to be included in photos, please let the organizer know.

We respect your privacy and follow GDPR guidelines.

Here’s what you get in our meet-ups:

✅ A warm, welcoming English-speaking international community

✅ Meet other like-minded people, connect, learn and grow your local social network.

✅ Space to ask questions, for peer support, idea sharing and recharging your mindset.

✨ Connect, Share, Get Inspired!

☀️ Book your spot now & Join us for an uplifting, connected and productive morning!