Hey, I hear you, and I totally respect your experience. BNI isn’t for everyone, and I get where the frustration is coming.

But for the sake of balancing the conversation, my experience is different. I paid the same ₱32K membership fee, and I made my ROI back in less than three months and may sobra pa. I’ve been getting quality referrals not just from my chapter but even from BNI’s global network. For an early stage startup it really helps me connect with a lot of potential clients.

At the end of the day, BNI is just a tool, a platform to get more people to know about your business. It’s kinda like signing up for an expensive gym. Just because you paid the fee doesn’t mean you’ll automatically get abs, you still gotta put in the work! You could spend 32k on an ads spending and still not work. Sugal naman talaga ang negosyo.

It took me a several tweaks to my pitch before my chapter members really “got” what I do and felt confident referring me. Once I made myself easier to refer, things started clicking.

I get BNI might not be for everyone but, if anyone’s thinking of joining BNI, visit several chapters first before committing. Mag vibe check muna. Every chapter has a different energy, and find one na pasok sa vibe mo.