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Owner
Be the Bean
TJ Fabis
Founding Owner. Holds the door for the room.
Be the Bean
This is the room now
Be the Bean Connect
Be the Bean gave you people who share your values. Connect is where that room lives — a faith-based community, a private directory, and a closer table for those who want to grow the work.
Free to join. Bean Business Circle is optional.
Who it’s for
Faith-centered people who run something real.
Contractors, coaches, lenders, designers, shop owners — people already around Be the Bean, or ready to be, who want to be known and to show up.
- You share the values of the coffee bean.
- You’re building or running a real practice, trade, or company.
- You’re willing to put your place card on the table — and show up.
Probably not if
- You’re looking for a typical networking group.
- You’re here for commissions, credits, or a leaderboard.
- You want a room you never have to walk into.
In the room
Who’s at the table
TJ, Janel, and Shari hold the door. Their place cards are the first you meet.
JA
Owner
Be the Bean
Janel
Owner. Keeps the table warm.
Be the Bean
SH
Owner
Be the Bean
Shari
Owner. Steward of the community.
Be the Bean
The problem
We are not a networking group.
Mixers hand you a name tag and a hope. You trade cards, forget names, and drive home wondering what you got for your time. That is not this room.
What makes us different
We are a faith-based community.
Be the Bean is people who pray, work, and look out for each other — around a real table, not a badge reel. Your place card is how the room knows you. Bean Business Circle is a small, capped table so members actually know each other — not a stadium of contacts.
How it works
Place card. The room. The table.
1. Put your place card on the table
Create a free Bean account and a place card — who you are, what you do, how to reach you. You’re in as soon as the card is saved.
2. Know who’s in the room
Open the directory and meet people by name, craft, and city. Real faces, not a lead list.
3. Show up in person
Come to Be the Bean and Be the Bean Second Cup. That is the point — being in the room together. Bean Business Circle is a closer weekly table when you’re ready, never required to belong.
The seats
Bean is free. Bean Business Circle is the closer table. Owners steward a chapter.
Bean
Free
The door to the room. Everyone starts here.
- Your place card in the directory
- Bean-level gatherings on the calendar
- Add events to your own calendar
- You’re welcome at Be the Bean and Second Cup
Bean Business Circle
$47/mo
or $400/yr · founding, first 20 seats. Then $67/mo or $600/yr.
Be the Bean is the community. Bean Business Circle is a closer table of owners who want to grow the work together.
- Weekly Zoom and unlocked Bean Business Circle gatherings in Connect
- Teal frame on your place card
- Monthly live mastermind — real intros, not a lecture
- Rotating member spotlight, recorded for the community
- YouTube + social feature, produced for a growing audience
- 3rd Cup business dinner mastermind (Circle only)
Connect is the clubhouse. Dinners, production, and spotlights are still run by the team — they are not a feed inside the app.
Circle access in Connect is granted by an Owner. Connect does not take payment.
Manage your subscriptionOwner
By application
Steward a local chapter. There is no public price yet — we vet first, then we talk.
- Approve Beans and hold the door
- Publish gatherings, check-in, and reminders
- Gold frame — the seat that keeps the room warm
- Application and conversation with the team
The story
Carrot. Egg. Bean.
Carrot
Drop it in boiling water and it goes soft. Adversity takes its strength.
Egg
The same water hardens it. Challenge closes a person in.
Coffee bean
The bean changes the water. That is the work of this community — to transform the room we are in.
The Oracle
“I need to connect with a business owner in…”
Speak plainly. The Oracle reads every card in the community and brings the right people forward.
Put your place card on the table.
Bean is free. Come to Be the Bean and Be the Bean Second Cup. Bean Business Circle is there when you want the closer table.