Motor City Connect membership jumps

Motor City Connect’s membership is up, but its future is what’s really up in the air.The Bloomfield Township-based networking website site membership has grown from 300 to 3,000 people in its first year and then from 3,000 to nearly 5,000 today. And that’s after its founders cut away dozens and dozens of inactive emails.”It continues to shine a light on the great people we have in Metro Detroit,” says Terry Bean, chief networking office for Motor City Connect.The 2-year-old website provides the virtual introductions for people to set up real-life meetings and events. It’s a non-profit run on the spare time of Bean and his partner, along with a few other volunteers. The leadership is now looking at what to do next with it.”We’re looking for a way to monetize it or sell it or pass it along to someone else who wants to run it,” Bean says.Source: Terry Bean, chief networking office for Motor City ConnectWriter: Jon Zemke