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Two DFW Networking Events Worth Your Calendar This Month

Two networking events are worth your calendar this month if you're building anything in DFW right now — one this week in Fort Worth, one later this month back in Dallas.

What's Actually Happening

DFWNC Habanero Hangout — Monday, Aug. 17, 6-8 PM at Habanero's Fresh Mex Cantina, Fort Worth. Free admission, open to the public, 21+.

GSG Month "Purple Takeover" CTD Live — Thursday, Aug. 27, 8-11 PM at 3719 S. Lancaster Rd, Dallas, hosted by Connecting The Dots TV. 21+, kicks off a full month of GSG-themed networking and community events.

Why It Matters

Both events skew toward the entrepreneur/small-business crowd rather than corporate networking — the kind of rooms where deal conversations, referral partnerships, and vendor relationships actually start. Free admission on both means low cost to test the room before deciding whether to invest more time in either community going forward.

The Move

Pick one this week (Habanero Hangout is the lower-commitment option, casual and immediate) and put GSG Month's kickoff on the calendar now — a full month of themed events usually means recurring opportunities to build the same relationships more than once, which compounds faster than one-off networking ever does.

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