<Tr> <Th> Key people </Th> <Td> Ivan Misner, Graham Weihmiller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> bni.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Business Network International (BNI) is an American franchised networking organization with around 200,000 members in 7,500 local chapters worldwide . Members meet regularly to discuss business and support each other's businesses by sharing referrals . It claims to be the world's leading' referral organization' . In 2015, the organization says its members generated referrals resulting in over $9.3 billion in closed business worldwide . BNI was founded in 1985 by Ivan Misner . </P> <P> Local BNI chapters arrange regular meetings for people from various industries and encourage the passing of referrals . It appears most effective for locally based, mainstream businesses, operating mostly off the Internet . </P>

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