Because Success Favors The Bold!
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About Us
About the Business Development Alliance
The Business Development Alliance is a professional growth ecosystem engineered for business owners, executives, and high-performing leaders who are serious about advancement.
We don’t network — we build measurable business development infrastructure.
Every element of BDA is designed to create results that compound:
- High-Level Collaboration: Structured peer groups that sharpen leadership and expand capacity.
- Strategic Visibility: Business forums, live panels, and media integration that position members as trusted experts.
- Operational Growth: Systems, accountability, and support tools that convert plans into performance.
- Exclusive Member Benefits: Access to more than forty verified partner organizations offering preferred pricing, professional services, and essential business resources — often returning ten times the cost of membership in annual savings alone.
The BDA model merges development, visibility, and partnership into one operating framework.
Members gain structure, accountability, and measurable return while being part of a professional alliance that moves business and community forward together.
This is serious business.
Because success favors the bold.
Mission Statement
Serious business owners do better when they are not building alone — but only when the people they are aligned with are operating at the same standard.
BDA is a network of like-minded, high-intent business operators who choose to grow inside a unified ecosystem instead of trying to expand through isolated, fragmented, one-off groups. We function as a tribe of serious professionals — not a crowd of casual networkers.
Inside this alliance, members gain:
A trusted circle of peers who are building real businesses and expect performance, not excuses
Proximity to civic and economic power players (mayors, councils, investors, EDCs, major organizations)
Shared leverage — partnerships, resources, and advantages no single owner can create by themselves
A culture of mutual elevation — not motivation, not cheerleading, but forward motion and accountability
We are a network, a tribe, and an ecosystem — built for people who are actively advancing and want to do it with others who think and operate the same way.
If you are serious about business success, you do not need more contacts —
you need the right people aligned in the right environment.
Founder’s Message
The Business Development Alliance was built to change the way professionals grow.
For too long, “networking” has meant surface connections, wasted time, and no real structure for development. That’s not how serious people build businesses.
BDA exists to bring professionals into an environment where growth is engineered — not hoped for.
Every member has access to the tools, partnerships, and accountability needed to strengthen their business and their community at the same time.
We measure success by results: stronger companies, better leaders, and lasting collaboration between those who show up ready to do the work.
This isn’t a club or a casual meet-up — it’s a system for progress.
The professionals who commit to growth together change everything around them.
That’s what the Alliance is here to do.
— Lendon Wilson
Founder, Business Development Alliance
Core Values
At the Business Development Alliance, our culture is defined by two operating principles that shape everything we do: CARE and MESH.
CARE — How We Show Up
We believe success begins with how we treat people and conduct business every day.
- Communicative – Keep information flowing clearly and consistently.
- Attentive – Listen with intention and awareness.
- Responsive – Act quickly, follow through, and stay accountable.
- Engaged – Be fully present in every conversation, event, and collaboration.
MESH — How We Perform
Performance defines professionalism.
- Make Exceptional Stuff Happen.
We execute, innovate, and deliver results that create measurable impact for our members, our partners, and our communities.
CARE is our culture. MESH is our execution.
Take our Free Business Growth and Professionalism Assessment
Ever Wonder Where You Stand as a Professional or How Your Business Measures Up?
Most leaders rarely stop to measure where they truly are.
The BDA Professional & Business Growth Assessment gives you quick clarity on strengths, gaps, and next-step opportunities.
In a few minutes, you’ll see what’s working, what’s limiting progress, and which resources or partnerships could accelerate growth.
Clarity starts here — growth follows.
Complete the short form to receive your personalized assessment link.