Which brings you here?
You’re good at what you do, and referred less than you should be.
The work is solid. The relationships are real. The introductions are thinner than the reputation deserves. GCA helps the right people recognize the problem you solve, and know when to send someone your way.
You need trusted help with a business problem.
The directory opens once the founding roster is complete. Until then, describe what you’re dealing with and we’ll route it personally if a reviewed specialist fits.
Most networking helps people explain what they do. A referral needs more than that.
People can know you, like your work, and still hesitate when the moment comes, because they can’t say exactly what you fix, who it’s for, or whether it matters right now.
A referral actually starts earlier than the introduction. Someone hears a problem, recognizes it, understands why it matters now, and knows who it belongs to. GCA is built around that moment.
The founding roster is being selected now.
Referral Routing Membership is free, and it’s reviewed. Everything in it is aimed at one outcome: making you easier to recognize, easier to trust, and easier to route to. A founding member gets:
- A referral-routing profile, built with feedback, that says who you help, what problem should make someone think of you, what a good fit looks like, and when you’re not the right fit.
- A founding listing in the GCA expert directory when it opens.
- A place in a reviewed pool where introductions are made deliberately, on fit.
- When a request matches your expertise, it can be routed to you.
- Consideration for a Referral Routing Office as those groups form, by invitation.
Apply to Become a Referral Routing Member
Membership is free because the founding members are shaping how this works, and getting the right people on the roster matters more right now than a fee. Some services may cost money later. If they do, they’ll be named plainly, the way everything else here is. Applications are reviewed personally. GCA is built on fit, not volume.
Need a trusted specialist before the directory opens?
The public directory opens when the founding roster is complete. Until then, routing happens by hand.
Tell us what you’re looking for
Your request goes to one person who reads it. Not into an automated funnel, and not onto a mailing list.
GCA is being rebuilt deliberately. I’d rather have a small roster of specialists I can route with confidence than a long list of names I can’t vouch for. If you want to be on the first kind of roster, apply.
Ed Forteau
Apply to Become a Referral Routing Member
Applications are reviewed personally. You’ll usually hear back within 5 business days.
Need a trusted specialist? Tell us what you’re looking for