As a small business owner, you'll be used to networking, but I bet the first paragraph below describes your normal approach.
I couldn't help but share this content and the link as it shows there is a wide range of places you can go networking. It doesn't have to be at an event.
My advice: open your eyes about where you can network
in a name tag to your chest, grab a drink and schmooze. It may be a tried and tested formula for business networking events, but making important new connections needn’t be limited to the four walls of a bar or hotel function room. Saunas Unlike other networking events, there is no pressure – it is just really friendly and informal. Leon Carter, Active Sussex In a country where winter temperatures struggle to make it above freezing, the tradition of sauna developed as a way to keep toasty on even the most frigid of days. Sweating in the nude might not sound like the best way to sell yourself and your business ideas, but it may be just the icebreaker needed to get conversation flowing. Finnish tech entrepreneur Ville Hulkko explains that the beauty of sauna is that it “equalises everyone”.
http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2016/jan/07/naked-networking-business-contacts