Networking
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Podcasting functions as a superior networking tool for pre-screening contacts
“I use the podcast as my networking I just find it to be the most natural because when you're doing a networking event, you have to see after you start talking to them, as you're saying, you have to try, you have to talk to someone first and go, oh, okay. Yeah.…”
Unused networking connections decay naturally similar to synaptic pruning
“There's a pruning process when we network, you know, we, it's like the brain, you know, when we are just born, we have a hundred billions of neurons and that, that converts into trillions of synapses and connections between them. But then the more we grow, and…”
Varanasi: 90% of networking equipment is sold through channel partners
“90% of networking is actually sold through the channel.”
Dusek: Female founders traditionally underestimate networking power compared to men
“One of the things I noticed about women, actually, is that we traditionally have underestimated the power of networking. We've underestimated the power of connections for doing business. And I do think men have realized this a lot long ago. And we have been a …”
Diller calls structured networking for career advancement a "pro forma" waste
“And so people who say, well, I need to go out and network, and I hear that, and I think, oh, you fools. I mean, what are you talking about? You don't really need to do that. It's this kind of pro forma thinking of the things you should do, the steps you should…”
Huang: The typical 'me first' VC networking approach is highly ineffective
“Maybe VCs are typically me first. I think that's the wrong way. It should always be others first to network effectively.”
Dusek: Women have traditionally underestimated the power of networking compared to men
“One of the things I noticed about women actually
Is that we traditionally have underestimated the power of networking.
We've underestimated the power of connections for doing business.
And I do think men have realized this a lot long ago.
And we have been a li…”
Gray: Access ultra-successful people by befriending their friends instead
“If you are looking to make contact with some of these ultra successful people, there's no way that you will. They have pretty much too much inbound, but you can befriend their friends. And that can be your foot in the door.”
Hunt: Large Organizations Lack Loyalty, Making Constant External Networking Critical
“If you're in a big organization, you always need to be looking for your next job. And I don't mean that in the sense of you've got your resume out there and you're, you've got one foot out the door. What I mean by that is you're in a transactional relationship…”
Boscher: Founders can systematically engineer serendipity through consistent networking routines
“Networking is a very powerful way to build momentum, because people start hearing about you, and they talk to each other about you and it's not that hard to create. You can really spark that on your own, and I got introduced to Bruno, and then someone introduc…”
Huang: Distributed networking and infrastructure define data centers, not chips
“A data center is distinguished from a desktop computer versus a cell phone, not by the processor in it. A desktop computer in a data center uses the same CPUs, uses the same GPUs, apparently, right? Very close. And so it's not the chip, it's not the processing…”
Huber: The key to networking is becoming an expert first
“The way to build a network is to get really fucking good at something. Period. And end of story. As soon as you become an expert at something, and you prove to people that you know what you're doing, whether it's through making money that way, or doing somethi…”
Karnjanaprakorn: Building something makes networking easier by acting as an inbound magnet
“But if you'd start something, you would be kind of like a magnet that pulled people towards you. It's much easier to network when you're building something.”
Jonsson: Effective networking requires proactively serving others, not passively waiting
“It's quite a lot of people who approach networking with always saying, okay, I pay for this membership, and then I just sit back and see what it gives you. That's not how it works. It's all about coming in and being of service and supporting each other.”
Anna Wong: Offering contacts first triggers reciprocity and secures meetings
“Try not to ask what you want in the beginning. Let's say if you want something out of them, and you try to offer something first. Let's say if I want to get a contact from them, if you introduce the contact to the person first, and you will stop building a, yo…”
Codie Sanchez: Networking with creators requires building and zero expectations
“You gotta be doing cool stuff to hang around cool people. Rule number one... You have to actually be out there creating thing to be around creators. So I think that's rule number one and it's to have the lowest expectations humanly possible”