Throughout the course of your career, there will be times when you need to ask for an introduction–even when you don’t want to. Whether you’re a new entrepreneur looking for an “in” with investors or ...
Getting an introduction is a basic thing that startup founders do pretty much every day. We talked about introductions in the post about business development tips, and also in this post about asking ...
If you're joining a new work team, it's a good idea to connect via email to provide an overall introduction to everyone, followed up by brief one-on-one in-person discussions, when possible. This ...
Email introductions are a poorly understood art, and are often done too hastily and without careful thought. Making introductions the right way can be the best way to help two people and create a lot ...
I ask for and receive a lot of requests for introductions. Whether it’s someone at a company looking for a partnership or job, an investor, a journalist or someone else, it’s an integral part of ...
I get asked to connect people all the time. I also ask others to connect me to people every single day. Introductions are an incredibly powerful way to get to know people who can help you with your ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Making introductions by email can be an unexpected minefield, according to Harvard Business Review. The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas ...
I’ve never admitted this publicly, but I’m a matchmaker. Not the romantic kind—the professional kind. In 2015, I made at least 227 email introductions between people who didn’t know each other. An ...
This post is by Chris Fralic, a managing partner at First Round Capital. Last week Chris gave a presentation at BootStrapperSummit in New York on the “art of the introduction” and we asked him to ...