Shotgun networking, where you go to meetups just to get as much facetime and intro's as possible but with no real connection to people, is overrated. But thoug

Shotgun networking, where you go to meetups just to get as much facetime and intro's as possible but with no real connection to people, is overrated. But thoughtfully targeted networking where you're able to identify a small number of people who have something of unique value to you, and then bring something of similar value to them, resulting in a potential mutually high-value collaboration, is not overrated.