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Think you’re good at networking? Properly following up
- dshankar 16y agoI wish the article went into detail of following up with VCs. For example, how to followup after the first meeting? I've felt that a simple "Thank you, I look forward to talking more" isn't good enough. I think you need to go further and answer any large questions that cropped up in the meeting.
- coffee 16y agoHow does one manage all of this? For example, I've successfully followed up and want to re-contact with them in a month with something topical. How do I manage to remember this (when the contact list get's large) and how do I manage what's topical to each individual contact?
- dshankar 16y agoI've made an spreadsheet with the following - Name, Email, Company, Introduced By/At, Status In status, write down stuff like "Give Beta," or "Reconnect in one month."
- tzm 16y agoI log notes about people that I meet along the way, usually on the back of their card. Then I try to input this data in my contact manager and set a reminder in the future to follow up. This simple process also helps me to measure my progress (internally) by comparing follow up notes with my actual projected growth. Fwiw, I also digitally convert bcards, follow conversations online and keep a list of people on a 'watchlist' and plan my events around meeting these people at some point.