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> Build a reputation for competence and integrity so that those contacts think and speak well of you. That's all well and good when you've already got a busine
by scribu 7y ago
> Build a reputation for competence and integrity so that those contacts think and speak well of you.
That's all well and good when you've already got a business up and running. But is there a way to start building those sorts of relationships before you quit your day job? Only way I can think of is by doing contracting/consulting on the side.
- ratherbefuddled 7y ago> But is there a way to start building those sorts of relationships before you quit your day job? It depends on your specific job but generally you're going to have colleagues and customers. Today's customer might be a future collaborator. Today's colleague might be a future co-founder. Today's boss might one day be a buyer. For me, the CEO of a business where I was a dev eventually retired after acquisition and some years later helped me to find investors in my own startup. If he hadn't thought well of me I doubt he would have helped. You can't really plan all these interconnections, so you have to do this generally and that's a good thing.