I love this article and the stories it contains. I have the same distaste about the word "networking" and what it seems to imply these days, which I think has l

I love this article and the stories it contains. I have the same distaste about the word "networking" and what it seems to imply these days, which I think has limited me a bit with making friends in certain circles (ex: entrepreneurship). I don't seem to have a problem with becoming friends from other online communities, though. Half of my "real life" friends are from offroading/truck communities where I've been mildly participating for only the past year. I think I'm hesitant about "networking" within the entrepreneurial community because of the "Maybe we can help eachother out" sorta thing mentioned by the author. It seems like networking in this way is merely for personal gain. As a result, I have exactly zero entrepreneurial-minded friends. That being said, anybody want to be friends? Seriously.