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> The 'network' of an elite MBA is diminished with democratized access to capital and executives (I.e. LinkedIn, Hunter/Snov.io, and Crunchbase) This is breath
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 5y ago
> The 'network' of an elite MBA is diminished with democratized access to capital and executives (I.e. LinkedIn, Hunter/Snov.io, and Crunchbase)
This is breathtakingly naïve.
- pram 5y agoYeah seriously, LinkedIn? I can only deeply scoff at that lol
- KoftaBob 5y agoYeah I’m not sure how direct in person access to decision makers through an MBA, is comparable to those websites that largely are just tools to look people up. Your chances of success are orders of magnitude higher from in person networking through a top program, vs cold-emailing someone you found on linkedin. That’s just the reality of it.
- MattGaiser 5y agoThe last time I heard this argument the person thought the difficult part was getting the literal contact info. The value of the network in their view was ease of getting the phone numbers.
- MattGaiser 5y agoAnd even if you can get in touch and they reply, there is getting in touch as a cold outsider and getting in touch as someone you have mutual friends with.
- digitcatphd 5y agoWhen I formed and ran my FinTech startup, I regularly got meetings with CEOs and CFOs of unicorns all from cold emails using these tools. I'm also 1 - 2 calls away from the types of people referred to in this thread, and then some, using these methods and nurturing relationships. It all depends on the value proposition and what you have done.
- lmilcin 5y agoIt is. It is like saying that access to Stack Overflow diminishes and undermines status of elite software developers. The reality is a lot of people do not know how to use the "democratized access" they get. Being able to log in and send anybody a message is far, far from being able to make meaningful connections with real people.