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Hey Barrin92, can you explain (or give context around d) this, “Why do so few key professionals network like we're in 15th century Venice?”
by chezball 5y ago
Hey Barrin92, can you explain (or give context around d) this, “Why do so few key professionals network like we're in 15th century Venice?”
- senderista 5y agoIf they did they’d be poisoning their competitors.
- Barrin92 5y agofirst off I phrased it somewhat weirdly, I meant to say there is a very small number of high profile professionals who are close and influential, not few overall, but the point is that a lot of deals still go through very informal, tight-knit, often secretive hands in for example the tech sector. The 'Paypal Mafia' is I think a good example of this. It's hard to imagine you get the same number of businesses out of a dispersed, random groups on the internet. Business knowledge and success even in 'meritocratic' sectors are still depend on a lot of tacit and informal relationships.