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> Who you know is more important Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know.
by Swizec 4y ago
> Who you know is more important
Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know.
- ksec 4y ago>Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know. Need to steal that. And is this a reason why Twitter, Social Media, and self branding on the internet are so important? Since it is all who knows you?
- Swizec 4y agoYes and the luck surface area. Your amount-of-luck is the surface area of a rectangle. A side is the interestingness of what you do, B side is how many know about it. The bigger the rectangle, the more opportunities you get. https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-area/ https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-ar... This is how you get opportunities when you aren’t even in the room. Someone says ”Oh yeah I know <ksec>, they’re doing cool things X in the area you just mentioned an interest in”. Or ”Oh yeah for problem Y, you should ping <ksec>, they’re the expert”
- AlchemistCamp 4y agoMissing credit to the original creator of both the term “luck surface area” and the chart: https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surface-area https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-sur... The idea was also expanded upon by one of his friends in a mental models book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/
- ksec 4y agoThank You. Swizec and AlchemistCamp. Will have to find time to read it all.
- yeasurebut 4y ago
- scarface74 4y agoIt’s also about “pattern matching”…. https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-matching https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-... https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-pattern-matching https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-p...