The web home of Scott Burkett: Serial-entrepreneur, tech-geek, dad.
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"Beneath the noble bird, between the proudest words, behind the beauty, cracks appear ..."
I like to view the end product of networking as something I can quantify in some way. After all, what good is going to the candy store if you don’t walk out with something sweet? For me, the end result of successful networking is the generation of social capital.
I recently asked a professional friend of mine to define networking for me. His reply? “It is basically meeting new people, right?” And he wonders why he can never get anyone to return his calls. Networking is not as simple as two people standing in a room exchanging business cards, sales leads, or other information. It transcends that level of simplicity by light years.
Now I am not about to sit here and try to convince you that I am the authoritative figure on business networking - the swami of the handshake - the sultan of cocktail hour. Nothing could be further from the truth. Nevertheless, I would like to offer you some of my views of traditional (offline) business networking.
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Down to the Mat: Angels or Idiots? |
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Growing the Pie |
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Offshoring for Startups |
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Business Networkers of the Future |
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Serializing Your Business Plan |
