Welcome back to another episode of Invest In You. On today’s episode, serial entrepreneurs Charlie and Fredrick, talk about one of the investments you can do in yourself which is relationships and in this case, networking.
What’s networking? What is networking all about? Answers to all these and more are in this episode, hop in to learn and find out this and much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- What is networking? One of the most important skills as an entrepreneur, it's also one of the most valuable assets you have got to yourself and it's all relating to other people and how you link, connect and help others and how they can help you.
- What is networking all about? Networking is all about keeping your existing contacts, is also about adding new ones.
- What to do for networking to succeed. In this case is if you don't follow up, then you wasted time. You should always do a follow up on the people you have contacts. If you don't collect the details, and you don't even know if like to follow up with the people, that is a waste of time.
- How to pick or find people when you are networking. Group number one which is the people who are on their own, they might be standing there filling with telephone, they might be standing looking to the wall, they might be standing there with a drink or without a drink, they feel uncomfortable to be there, you actually help them by approaching them in a careful way and introducing yourself because it means they are not alone anymore, which means you save them the hustle to try to find one to speak to.
- How do you approach a group or two people? You are making the couple into a tree, which means that you are the odd one out. The other people might already have a rapport between them. What I do is just super quickly, I excuse myself, introduce myself, and then I say please carry on where you were, don't let me drop and then people usually do or they start to engage with you.
- At the bar is also a good place to pick up new people to talk to because they come there to grab a drink and maybe learn to engage a new person. You can also pick up people in a hall or meeting or a gathering. In order to save yourself more time, you can ask the host to connect you with people in there who might be interested.
- How do you break away from people? We have introduced ourselves; we’ve said hi to some people, you might also bring your business cards, which means people can get back to you. Take the details and capture the details on the phone and there are also some apps which allows you to very quickly Connect. After all that and pitching your business idea to them, you can now tell them goodbye and go to the other person.
- Why network as an entrepreneur. There are some really good meetings where you can be one of the key people in the room, I always recommend if you can try to be the speaker, that means that people would like to come to you and you're very much in demand to speak to and its way easier to do networking and get what you want.
BEST MOMENTS
- “Network is your network.”
- “Sometimes you find what you are looking for in the most unusual context.”
- “Networking is a super important business skill.”
- "Try to be interested not interesting to people you are engaging with while networking so that you can learn as much as possible from them.”
- “In networking, be professional from how you dress how you speak, how you approach people, your handshake, your eye contact and your business card.”
- “Try to be yourself and don't play a role.”
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ABOUT THE HOST
Serial entrepreneurs Fredrik, Charlie and Ivan Sandvall love sharing ideas and interviewing world-class entrepreneurs and influencers. Invest In You is about investments, entrepreneurship personal development and doing fun things. They hope to inspire you to take action, helping others and yourself plus enjoying the journey we call life.
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