Social Capital Mentor

Entrepreneur & Small Business Academy June Meetup

We’d like to thank Patrick for inviting us to speak at his Entrepreneur & Small Business Academy June Meetup next week (Monday, June 1st, 5:30 PM). As of today there are 39 spots left, so you can still rsvp if you’re in the area and want to learn about Social Capital (specifically, how to conduct [...]

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Deep Networking - Work Together With Others

My brother Charles recently called me to talk through a small, but common, networking dilemma: there were two networking-related events on the same night and he was trying to decide which one to go to. He’s getting into the green-building industry and both events would expose him to people in that field. He was leaning [...]

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Reminder from HBR: Stay Active & Organized

We’ve said it before, and I’m going to keep saying it: You’ve got to stay active in a downturn. David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter wrote a great article in the February issue of Harvard Business Review titled Seize Advantage in a Downturn. It’s about developing a corporate assessment and action plan for dealing with the [...]

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What Makes Us Different

We’re not academics. While we enjoy intellectual debate, we’re not doing this to make a point. Mark, Craig and I want to help people through Social Capital. All of us had to learn to negotiate the business world the hard way and want to save others from the same pain. Success for us isn’t measured [...]

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Avoiding the Chopping Block: Internal Networking

When people talk about networking, they are usually referring to something external. If they’re a hard skills-type of person like an engineer or scientist, they tend to think of networking as an activity for “salespeople” and other less-evolved beings. This is absolutely the wrong attitude, especially for the current time. In our current times of regular [...]

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Great Seminar Last Night

Last night’s seminar, Social Capital for the Entrepreneur, was a great success. It’s always a good sign when we have to stay an hour later than planned because of all the questions. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. As always in these types of events, you’ve given us additional food for thought and [...]

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How to Network - A Networking Event Process

Maybe you already know how to network You’re right at home at a networking event. You recognize the importance of a strong social network. You’re the King of the Elevator Pitch and you can small talk over cocktails and appetizers like you were born idle rich. But beyond a very impressive stack of business cards, what do [...]

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Develop Your Social Capital; Turn Contacts into Relationships

Tony Adam just wrote a great post about the quality of your business relationships on his awesome blog. I’ve been thinking all day about his words and I can’t emphasize how much I agree. I think we have the same goal here: to help people realize the power of Social Capital. It’s definitely not about [...]

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Social Capital Seminar in San Francisco Feb 24

We’ve just been asked to run a short seminar at Sasha Vasilyuk’s Meetup group next week. We’re going to cover Social Capital and how it relates to some timely issues: surviving the recession, presenting yourself well, closing more deals and conducting a successful business lunch or power lunch. Should be fun and informative. If you’re [...]

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Power Lunch: A Modern Approach to the Business Lunch

We’re happy to announce that our new Power Lunch site is up, so you can work on developing your lunch-meeting social capital skills in the privacy of your own home. You’ll find an introduction to the our video, The Power Lunch: A Modern Approah to the Business Lunch. The first half of the video lays out [...]

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