How to Ask for an Introduction - Medium

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1. Most people despise receiving introductions without being asked first. This is one of the most important norms to understand, especially with people as busy as founders, mentors, and investors. “When you send the person a forwardable email or blurb, you should assume they will want to check with the other person if they’re okay receiving an introduction.” Press enter or click to view image in full size

   In Permission-based introductions

2. Press enter or click to view image in full size “The introduction will likely take more time and there’s always a chance the person will say no, but it is much more likely that the person will be happy and engaged while speaking with you because they’ve given permission first.” Send some quick reminders

   In Permission-based introductions

3. Why is this so important? For starters, tell me if you’ve ever been in one of these positions before: “Someone offers to introduce you to a friend and you get super excited, but that introduction never comes.” You actually do get an introduction, but the person introducing you mischaracterizes who you are or what you’re looking for.

   In Selecting introduction sources

4. Someone offers to introduce you to a friend and you get super excited, but that introduction never comes. “You actually do get an introduction, but the person introducing you mischaracterizes who you are or what you’re looking for.” You email back and forth so many times looking for a right time and place that the meeting never gets scheduled.

   In Selecting introduction sources

5. You actually do get an introduction, but the person introducing you mischaracterizes who you are or what you’re looking for. “You email back and forth so many times looking for a right time and place that the meeting never gets scheduled.” When you show up to a meeting, the other person has no idea what’s going on or isn’t really engaged.

   In Selecting introduction sources

6. Most people despise receiving introductions without being asked first. This is one of the most important norms to understand, especially with people as busy as founders, mentors, and investors. “When I’m introducing a founder to an investor, I’ll usually send an investor an email like this first:” Press enter or click to view image in full size

   In Warm introduction mechanics