Entrepreneurship and Networking

Faced with a tough decision that needs to be made quickly, most leaders' command-and- control instincts kick in. They are often wrong. In a world changing at an extraordinary pace, expecting a leader under pressure to make the call alone is to overlook the talent in the team.

How hard are you willing to work for others to realize your full potential? In this post, Keith describe his transformational childhood journey, serving others and cultivating relationships which eventually opened doors and created opportunities that brought him to where he is today.

If you want to truly level up your network to achieve your goals this year, you're going to have to create a "Relationship Action Plan" for yourself. Have you ever created a Relationship Action Plan before?

Building and cultivating "groups of similar interest" are a way to actively grow your network by providing value to a community and helping facilitate discussion among members.

Bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi and Sergey Young discuss the future of human lifespans. Sergey has been an investor and venture capitalist for 20 years and has a multi-billion portfolio under management.

Keith shares his story about how his father and Mrs. Poland taught him this very important lesson about work and relationships. Keith's story starts when he was only 11 years old working at a local Country Club.

Collaboration is no longer enough. If you are not taking responsibility for your teammates' success as you do your own, you're not serving those relationships well. You need to do more than collaborate, you need to co-elevate your teammates, so that everyone achieves success.

Relationships are absolutely critical to our success. Success is not solely determined by your accountability, responsibility, or even productivity. Success is largely determined by your capacity to influence.

High Touch Marketing is the recognition that the marketing organization more than any other needed to think of itself as the curator of the most important relationships to the growth and success of a company.

Question is, how do you do it? Just Do It. The easiest thing to do in terms of audacity into action is just ask.

Keith demonstrate how to step up and control the relationship by being first of service and then when you do, showing up authentically as yourself.

Host your own events whether is a simple dinner party that you might throw at your home or anything, it really doesn't matter. Pick the event that matters to you and consistently do something about that particular event and invite people in.

One way to connect to people is to ask. Ask them who else should you meet? What event should you go to? What kind of clubs should you join? Just ask the individuals who you know and respect.

Keith Ferrazzi explains the importance of knowing "Who are your Mentors - Who are your most important mentors? Who are those life lines? ".

You can always be of service. Keith Fezzarri explains what are the 3 levels to be Generous!

Keith discusses that the greatest indicator for successful change begins with a sense of belonging.

To increase the safety of the candor of a meeting and expect performance we should have connection and a genuine relationship with our team.

If you want to transform your life, you need the help of others -- powerful relationships with people who give you support and access, and push you to exceed your potential.

Mark Magnacca the author of “So What? How To Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience.”, The podcast It's all about relentlessly focusing on how what you do benefits whoever your audience may be.

Tahl Raz interviewed Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. a motivational psychologist, and author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals.

t Fields “provides the tools necessary to take consistent action in the name of great work.” Through Fields' experience, which includes among other business successes launching one of New York’s most profitable health clubs of its time, you can expect to learn.

Jodi Glickman joined the podcast to share how the best use of communications skills can keep you ahead of the professional curve and lays out the best practices for making a positive impression in everyday business conversation.

Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer reveals that acquiring real clout, the kind that helps you get stuff done, requires a few bare-knuckle strategies...and a lot of social capital.

This call is a must for anyone who needs to market and sell their unique expertise to survive and thrive. These are skills necessary not just for sales, but in any client interaction where it’s up to you to drive a course of action for mutual success.

Heidi Roizen, the venture capitalist and Stanford professor who is known as Silicon Valley's most legendary networker. She's one of very few people in the world who can call both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates personal friends.

Bill Gates calls her “super high bandwidth.” Bill Clinton has thanked her for “fostering American entrepreneurship.”

Looking to scale up your business development efforts and generate new opportunities? Sara Grace interviewed business development expert Andy Ellwood as he generously opens the book on his stories, strategies, and wealth of hard-earned advice.

Keith takes another fan question from Vicki who wants to know how best to manage and take care of her personal network.

In this episode of the Social Capitalist, Keith Ferrazzi told us how that basic truth has transformed his life and business.

Keith takes a fan question from Vicki about whether you can ever eat with too many people.

Keith takes a fan question from Alex about what, if anything, he'd change in his books "Never Eat Alone" and "Who's Got Your Back".

Keith Ferrazzi interviews Christine Comaford about her book -Smart Tribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together.

Keith talks about "Beginning to create a purposefulness about your relationships that will allow and fuel your success and purposefulness by managing it for Revenue Growth" in a conference.

Keith takes a fan question from on "What do I do if life makes it difficult to physically attend networking events?"‍

Keith takes a fan question about "Should I drop LinkedIn in favor of Facebook?"

Keith takes a fan question about "Should I carry a personal business card in addition to my company's?".

Keith takes a fan question about "Can you give some tips on how to throw a successful dinner party?"

Keith takes a fan question about "What would you recommend is the best way of preparing for when I start my new role in a new city?"

Keith takes a fan question about "Are the tips that you give for successful networking specifically suited for the Western culture, or are they applicable to Asia as well?".

Keith takes a fan question about "How do I sustain a connection that I make?".

Keith will be giving tips in this video on how to show up properly in holidays events that brings value to your network in your relationship building.

Keith takes a fan question "What have your challenges been when attempting to balance between networking and managing your business?".

Here are a few things you can do today to make good on that commitment and get more comfortable at being audacious in social situations:

Keith takes a fan question about "What would you add or change about 'Never Eat Alone' if you were writing it today?".

Keith takes a fan question about "How should one go about building intimacy with a contact of the opposite sex without having the signals misread?".

Keith takes a fan question about "If I've got a meeting scheduled with somebody and it's a phone call, but the administrative assistants scheduled several weeks ahead. How do I accelerate that call earlier?"

Keith takes a fan question about "What is the importance of Constituencies?"

Keith shares his principles about the Six Rules for Building Relationships Online and offline.

Relationships, networks and collaboration are the defining elements of the next era of business leadership. You can’t do big things anymore – as a company, as a team, as an individual – if you’re stuck doing them alone.

Few things can have greater impact on your personal brand and your organization's brand recognition than developing and sharing your expertise with the world

When you're trying to meet someone who seems unreachable for whatever reason, sometimes getting access is just a matter of putting yourself in the right place at the right time.

Poor Ken Jennings. He finally went bust on Jeopardy last night, after answering final jeopardy incorrectly. The answer? Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year.

As entrepreneurs and salespeople, referrals are our lifeblood because they jumpstart the trust-building with potential customers, partners and suppliers

Since I've had some extra time on my hands, I finally got around to reading Alison Stein Wellner's piece in Inc.'s March issue: "Let's Be Friends: It seems nuts. But new research says that CEOs who become pals with their rivals do better than those who don't."

Need a little entertainment -- and a jolt of advertising inspiration? Check out Adweek's BestSpots, a monthly listing of some of the most creative television commercials, according to the editors of Adweek.

If I asked of you what I asked of those UCLA b-school students, "If you want to do [what you did yesterday], please stand up," what would you do?

For years now, the newspaper industry has been virtually paralyzed as it has watched its readership age and younger consumers turn to other media.

My friend Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision, recently brought his friend Lionel Richie to one of our regular meetings where we brainstorm ideas and exchange candid advice and a healthy dose of mutual admiration

"Don't Keep Score" doesn't mean you should let yourself be taken advantage of. Here is a general rule of thumb to guide you: Just do those things that make you feel good - truly good inside.

Want to know how to make it to the top of your game? It's easy, if you throw out many of the things you've been taught over and over.

The Bush administrations proposal to cut $119 million from the SBA's 2005 fiscal year budget doesn't seem to upset the SBA's leader, Hector V. Barreto, as Elizabeth Olson writes in a recent New York Times News Service article.

Companies like Sony and Electronic Arts are making pots of money selling gaming software and the hardware to play it. But a growing number of executives are looking for ways to marry the public’s love of gaming with their companies’ strategic objectives.