SUP46.Networking experience

There are about 7 bln people around the globe. We never know, who and how will influence our opinion, help us or even mess up everything, what we are doing.

Last friday, 13th of november, I have visited SUP46 to meet the most exciting crowd of the Swedish Start-Up world, entrepreneurs, investors, developers and many more. This is the perfect time and place to make new contacts or meet up with old friends.

There were quite a lot students from EIT Digital program also. I have spotted several behavioural patterns:

1. People stayed only with people they knew
2. None of us went there prepared (we had no clue, who is going to be there)
3. Nothing changed during the event (we have stayed as a group and never got new contacts)

For sure, it is a matter of practice, if you are comfortable with starting talking to strangers, if you are confident with your knowledge and etc.

I searched for advices for people like us, about how we can overcome this problem and what i have found:

1. Keith Ferazzi “Never eat alone”‘
2. Tim Sanders “Like-ability Factor”
3. Dale Carnegie “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

This is must read books for us, to start better networking!