HeyJaredThe Introverted Networker
I teach introverts to be more confident networkers. Each week, I send my subscribers simple strategies and tactics to help them grow their professional networks.
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Your Network Is More Than A List Of People You Know (opens the original)
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For the past several weeks, I’ve shared the stories behind the growth of my consulting business.I told you about the relationship that led to my first client.That first opportunity helped open the door to a substantial project with a professional sports organization.I showed you how former colleagues carried my reputation into conversations I was not part of.One of those conversations led to an introduction and another client.I told you how attending an event led to coffee with another consultan
I Finally Got the Client I Wanted. Then I Gave It Away. (opens the original)
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A new client wanted to hire me. There was just one problem.I didn’t have time to do the work.This was early in 2025.My consulting business was only a few months old, and somehow I had the exact opposite problem I expected to have when I started.I had too much work.I was nearly full-time with my first client.I was doing another project on the side.And then I got a call about exactly the kind of work I wanted to do.Compensation.Job architecture.Compensation structures.A gr
I Helped Him Get a Job. He Helped Me Keep a Client. (opens the original)
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Last week, I told you how one relationship led to my first consulting client.That same relationship led to my second client: The Denver Broncos.I’ve been a Broncos fan since I was a kid.So getting paid to do compensation work for my favorite football team was pretty cool.But that’s not actually the story I want to tell you.Because the person who originally brought me into the Broncos eventually left the organization.And the Broncos hired me again anyway.The reason they did goes back to an introd
I Got My First Client One Day After I Quit My Job (opens the original)
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On August 19, 2024, I resigned from my job.On August 20, I got a text.It was from someone I’d known for years.She wrote:“Hey, I know a CHRO who needs a part-time head of Total Rewards. Do you know anybody?”I responded:“Yeah. Me.”She had no idea I had resigned the day before.I hadn’t announced it.I hadn’t launched my website.I hadn’t started some elaborate marketing campaign.The timing was ridiculous.One day after deciding to go ou
I Tried to Build a Business That Didn't Depend on My Network (opens the original)
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When I decided to leave my corporate job and start my own consulting business, I had a spreadsheet.People who know me are thinking, “Of course you did.”I calculated how much cash I had available.How much I would get from unused PTO.What I could access from exercising stock options and selling RSUs.How much I needed to live on.And how long I could survive without making much money.On paper, I had about 12 months.In reality, I probably had six.Not because I would have run out of money.Because if I
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