Sending emails is so common today that you might not think much about it. Still, knowing how to write an email introduction is essential, especially if it’s going to a new business contact. You don’t ...

One of the kindest things someone can do is to introduce you to someone in their network or connect you with someone they think you should know. This is usually done through an email. Whether you ...

We’ve all gotten that email request: Will you put me in touch with someone in your network? A common impulse is to shoot off a quick email introduction addressed to both parties. But that’s not the ...

I’ve never admitted this publicly, but I’m a matchmaker. Not the romantic kind—the professional kind. In 2015, I made at least 227 email introductions between people who didn’t know each other. An ...

I get an average of three requests per week to make an introduction to someone in my network. It doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by the number of weeks in a year, and I’m fielding more than ...

By Chris Fralic, Partner at First Round Capital in New York. This is an updated and revised version of this post. I’ve sent a total of more than 81,000 e-mails since 2007— and that’s not even counting ...

I ask for and receive a lot of requests for introductions. Whether it’s someone at a company looking for a partnership or job, an investor, a journalist, or someone else, it’s an integral part of ...

This post is by Chris Fralic, a managing partner at First Round Capital. Last week Chris gave a presentation at BootStrapperSummit in New York on the “art of the introduction” and we asked him to ...

I’ve never admitted this publicly, but I’m a matchmaker. Not the romantic kind—the professional kind. In 2015, I made at least 227 email introductions between people who didn’t know each other. An ...