The Swarm

"LinkedIn... you've changed man." What was once a platform for genuine connections is now crowded with noise. If you’ve built a solid network on LinkedIn, how many of those connections are actually valuable when you need warm intros? 10%? 5%? The reality is that LinkedIn no longer know who you actually know. But what if you could carve out the signal from the noise and easily identify: → Former coworkers → Customer networks → Investor connections The Swarm makes it possible. Ready to unlock your network’s full potential? DM me for early access to our next major launch. 💬

AI still can't replicate these important aspects of sales. No matter how advanced it is. We're talking about trust and empathy. Sales have always been about: - Building relationships - Understanding customer needs - Providing personalized solutions AI can certainly enhance all these But it cannot replace the human touch. In fact, human relationships are more crucial than before. So, how can you leverage the power of human relationships in the era of AI sales? Find out by tuning into the latest episode of The B2B Revenue Executive Experience, as David Connors joins Carlos Nouche to answer the question. #b2brevenueexperience #humanrelationshipsinsales #aisales 🎙️ Full Episode: https://bit.ly/3YIjSN9

While everyone is using LinkedIn and email to find connections, you should be thinking bigger. Here’s what I mean: Most tools out there only scratch the surface… They tend to miss the best connections hiding in plain sight. **What you need is a smarter approach** Think about the last few people you texted. How many of them show up on LinkedIn or in your email? Probably none. That’s because your best connections aren’t on these platforms. Linkedin is now an audience-building platform... Great for building an audience with followers. Way too noisy for managing actual relationships. The winners in the warm intro market will be those who build their own proprietary database that tracks all kinds of relationships — not just the weak connections from LinkedIn. Imagine tapping into: - College alumni - Former coworkers - Community members - Customer's networks - Your investor's employees - The execs at all your investors' portfolio companies... etc **Here’s where The Swarm comes in** Swarm builds a complete map of all your company's relationships. We bring together your networks, from college friends to VC's employees. With Swarm, you can: → Easily identify potential customers that are connected with your existing customers. → Find warm intro paths into your target accounts. → Identify multithreading opportunities to close larger accounts. No more guessing. No more missed opportunities. It’s the most efficient way to leverage your network. And we call it GTN (Go-To-Network). DM me if you want early-access (we need to approve you on the backend first).

Are you a founder struggling with cold outbound efforts that just don't convert? Here's the secret most early-stage startups miss: Don’t start with strangers 👀. Picture your network as a series of concentric circles expanding outward. Tap into each one sequentially for maximum impact: 1/ Start with those you know who could be a customer - friends, former colleagues, peers. Try land them first. 2/ Then ask them for introductions and referrals. These second-degree connections are more likely to trust you. 3/ As you start to get early customers & investors, leverage them for referrals. Keep doing this to build your initial case studies & brand recognition that you can utilize to bolster your cold outbound. Your warm intro pool will start to diminish so you need to develop this muscle. Cold outbound is still valuable at the very early stage to test different value props & messaging with your audience - but know that without social proof you’re far less likely to get a response. View cold outbound as a complementary strategy to the warm intros from your network - not one or the other. Need help identifying your concentric circles? I’d recommend checking out products like The Swarm as a way to help map your network and streamline your warm intro requests. Hat tip to David Connors and the team for what you’re building 🎩 👏

Venture capital is evolving, with network ops at its core. 🐝 In The Swarm's latest webinar, David Connors had the pleasure of discussing this topic with Cory Bolotsky from VC Platform Global Community and Keshvi Radia from Balderton Capital. 💬 They highlighted the importance of focusing new programs and prioritizing your goals, leveraging existing technology when possible, and focusing on both quantitative and qualitative measures of success. 🎯 They also emphasized how deeper cultural shifts are important to consider prior to rolling out a program or new technology. 💡 And much more: Check out the recap at https://lnkd.in/gTYZwDJK and replay at https://lnkd.in/gndkPmkG #VC #NetworkOperations #Innovation

🍯 If we look at a beehive, we see bees know something about organizing their relationships. These collectively form a network that gets things done. 🤝 We can draw a quick parallel to the world of VC, which is super relationship-based to accomplish big missions: connecting humans, making intros, backing companies, and supporting founders. What tools can they carefully integrate? 5️⃣ In this spirit, I am sharing 5 tips from 3 experts I heard yesterday discussing 'How to Level Up Your VC Network'. Take it from the pros: Cory Bolotsky of VC Platform Global Community, Keshvi Radia, Product at Balderton Capital & David Connors at the aptly-named The Swarm. Thanks for the quick inspo! ✍️ Read my latest on Medium to consider how you can also experiment: https://lnkd.in/ebzF22Un cc: Marieke Gehres, Jay Anna Harris-Theis, Rylee Mora & more. #VC #Network #Relationships #Founders #Startups

It's happening in less than an hour! 🔥 Join live or register to get the recording: https://lnkd.in/gBQWgDqa - Set up your team, goals, and KPIs for your VC network - Leverage technology to map and organize your relationships in a more complete and usable way - Align on how to search and engage relevant people in your network - Enable and keep track of introductions among your team and portfolio companies - Enrich and keep your contact and company data clean and up-to-date

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Calling all VC platform and ops teams to join this discussion next week! https://lnkd.in/g5ajWn3f Over the past two decades, platform roles have increased at a higher rate than VC industry growth as a whole. And according to VC Platform Global Community, a higher concentration of platform roles is correlated to outsized returns in up and down market conditions (see https://lnkd.in/gWRKK38P). In this webinar, we’ll explore how to adopt a structured approach to network operations for VC firms. You’ll learn actionable and effective practices with industry experts and VC trailblazers who’ve done it before! - Set up your team, goals, and KPIs for your VC network - Leverage technology to map and organize your relationships in a more complete and usable way - Align on how to search and engage relevant people in your network - Enable and keep track of introductions among your team and portfolio companies - Enrich and keep your contact and company data clean and up-to-date.