The saddest part about living in your late 30s / mid 40s is seeing legends & people that inspired, shaped up or touched your lives, made you laugh or cry go away. Be it people from business, musicians, artists, actors or sports.
Meeting people again and over for networking via catch-ups, mixers, close-door, open-window, invite-only, at clubs, over coffees, on weekends, on breakfast, over brunch, on lunch, on dinners, over drinks or again and again - does not solve any real problems.
Network for a
Numbers tell the real growth story, not narratives.
It's gets a bit odd to interact with senior and experienced folks in product, growth, marketing, sales and also at times with business leaders who can't share the impact of their work in numbers.
Share 5-6 stories of your
Most of the founder's office roles in super early stage startups are more or less simple co-ordination task with glamourised job titles that adds zero or near zero value to your skills. Don't fall for them or chase these titles.
Instead pick-up meaningful roles where one can