Stop Attending Networking Events (Do This Instead)

They are a waste of your time.

Jay Krasnow
The Brain is a Noodle
1 min readDec 3, 2021

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I hear the mantra all the time: Network, network, network. That usually means going to dry networking events attended by people who you know nothing about, and with whom you have nothing in common. It’s like a really awkward first date.

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Jay Krasnow
The Brain is a Noodle

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