Don’t Just Connect - #Referron

Looking forward to making some valuable warm introductions for you and helping you turn connections into opportunities!

To make it easy for me (and others) to refer you, please take a few minutes to complete your Referron digital business card.

It’s simple:

First Download Referron from AppStore or Google Play -( it’s a mobile app )

Then (under edit profile )

1. Add your photo – tap the photo placeholder and upload a picture or take a selfie.

2. Add your website – under Edit Profile, paste your full website link (including https://).

3. Add your LinkedIn – paste your full LinkedIn profile link (including https://).

4. Share your SUPERPOWER! – in the About Me section, tell people what you do best, who you help and what introductions you’re looking for.

A few minutes now could lead to years of valuable connections and referrals!

Next, start building your Referron Rolodex.

Share your digital card with people you meet, add their cards to your connections and start making warm introductions.

Here’s what I do: I share my card, connect with the person and then send a personalised follow-up using one of my saved message templates. Simple, seamless and powerful!

🎥 A few quick videos to get you started:

▶️ How Referron works⁠

▶️ Getting started in 60 seconds⁠

▶️ How to create a message in Referron⁠

▶️ The power of a warm introduction⁠

The goal is simple: to make it easier for people to connect, refer and create opportunities for one another.

Once you’ve completed your card, send it to people in your network  to make it easy for them to refer you on!

Let me know how it goes 

Onwards and upwards! 🚀

Don’t just connect. #Referron!

Investment Wisdom - great interview with Bill Ferris of Champ Ventures and Brett Kelly

Brett Kelly shares the 7 gems gleaned from interviewing Bill Ferris , Australia's first venture capital firm. Bill co-founded CHAMP Private Equity with Joe Skrzynski, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for his philanthropy. I can’t wait to have Brett do a knowledge share at #Referronlive

1. Start where you can see everything.

The mail room was "fantastically interesting." He learned a lot early on from a big business.

2. Invite interesting people in.

He asked businessman David Stone to speak to the Australian club at Harvard. Stone later backed half his first fund. He also introduced Bill to his niece, Lea, who became Bill's wife.

3. Make the "why not" case.

His Harvard thesis argued Australia could be "more than just a very successful quarry."

4. Go first, but respect the risk

"I didn't want to miss an opportunity. In retrospect, I got a bit ahead of myself - I let the excitement trump the risks."

5. Don't be greedy.

They sold LookSmart weeks before the tech crash and made over a hundred times their money. "Sometimes, timing can trump analysis."

6. Pick a partner who balances you.

With Joe for 30 years. "I'm in the why-not camp and Joe will be in the what-if camp."

7. Give time away from the start.

From day one, he and Joe each gave half a day a week to public good. It grew to several days.

His motto, the old Franciscan tenet: "In giving is receiving."

The lesson he would pass on to his kids and grandkids:

"Pursue what you really enjoy and don't give up. It's good to dream a bit, too."

From Brett’s book Investment Wisdom (2019).

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