Friday, October 9, 2026

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!

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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).

Investment

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Referron Live with Janine Jakob

Every  delegate was invited to our Referron live Rolodex  so you will be able to connect with the room !!

We had 50 people registered for 3rd #ReferronLive Forum tomorrow — Thursday at 8am AEST.


Referron live tommorrow

 🎤Hosted by sales innovator Steve Brossman.

Steve intro -   sharesd the agenda and introduced Janine - and protocol of the thinktank 


✨ 15-min Knowledge Share

Janine Jakob 安丽彦 akob 安丽彦 shared gems on how to become more referrable — using AI to make humans more human.

it was like having information sucked in from a fire hose!!!


🤝 20-min #Referron Think Tank

Groups of 5.- 6 No long pitches. Shared gems and insights from the knowledge share , discovered each other’s superpowers and started building #KLT — Know, Like & Trust. Everyone had their say - ideal free flow - no spending time selling what you do - it’s in your Referron cards which everyone has .

Connect with people in your breakout room . Listen with intent to add value with a view to giving warm introductions to people in your network that you know like and trust 

I’ll be there to move people into think tanks and hop between groups giving my 2 cents worth !


Facilitators of #thinktanks 

Bill McLellan Skye Swift Brendan Lindstrom Ivan Schwartz Wayne Donnelly, Craig Keegan , Vic Dorsen Ivan Ang Cassandra Parton Janine Jacob Steve Brossman 



20 mins Unpacking the think tank 

Facilitators summarised the gems  gleaned from the thinktank . The insights from the think tanks  are often more powerful than the knowledge share of the expert!!




30 minutes sharing Gems 

The room will stay open till 9:30 . (An extra 30 mins ) Each person to have 30 seconds to share there gem for the day :)

Very often - this is the most powerful part of the Referron Live hour of Power 

Have Referron, your notepad or remarkable (if you haven’t got one - you should get one) and LinkedIn ready to comment and post 




🎯 The goal: 

Leave the hour of power with 5+ valuable connections and warm introductions to follow up - and a whole lot of learning!!




Connect. Collaborate. Contribute.
This is an hour of power.

Action when people leave 




  • Follow up referrals and connections
  • Create message templates 
  • Send follow ups to people you meet 
  • Become proficient in using Referron
  • If not already - become a Referron partner 
  • Comment on posts and hashtag #referronlive and #Referron.

#ReferronLive #WarmIntroductions #RelationshipProductivity #AI




Share on LinkedIn

This post will be used on the session for people to post , share pics and share in comments ⬇️ 

LinkedIn post




The key is 

1. To have fun

2. Learn 

3. Connect collaborate and contribute 

4. Build an amazing community 




The Referron Knowledge share 

Your Digital Reputation Is Networking Before You Meet

What if your next business opportunity started before you ever met the person? Learn how to use your personal brand and AI to make your digital reputation work for you—so you get noticed, remembered and referred to the right people.




3 Takeaways & Gems

1. Get Noticed Before You Meet — Learn how AI and your personal brand can make your digital reputation start the conversation before you enter the room.

2. Become Remembered & Referrable — Discover how to clearly communicate your superpower so people know who you are, what you do and who to introduce you to.

3. Turn Reputation into Opportunity — Practical gems to use AI, relationships and warm introductions to turn your network into conversations, opportunities and business.




About Janine Jakob

Janine Jakob is an international Executive Growth Strategist, entrepreneur, global speaker and coach who helps CEOs, founders, executives and experts turn their expertise into authority, visibility and business growth.

Originally from Germany, Janine has extensive international business experience across Europe, the USA, China and Australia. She combines executive coaching, personal branding, AI, communication, leadership and global business development to help professionals become more visible, credible and influential.

She is the founder of Full Potential Partners, an executive branding and growth consultancy, and the creator of Global Business Matchmakers, connecting businesses and decision-makers across international markets. She is also a podcaster and TEDx speaker.

With seven years of corporate experience at Hewlett-Packard and experience working across multiple international markets, Janine understands how to combine real expertise with the visibility needed to turn that expertise into opportunities.




Her philosophy is simple:

Your expertise is valuable. Your visibility should reflect it.
Authority. Visibility. Growth.

Send people you connect with your standards message 

Go to Message Templates in Referron and create a new template titled:




Referron Live Follow Up

This is what I use 

Hi {{recipient_first_name}},

It was great connecting at Referron Live. I’d love to catch up and explore how we can add value to each other.

Below is my business card. Feel free to schedule a time for a coffee — it’s on me ☕️

Best regards,

{{my_first_name}}

{{card_link}}

press save

Then simply choose the people you want to follow up with on Referron - press their card → tap WhatsApp, Message or Email → select your saved template → send.

That’s the power of Referron: making it easy to follow up with the people you meet while the connection is still warm.




Referron Partners , Premium Members and VIP Guests 

You have the opportunity to build your network and connections with relevant people and a whole lot more .

Our Goal is to help you get at least 1000 relevant connections on your Referrron Rolodex in the next 12 months - so you have a constant source of warm leads , referrals and introductions - and you will be using referrron to connect , refer nd track on a daily basis !! 

Referron partners,  premium members and ViP members  will be part of the group Rolodex of all attendees of all Referron Lives after the event . (currently 105 (planning to be 1000 plus (bhag - big hairy audacious goal). 

Guests will be able to see who the members are , but will not be able to see other delegates at the forum. 

Referron premium members will receive  a free 2 hour session on how to become more referrable and effective at networking (including a how to best use Referron workshop) which we hold each month hosted by the Legendary Steve Brossman 

The  Referron live forums belong to the Referron Premium Members , who have the opportunity to invite people to the forum and host your own think tanks .

If you have the numbers , we will help you host your own white labelled Referron live forums.


I know this is a lot of information ,  but I really want you to get the. Most out of Referron live forum, you are investing significant time and resource . 

Onwards and upwards


I will be signing in from Japan tomorrow 

As Elizabeth Heusler says konnichiwa and sayonara


Ivan

https://www.rfrn.link/ivank