Want to be a person who is a Centre of influence ? Adopt a Host Mindset

 Q: How can you be the person people gravitate to, the one everybody wants to be introduced to? 

A: At networking events, adopt a host mindset and people will seek you out. Greet people, introduce yourself, show them around – act like a host, not a guest. 

This is one of my Ten Tips for Success at a Networking Mixer. 

Get them all here: Ivan Misner’s top 10 tips to become a Centre of Influence

 

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Raising Capital with Referron

“If you’re raising capital, your greatest asset may not be your pitch deck.

It may be your connections.”

Seth Yakatan of Katan Associates recently shared some powerful statistics:

“Warm introductions can achieve 58%+ conversion rates, while cold emails can struggle at 1–5% response rates.”

Why?

Because investors invest in more than businesses.

They invest in people — and trust matters.

When somebody they know, like and trust says:

“You should meet this founder.”

You’re no longer another cold email in an investor’s inbox.

You arrive with borrowed trust and credibility.

And this is exactly where I believe Referron can become a powerful capital-raising tool.

Instead of starting with:

“Who are the investors I can cold approach?”

Start with:

“Who do I already know who can get me to the right investors?”

Use Referron to:

1. Build your capital-raising Rolodex
2. Identify founders, advisers, accountants, lawyers, family offices, investors and connectors already within your sphere.
3. Be specific about who you need to meet
4. Don’t ask, “Do you know any investors?”
5. Ask for an introduction to the right person.
6. Make warm introductions easy
7. Give your connections the information they need to confidently introduce you.
8. Track every introduction
9. Know who introduced whom, follow up and make sure opportunities don’t disappear.
10. Turn every investor into another connector
11. When somebody invests — or even likes the opportunity — ask:
12. “Who are 2 or 3 people you think I should meet?”

One trusted introduction creates another.

That creates momentum.

And momentum can create a capital raise.

Of course, none of this replaces having a business worth investing in. Prove the model. Know your numbers. Have a compelling investment proposition.

But once you’re ready to raise, don’t immediately start shouting louder to strangers.

Activate the people who already know, like and trust you.

That’s what Referron is being built to do.

Turn connections into warm introductions.

Turn warm introductions into opportunities.

And turn opportunities into outcomes.

When raising capital, one Referron could change your business.

Impostor Syndrome - everyone’s got it ! Get out of your comfort zone and just do it !!

Seven years ago, Jen Gaudet published a book about boundaries.

Almost as soon as she published it, she wanted to unpublish it.

That inner voice kicked in:

Who am I to write a book about this?

What do I really know?

Who am I to teach other people?

She had a serious case of impostor syndrome.

And yet…

The book became a bestseller.

There’s a powerful lesson in that.

Do it — especially when it makes you uncomfortable.

I can relate to this through my journey building Referron.

Building something from an idea is exciting — but it can also be incredibly uncomfortable.

There are days when I wonder:

• What if Referron doesn’t work?
• What if I’m wrong?
• What if people don’t understand the vision?
• What if I fail?

That inner critic can be loud.

And I suspect every entrepreneur, leader and creator experiences some version of it.

We naturally resist change.

We resist discomfort.

We want certainty before we act.

But certainty rarely comes before action.

Sometimes you simply have to put your idea into the world and give people the opportunity to decide for themselves.

That’s what I’m doing with Referron.

I believe everyone has something valuable to share.

Everyone has knowledge, experience, relationships or insights that can help somebody else.

Your job is to work out what that is — and put it out there.

What is your superpower?

Or perhaps the better question is:

What do you WANT your superpower to be?

• Own it.
• Talk about it.
• Share your knowledge.
• Help people.
• Become known for it.
• Become referrable for it.

Yes, there will be people who criticise you.

Some might even mock you.

But there will also be people who love what you’re doing, believe in your vision, support you, introduce you to others and want to be part of your journey.

I’m experiencing that every day while building Referron.

And perhaps that’s the biggest lesson:

Don’t wait until you feel worthy.

Don’t wait until you feel ready.

Don’t wait until you’re certain you won’t fail.

Put yourself out there.

Because the uncomfortable zone is often exactly where the opportunity is.

Just do it.

What’s your superpower — or what do you want it to become?

Put it out there. You never know who needs exactly what you have to offer.

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