Networking Events Quotes

Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon.

I don't set out to be connected. My business has allowed me to meet lots of interesting people, some of whom have become friends; but you can't force it. This terrible word - 'networking' - I really hate.

I try to have little or no alcohol when I go to a big conference. Sorry to be a party pooper, but that stuff can regress you really fast, and this is not a good place to regress.

My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt Dickerson, was a successful businessman. Their parties, from the '60s to the '80s, attracted cabinet officials, movie stars, and presidents.

Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'

I've always been a social network retard, even before there was a social network. People would say, "You want to go to this party and do some networking?"

I'd love to be popular in Barcelona. That sounds like a fun job.

The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.

Meetings ... are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go, but you're cross not to be asked.

LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission.

Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a special moment in American history. While I find the election of Barack Obama inspirational, I don't have a desire to memorialize it with overly effusive celebration.

Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.

If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.

I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time.

Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don't know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I've rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.

No party or event is without a reason. This is how we foster new relationships, open doors, and launch new ideas that create business opportunities, investments, and jobs in the U.S. and Spain.

I know nothing about meetings between clubs, and I don't want to know anything about them.

To get fifty people to a cocktail party in New York, you ask one hundred. In Hollywood, you invite twenty.

The chance to interact with big shots is drawing scads of aspiring entrepreneurs to Quora, along with venture capitalists and other Valley players.

The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?

I have a very active social life. It may look glamorous, and it is, but it also takes an enormous amount of time.

Networking is working.

Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.