tl;dr: Make it easier and more effective for introducers to make connections for you by writing them specifically structured emails: Forwardable Introduction Requests (FIR).1 In the last two weeks, I’ve been asked for 6 introductions to various people and ended up successfully making 2 of those introductions. For every one of those 6 requests, I’ve liked the person asking and wanted to make the introduction. But the way the askers made these requests was both ineffective for the asker and...
