Speed networking actually worked for me at a Midtown event last month

I went to this speed networking thing at the Ponce City Market co-working space and was super skeptical... 3 minutes per person felt way too short. But I ended up getting two solid leads on commercial painting projects just by keeping my pitch under 60 seconds and asking a specific question about their biggest pain point. Has anyone else tried the timed format and actually gotten work from it?

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robinc608d ago

Did you prep your pitch before going in or just wing it?

the_drew8d ago

Winged it honestly, which was dumb lol. But I had been working on a similar pitch for weeks at random happy hours so it was kinda in my head already. Saw this one guy during a break at that same event who kept talking about his tile business and I just sat there nodding for 5 minutes straight before he finally asked what I did. Ended up trading cards and he sent me a referral two weeks later for a bathroom remodel. The timed format actually forced me to shut up and listen instead of rambling about my whole life story which is probably the real win here.