The Myth of Warm Introductions

Why those warm intros are mostly but not completely useless

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Imagine you’re a hotshot venture capitalist and you get this message from one of your buddies:

“Hey DC, sorry I can’t make golf tomorrow. I’ve got a meeting with one of our portfolio companies. They’re absolutely killing it and getting ready to close their next round. Our fund is putting…