+Your network is your net… expenditure.
The networking industrial complex
Three instruments for turning social proximity into measurable expectations.
The warm intro maze
Reach an investor through a chain of increasingly tenuous connections. Every introduction has a cost.
●YOU
◆INVESTOR
Choose a connection to begin.
Coffees consumed: 0Conference ROI calculator
Total spend$3,596
Attributed gross profit$0
Gross-profit ROI-100%
Cost per qualified lead$449.50
Imaginary LinkedIn impressions2,388Positioning model · Badges do not count as revenue.
Sources & methodology
Spend = ticket + hotel + travel + $8 per coffee. Attributed gross profit = deals won × deal revenue × gross margin. ROI = (gross profit − spend) / spend. Assumes these deals came from this event; excludes salaries and later costs.
Founder bingo
Tap what you hear. Five in a row means your conference has achieved narrative-market fit.