[1]Strike When The Iron Is Hot:

    I introduced a young friend of one of my children to a colleague in
    the tech business last month. The young friend took a day to reply
    to the email introduction and by then the introduction had gone
    cold.

    Happily the introduction resurfaced this week and something may
    still come of it.

    That story reminds me of another.

    It was 1996 and Flatiron Partners had just relocated to the Flatiron
    district of NYC (we really had no choice but to locate there). A
    friend invited me to lunch at Gramercy Tavern which had opened a
    couple years previously and was one of the most happening
    restaurants in NYC.

    We sat down to lunch and Danny Meyer, the owner of Gramercy Tavern,
    comes into the restaurant and starts working the lunch time crowd.

    When he gets to our table my friend says to Danny "please meet Fred
    Wilson, founder of Flatiron Partners who has just relocated his
    business to the neighborhood." Danny reached into his pocket, took
    out his business card, and said to me "Welcome to the neighborhood.
    If you ever need a table please give me a call and we will take care
    of you."

    That night when I got home I told the Gotham Gal "I met Danny Meyer
    today and he gave his card and said I could call him whenever I need
    a table." To which she replied "go there for lunch tomorrow." And I
    told her "I don't have a lunch tomorrow." She said "Get one. He will
    remember who you are tomorrow but won't next month."

    So I got a lunch, called Danny, got a table, and he again said hello
    when he worked the lunch crowd (something he used to do whenever he
    was in town). I became friends with Danny and still call him when I
    need a table at one of his restaurants and can't get one on Resy.

    Striking while the iron is hot is so important. I often thing of the
    Gotham Gal saying "get one." It was absolutely the right thing to do
    and always is.

  (Via [2]AVC)

  I do this poorly. I almost never follow up right away, and then let too
  much time pass before I "get around to it".
  Also on:

  [3]Twitter
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  My original entry is here: [4]Strike When The Iron Is Hot. It posted
  Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:19:23 +0000.
  Filed under: business,

References

  1. https://avc.com/2018/08/strike-when-the-iron-is-hot/
  2. https://avc.com/feed/
  3. https://twitter.com/TokyoGringo/status/1029297503257223169
  4. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=1464

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