Sending emails is so common today that you might not think much about it. Still, knowing how to write an email introduction is essential, especially if it’s going to a new business contact. You don’t ...

I’ve never admitted this publicly, but I’m a matchmaker. Not the romantic kind—the professional kind. In 2015, I made at least 227 email introductions between people who didn’t know each other. An ...

By Chris Fralic, Partner at First Round Capital in New York. This is an updated and revised version of this post. I’ve sent a total of more than 81,000 e-mails since 2007— and that’s not even counting ...

Email introductions are a poorly understood art, and are often done too hastily and without careful thought. Making introductions the right way can be the best way to help two people and create a lot ...

I get an average of three requests per week to make an introduction to someone in my network. It doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by the number of weeks in a year, and I’m fielding more than ...

Requesting an email introduction from a current contact can be a big ask. Busy people may get multiple similar requests each week, so it’s important to do what you can to reduce their burden. One ...

Every once in a while, you’re going to need to introduce one of your colleagues to another by email. Before you do that, have the person you’re introducing write their own intro email to send to you ...

We’ve all gotten that email request: Will you put me in touch with someone in your network? A common impulse is to shoot off a quick email introduction addressed to both parties. But that’s not the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeking introductions is one of the basic things that startup founders do pretty much every day. We talked about introductions in ...

You cannot get a second chance to make your first impression. By that I mean that a person judges you by the things they recognize first in you. When meeting new people you have to present yourself in ...