How to improve your inner circle?

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I've been a broke ass peasant for most of my life and the people I have surrounded myself with certainly reflects that.

These past few months have been great for me, I've gone from basement dwelling college dropout with no income to basement dwelling college dropout with 6 fig/mo income. The growth of my business has happened fast to say the least (almost entirely due to some of the gold I've found on here).

At this point, my lifestyle is set to change, though the people I surround myself with have not. I'm looking to connect with more like minded people so that I can broaden my horizons and other gay shit.

What I'm asking is, what sorts of things do you guys do to connect with like-minded and driven individuals?
 


destroy posters with fewer than 10 posts?

you'll find that's a hobby here.
 
but love posters with exactly 1200. they always do that. crazy bitches.
 
1. Rent a tux
2. Go to some black tie events and mingle
3. Play the part. You are an uber successful entrepreneur
4. Make a few friends, get a few business cards
5. Grow those relationships
6. Rinse and repeat
 
Just go to restaurants you can't afford to eat at and stand around in the lobby. Whenever you see somebody who looks like they might be a HNWI, just walk over, stick out your hand and say:

"Hi, my name is Scumbag, and I'd like to business with you"



YOU CAN'T LOSE.
 
OP, first off, congrats on your endeavors...Question, was it from the CEO Sam link package? Was it?

I promise you this, we're all you need now

Your friends = WaFO

Wickedfire = the best friends
 
I realized that when you start to meet new people in your town, you don't really do a good job. There is always, ALWAYS some doubts in your head that goes like "If i screw this, i'm gonna be known as the town scumbag" or "If this doesn't go well, i'm gonna be seeing this scum bag around". These thoughts will kill your first impression. First imprezz = Best imprezz and all that shit.

Solution? Pack your essentials in a nice bag and leave town. Do some traveling. Meet new people there and come back with stories to tell. Its easier to meet new people out of town because if you screw up there, you're not gonna see that dipshit ever again, so your confidence will be at your best. Come back home and use that!

Why? To stroke your ego, to build your confidence, to be an interesting person and most importantly, to be happy!
 
The one thing I've learned is that people that are "self-made" and have a ton of dough, love talking about it. They love it when people are interested in their "white people struggle" to the top. Their accomplishments, and their future goals of grandeur. They love when people can relate to that struggle with their own fantastic rich guy anecdotes. After a few stiff drinks they're spilling their entire business plan from start to finish.

So when I started making good money and wanted to meet like minded people I hit up all the expensive clubs. Not your teeny-bopper nightclub spots where all the rich kids hang out to spend Dads money. The clubs where "Dad" hangs out. The classy, suit and tie, you don't get in here with tennis shoes nightclubs. Met a lot of great businessmen (and women!) there that ended up giving me a ton of great opportunities.

Key is don't talk business while you're there. They are there to unwind. Just buy them a few drinks (no homo), shoot the shit and exchange cards. Keep in mind they're probably drunk as shit so they won't recognize your name, voice or anything else on Monday when you try and call them.

So pretend like its some hot bitch, don't call right away. Become a "regular" at the club and eventually they'll recognize your face, and your voice. If you're even half way charming, and don't look like a homeless person they'll begin to like you. Then and only then start hitting them up on Mon-Fri 9-5.
 
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I was in similar situation and about a year ago I did the following and it worked surprisingly well

- Moved downtown in my city in a nice apt
- Joined a Boxing GYM and started Boxing
- Started playing Flagfootball & Ice Hockey
- Going out to the bars every weekend with neighbors and random friends and guys from sports.
- Talk to lots of girls and get their numbers and purposely friend-zone yourself right away.
- Continue to build network of party guys and girls. Eventually you will meet some that aren't just party fiends
- Get into local things that are fun such as fests, events, etc.

After enough of all that you will be the guy that knows what's going on and people text/call wanting to do stuff.

It's fun but can get expensive. I hardly ever buy girls drinks and stay away from the rounds of drinks/shots as much as I can.
 
Not sure if serious, so I may be wasting my time, but here you go.

Join your local chamber of commerce. Join other close to local chambers of commerce. Get yourself on the boards of some local high-profile charities or philanthropic organizations. Attend events for your industry. Attend events for industries tangentially connected to your industry.

Buy plates at political fundraisers. Even if you hate politics, politicians, and government. The people that attend high-dollar fundraiser dinners are connected. Meet them, greet them, make them love you. Then their connections slowly start becoming your connections.

Since you're on a marketing forum, I'll assume you're a marketer. So market yourself. You're the product. They're the customer.

Honestly, if you (or anyone else) can't figure this out, hire a high-end escort for a night and ask her how she does it. All networking and business is just prostitution with a little less jizz involved anyway.
 
scum bag said:
I've been a broke ass peasant for most of my life and the people I have surrounded myself with certainly reflects that.
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Buncha slobs, huh?

It's not like we have a kinetic synergy with scumbags per se. We just bump into them everywhere and tenuous bonds form.

Btw, am I ever gonna see that $20?
 
7 posts and 6 fig a month income? Fuck you man. I've toiled in STS working my way up to being a 3k+ post gay webmaster and I'm stuck at around 4 figs a month. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Anyway, congrats on the success mate.
 
cheshire said:
The one thing I've learned is that people that are "self-made" and have a ton of dough, love talking about it. They love it when people are interested in their "white people struggle" to the top. Their accomplishments, and their future goals of grandeur. They love when people can relate to that struggle with their own fantastic rich guy anecdotes. After a few stiff drinks they're spilling their entire business plan from start to finish.

So when I started making good money and wanted to meet like minded people I hit up all the expensive clubs. Not your teeny-bopper nightclub spots where all the rich kids hang out to spend Dads money. The clubs where "Dad" hangs out. The classy, suit and tie, you don't get in here with tennis shoes nightclubs. Met a lot of great businessmen (and women!) there that ended up giving me a ton of great opportunities.

Key is don't talk business while you're there. They are there to unwind. Just buy them a few drinks (no homo), shoot the shit and exchange cards. Keep in mind they're probably drunk as shit so they won't recognize your name, voice or anything else on Monday when you try and call them.

So pretend like its some hot bitch, don't call right away. Become a "regular" at the club and eventually they'll recognize your face, and your voice. If you're even half way charming, and don't look like a homeless person they'll begin to like you. Then and only then start hitting them up on Mon-Fri 9-5.
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Solid advice. I haven't done this yet, still at the teeny-bopper club stage.
 
Fatbat said:
Don't knock it, a lot of my good friends are people I met in the rave/club scene in the 90s/00s. Many of them went on to become successful business owners.
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Probably generated more smiles than anyone.
 
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