Tried-and-True Networking Tips from Decades of Experience

Twenty-five years ago, a Harvard Business School case study
featured the exceptional networking practices of Silicon Valley
entrepreneur and venture capitalist Heidi Roizen. This was before
the rise of online social networks and the ubiquity of social
media. But today, Roizen says that those developments have not
fundamentally changed how she builds and maintains strong personal
and professional relationships. Now a partner at Threshold Ventures
and a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, she shares
the biggest missteps that she sees people take. She also explains
the impact of AI and remote work on networking, her most effective
strategies for building relationships, and her frank advice for
those just starting their careers. Roizen is subject of the HBS
case study “Heidi Roizen.”