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Where to make rich friends? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by king_chain_mail@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I'm starting to realize that to get rich, one needs to hang out with rich people but I'm not sure where to meet them. The only places I can think of are Silicon Valley and New York (no I don't know where in New York they are).

Why have rich friends?

If they didn't make the money themselves, they at least know people who did can learn from them
They're the ideal customer because they can pay more for the same product

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[–] westernarian@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You don't have to visit SV or NY to make rich friends. There are many examples of people who show us that location (when it comes to wealth) doesn't matter as much. (That's not to say that location doesn't matter at all.) My advice would be this: find a good concept and start a podcast. It doesn't matter if you're introverted (I'm a painful introvert myself), and it doesn't matter if you haven't done it before. Get behind the mic and start reaching out to folks you look up to. No one is going to give you their time if you just reach out in cold. But, a podcast can work as your trojan horse. Most people want to talk about the stuff they know. You'll get a lot of rejection; be prepared for that and embrace it. But, little by little, episode after episode, it will get easier to get access to the people you want to talk to. That's not to say you'll become buddies after the episode recording. But, you'll have their undivided attention for 1hr. I did the same in my industry. Didn't know any people when I started 2 years ago. Made a lot of friends along the way and positively impacted our company's bottom line. That wasn't my intention, but all sorts of great things happen when you interview people.