One warm introduction can literally change your life.And no, that's not just a feel-good platitude. It's a reality backed by psychology, business research, and countless personal success stories.

Instead of chasing volume, GTN focuses on building repeatable habits that drive warm introductions, valuable intel, and lasting influence. This 30-day plan is your starting point. Follow one simple action each day, and by the end of the month you’ll have a GTN flywheel that compounds over time—turning your network into a consistent, referral-driven growth engine.

Learn how to have better sales conversations with expert Leslie Venetz. Discover tips to engage prospects, build trust, and drive real connection—without sounding like a script.

Sales success isn’t just about dialing numbers or firing off cold emails—it’s about relationships and networking. 

Quorum1's use of The Swarm exemplifies how network-driven organizations can harness the power of their extended networks to enhance their operations, foster collaboration, and create more opportunities.

Using The Swarm, 500 Emerging Europe is able to unify and search through their collective network. They're already using the platform to introduce founders to top talent and plan to use it for sales and other high-potential introductions.

Bringing the right people on board is one of the most crucial parts of building any successful business, and few people understand that better than Monarch Money Founder Ozzie Osman.

Matt Maasdam, Ex Navy SEALs Instructor and Co-Founder at PECOS Outdoor, didn’t take the most traditional path to entrepreneurship. In fact, his career journey matches few others. Maasdam started his career with the Navy SEALs, where he spent 20 years working in candidate selection and training. He later carried the nuclear codes for President Obama during his two years as the White House’s Military Aide. Since then, Maasdam has run strategy programs at Under Armour and worked as the COO of startup Revtown. Today, he’s the co-founder of PECOS Outdoors, an e-commerce company that produces outdoor gear.

The new GTM playbook is about building relationships and leveraging influence to drive deals forward. It’s no longer enough to rely on cold outreach and a flood of emails. The winners in today’s market will be the ones who tap into sales data 2.0 and capitalize on their network’s power.

The webinar emphasized the critical role of network operations in venture capital, highlighting how VCs have always relied on their networks for sourcing investment opportunities. The ability to map and leverage relationships is now recognized as essential across various aspects of a VC fund’s performance, including fundraising, deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio support.

Here's a practical playbook with ten insights for startup leaders focusing on building and leveraging their networks!

Experts explain the tactical, network-based approaches companies should take to succeed in 2023 — and why they matter: Richard Cho (Advisor & Former Chief Recruiting Officer at Gem), Nolan Church (CEO at Continuum), David Connors (Co-Founder & CEO at The Swarm). Panel event moderated by Opal Franklin (Events Lead at The Swarm).

Use The Swarm MCP with HubSpot’s AI agents to find potential connectors, validate warm paths and draft introduction requests for your target accounts.

Costanoa Ventures uses The Swarm to organize specialized advisor networks, power Clay workflows that surface the best warm-intro paths and draft the ask, and bring relationship intelligence into Claude and Attio.

If you’re a revenue leader looking to scale up warm intros, or if you're building on people and relationship data, it's time to switch to The Swarm.

Executive hiring runs on two invisible assets: unposted roles and trusted relationships. Whispered combines both into a single solution, where The Swarm helps map and turn relationships into opportunities.‍