Naval Ravikant: “Networking is overrated… Do something great and your network will instantly emerge"

And I would say to startups like, don't spend your time doing meetings unless you really, really have to. I really think networking is overrated. There's all these articles about like, oh, you ought to network more, and this is how you build it. Makes me want to vomit. Right. Go do something great and your network will instantly emerge. If you build a great product or if you get a good customer base, I guarantee you we will get you funded. You will not have to go take internal meetings. Building relationships years in advance. All that meeting stuff you're doing, shaking hands, you know, do it for recruiting, do it to learn from really, really smart people. But you gotta make sure you have something to offer them too. Otherwise you're just taking. But just sort of networking. If you're standing around an event with a name tag and a glass in your hand, then that kind of includes this event. Now that I think about it, sort of, you're doing it for entertainment. You're doing it because that's your leisure time. It's a farm bill. This is not your work time. This is your leisure time. Yeah. Let's just be clear.