Startup Networking Advice

Try to leverage on founder's network and meet more people.

Put some method of contact in your profile so that people can reach out to you.I think what you are seeking is more likely found from more than one person. I'm sure that there are paid services for parts of this, but it sounds like building some relationships might be a fruitful endeavor.

I'd suggest looking for an industry related meetup and attending. Another suggestion would be to contact the startups in the city you know and love directly. Send me an email, it's on my hn profile (as should yours)

Go to local events, hackathons, etc. Don't just stick to the first level of your network, ask for "friend of a friend" type recommendations. Find out if any of your contacts know any hyper-connector "knows everyone" types.

Network. Talk to people be it in chat on a social network on the people next to you on the highway. Reach out to people on HN. Search through Linked in and send messages. Search google for dev blogs and email them. Search github for people in your field.Make connections however you can. That way if something does happen you can reach out to them to see if they know someone or might know someone who knows someone that can help.Worked for me (and many others) in the past.

> don't have any professional connections, and don't know who to talk to...Search HN posts, news stories, blog posts, and Linkedin for potentially interesting contacts working in and around your space. Reach out to them on a professional networking basis. You'll be surprised how many folks will be receptive to your call/email.

Angellist is a good place to start. Meetups are great (depending on your area), coworking spaces (Like WeWork, etc), and even conferences for your niche.It's very unlikely that you'll personally meet the right person, but actually fairly likely that someone you meet will know the right person. So just talk about your idea with everybody who will listen, get those business cards into people's pockets and see what the universe brings your way.You'll wanna get facet

That's helpful. I can start exploring my network but is there a systematic way to reach out to them ? Cold-emails/linked-in?

Try cold emailing people. Really, it helps. Find a list of people doing like-minded things and just shoot off a bunch of emails. You can ask them a question, or comment on something they did or wrote. Some won't reply, but most do.

You could try the OnStartups Linked-In group (800+ members now -- most of whom are interested in startups in some capacity).I know at least a couple of people have made contact through that mechanism (though the LinkedIn group functionality is severely limited and can be an exercise in patience);https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2877/30950504D0B7/Joining is free and easy (though finding someone will likely not be).