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Hustle 101
Networking for Recent College Grads
Presented by
Emily Miethner
Founder, President

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What We’ll Cover
• What is Hustle?
• Why Going to Events is Important
• How to Stand Out
• Finding Great Events
• The Art of Reaching Out

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About You
• Name
• Where You Went/Go to School
• What You’re Up to Now

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Defining “Hustle”

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Meeting People

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Having Goals
and
Sharing Them

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What Do You Have to Offer?

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History calls those men the greatest
who have ennobled themselves by
working for the common good;
experience acclaims as happiest the
man who has made the greatest
number of people happy.
-Karl Marx

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How to Stand Out

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Make Business Cards

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Do Your Research
• Find little ways to get and stay on the radar of people you admire
• Twitter: retweets, favorites, #FF
• Blog: Write about them / interview them
• Email them interesting relevant news / articles

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Do Your Research

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Look Great Online
• You control what people see when they look you up
• Experiment with lots of platforms, but stick to one or two
• Compare yourself to others in your industry

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Why Going Out Is Important

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It is All About Who You Know
• Be helpful
• Meeting people is worthless if you don’t stay in touch
• To do lists with follow ups
• Save email drafts
• Set Google Cal alerts

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Find the Best Events

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Join Meetup.com

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Follow Companies You Like
• Volunteer to work events and in other ways
• Sign up for mailing lists
• Go to events that companies sponsor

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Sign up for
Industry Newsletters

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The Art of Reaching Out

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Write Short Emails
• Respect everyone’s time
• Get straight to the point
• Practice by getting your email across as a tweet
• Don’t give up

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Connect in Multiple Places

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Use the “Just Out of College”
Card While You Still Can

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Conclusion:

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Be Helpful

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Get Noticed

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Go Out

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Do Research

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Reach Out

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Start the Work!
Follow 3 Companies/People
Find 2 Events
Write 1 Email

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Sharing is Caring

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Thank You!
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