Ask HN: Advice for getting funding without being plugged into a network?

[k00b]

One of the biggest mistakes I've made in my career is not building a network, ie thinking I can just build things and good things would come. I'm physically moving soon hoping to remedy this, but are there ways to accelerate the process?

I've heard of successful cold emails/dms. Accelerators are also obviously a thing but feel like they're even more of a black box considering how consistently I'm rejected without feedback.

[PaulHoule]

I could be wrong but when I hear a story like this usually the pitch is bad. Good pitch + bad network beats bad pitch + good network except under unusual conditions.

[k00b]

That makes sense. I haven't done really any pitching (other than the idea to friends) because I've been presuming I need a network. Are you saying I should pitch to the people that I do know to and the quality of this pitch will determine my eventual success regardless of who they are or if they access to capital? I can see this being true.