[JumpCrisscross]

> where you are and who you know are very different things

Different but related. Getting a purposeful introduction involves a lot more friction than being invited to someone's home for dinner with their colleagues and contacts.

[wubrr]

You seem to assume dinner parties and in-person social engineering is the key to success.

I guess I have a different opinion - the tech, the product, the efficiency is the key to success.