“Networking” gets a bad rap.

The truth is: Building relationships is a critical skill—especially if you want to move to a new market.

Today in 10 minutes or less, you’ll learn:

• 👩‍💼 Identify Profiles for Whom You Want to Meet

• 🤝 How to Tap Your Existing Networks

• 💌 Cold DMs: Reaching People Outside of Your Network

• 🗣️What to Talk About in Informational Interviews

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🤑 This investing mistake can cost you tens of thousands of $$$

International investing is full of landmines.

You’re confident in your portfolio back home, but moving abroad has changed the game.

I’ve seen new expats lose thousands of dollars to unnecessary fees and taxes…

For example:

Withholding Taxes.

Never heard of this? You might want to check your brokerage account to see if you’re already paying for it.

We’ll cover this topic and more in my upcoming course, Expat Investing System (Q4 2023), which demystifies how to setup your international investments to save you $$$.

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🫶 How to Build Relationships in New Markets

Step 1: Decide on your goal

Are you moving to a new country—for career, love, school, or simply a new adventure?

Get clear on what type of relationships you’re looking to build.

You may be looking to:

• Make friends

• Find a new job

• Learn about a new industry

• Meet potential business partners

• Meet other people in your profession

Example

Whenever I get asked, “How do I transition into a new industry?”

I tell them to identify people who are 2 steps ahead of them. People who recently transitioned into the industry and on a similar trajectory will offer the most up-to-date advice on how to break into the industry.

Step 2: Identify whom you want to meet

Create a hypothesis for 2-3 profiles of different people you’d like to connect with.

Consider:

• Who will you relate to the most?

• What are you looking to learn about?

• Who might be super connectors in your industry?

• What type of backgrounds and experiences will offer unique perspectives?

I want to emphasize this is an iterative process. It doesn’t need to be 100% perfect at the start.

Example

Let’s take when I moved from the US to Singapore and searched for product leadership roles.

Here’s the profiles I created:

• Profile A: Super connectors (VCs, recruiting agencies)

• Profile B: People who made a transition like you (other tech professionals who moved to X country from Y country)

• Profile C: Local product managers (people in your line of work)

Personally, I loved chatting the most with Profile B. They were similar to me and could share unique observations about how their lives in Singapore were different from back in the US.

Step 3: Tap your existing networks

One of the things I’ve noticed about most driven people I meet:

They have great second- and third-degree connections that go completely underutilized.

(I’m guilty of this too.)

Take 1 hour to take stock of your relationships.

Write down their name, what profiles they relate to, and who they’re connected to that is interesting.

Groups

• Friends

• Friends of friends

• Current & former colleagues

• School alumni

• Sports teams

• Clubs & associations

Example:

Take my friend who is a tech executive and ex-Uber.

Uber has an active global alumni network— the company itself is present in 70+ countries and 10k+ cities.

Whenever my friend has to travel for business, one of the first things he does is reach out to other Uber alumni in the city. As a result, he gets to meet new and interesting people wherever he goes!

Step 4: Reach out to people outside of your network