The Network Effect.
Notes on networking, referrals, and why the business card without the card wins.
- ReferralsNOCARDReferrals
Possession Is Not the Point
You cannot outrun the pass. In Goal!, the manager strikes the ball from halfway and it beats the sprinting striker to the net. The ball travels faster than you. That is the whole truth about referrals: you are quick, but never quicker than your own network.
June 15, 20266 min read
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One You, Everywhere
The handshake and the search should lead to the same place. NoCard brings your whole professional self into one card, so the person who meets you in the real world arrives at all of you online.
June 4, 20266 min read
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Most digital cards are sedans. We built ours for one road.
Same road. Different machine underneath. A short essay on what it means to build something for one purpose, rather than for everything.
May 28, 20265 min read
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The Networking Math.
Two very different professions. The exact same engine underneath. Here is why the people who win in both are starting to look suspiciously alike.
May 27, 20267 min read
- Brand & PerceptionNOCARDBrand & Perception
The Quiet Cost of Looking Outdated
People judge competence in one hundred milliseconds. Your business card is in that frame.
May 21, 20266 min read
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How a Digital Business Card Increases Referrals for Doctors, Realtors & Marketers
88% of paper business cards are thrown away within a week — and your referrals go with them. Here's how digital cards close the gap for medicine, real estate, and marketing.
May 17, 20267 min read