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How to Use Zettelkasten, Calendly, & Airtable to Optimize Opportunity Matching While You Network
Summary: This year alone, I’ve had over 110+ meetings outside of the normal day to day meetings I have with my team and my clients. These extra meetings are often with entrepreneurs, young professionals, or professors in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. Over the years, I’ve built out various systems using the philosophy of Zettelkasten and tools like Airtable and Calendly to help me manage these meetings. Below you’ll find a walk through of these various systems.
Shubham Issar, co-founder of SoaPen, winner of the UNICEF Wearables for Good Challenge 2015, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 fellow recently asked me how I use Airtable to manage all of my meetings. Below is a detailed walk through of why networking is important, how to streamline scheduling, how to organize airtables, and how to use Zettelkasten to create opportunities for your network.
Networking: Why It Matters & Common Problems
A few years ago, I applied to and was accepted into the Small Business Administration’s “Emerging Leaders” program. My program mentor — Tim Kerin — is a successful entrepreneur who worked as a vendor for an NFL team and also was featured in a TV show for a resort property he owned in Costa Rica. Tim gave us priceless…
