BILT NA is over, but BILT Europe is just around the corner. How to keep the excitement going? Well for myself, I thought I would write this short guide to making friends at BILT. I would say “networking” instead of making friends, but it sounds like a horrific real-life version of LinkedIn where the first thing people ask is what you do and who you work for, evaluate whether you are worth conversing with, and move on as rapidly as humanly possible.
Why make friends instead? Well for one thing, it’s more fun. Friends are also more likely to help you than random “connections” with that one problem driving you mad at work, provide someone to bounce new ideas off of, and will help you meet more like-minded people. Which is half the point of BILT!
- Make one new friend
I officially challenge you to make one new friend. Just start talking to someone in the airport clearly going to BILT (AU backpack is a dead giveaway), while eating in the conference hall or (perhaps most…