Networking Pro-Tip: On Soliciting Donations 
Don't show-up just to ask for money This networking rant aka pro-tip, is brought to you by, this email: Donate today and transform entrepreneurship tomorrow.…
J. Kelly HoeyFebruary 1, 2024
From My Inbox: January 1, 2024 Edition 
Oh new year, a new start, a chance for a do-over or perhaps, an energetic continuation of what already is…what are you contemplating? envisioning? imagining?…
J. Kelly HoeyJanuary 14, 2024
Networking Pro-Tip
Here I go again. Yes, I’m off on another rant - addressed to those sending the same “ask” email to every f’g person in their…
J. Kelly HoeyJanuary 14, 2024
Is It Ok To… 
Ok, Kelly, How many times is it approach to contact any investor with feedback on a company submitted before it gets annoying? Things get lost in…
J. Kelly HoeyJanuary 14, 2024
Networking Pro-Tip
On firing off “do you know of anyone?” emails. The short answer to the sender’s question is No. No, I do not. It does not…
J. Kelly HoeyJanuary 14, 2024
Networking Pro-Tip
On responding to a startup funding no. So you need money to get your venture going. I get it. And you’ve taken the spray +…
J. Kelly HoeyJanuary 12, 2024
Relationships Are A Startup’s Bottom-line 
A sure sign that it is officially Fall - my inbox is filled with pitches from founders I’ve never met pitching companies I’ve never heard…
J. Kelly HoeyOctober 9, 2019
Do You Have…Pulling Contacts Off The Shelf 
When I’m asked if “I have” an investor who would be interested in I have a vision of Oleson’s Mercantile on Little House On The…
J. Kelly HoeyApril 30, 2018
Dear Abby: The Startup (Fundraising is Networking) Version
Fall. When the leaves turn, the intensity of getting sh#t done increases (as the end of the year looms in the not so “is it…
J. Kelly HoeyOctober 17, 2017
