A Powerful Personal Network Doubled our Monthly Revenue — Here’s How to Build Your Own

If you’re looking to build a big business, your personal network is the springboard that’ll kickstart that growth.

Simon Huckk
8 min readDec 14, 2021
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I just hit the 12-month mark on my first year in charge of a very small 10-employee business. It’s been a good year (relatively speaking)… mostly because I’ve been lucky.

Here’s a short story on:

  • How the power of a professional network doubled our annual revenue through one connection, and
  • What I’ve learned about how to build your own professional network from scratch, with a year of practice under my belt.

Did, you say doubled?

Yup. Here’s what happened…

(But first)

The 1-Minute Summary

Here’s the tl;dr of how to build a professional network from scratch, as an introvert:

  • Businesses are run by people. You need to learn to connect with them on a genuine level to be successful.
  • Having a wide network of people makes you much luckier in business, and brings more opportunities your way, for free. It also removes friction in cold outreach and opens…

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Simon Huckk

I’m building low-risk cash-generating businesses. Follow the journey here. Former Engineer, Head of Product. Follow on Twitter for daily content.