frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Most referrals never turn into meetings. Why does this happen?

2•kez_•1h ago
I noticed that while referrals are supposed to be the highest-converting channel, they often stall. People want to help, but the intro ends up vague, awkward, or never sent at all. Curious how others have solved this, especially at the early stage when every warm intro matters.

Comments

kez_•1h ago
In my experience, the awkward part isn’t the willingness to help, it’s the mechanics. People don’t know how to describe what you do, who to introduce you to, or how to make the intro smooth. Curious if others have seen the same.
gomangogo•1h ago
I recommend that you read this book: Generating Business Referrals Without Asking: A Simple 5 Step Plan to a Referral Explosion
kez_•1h ago
Thanks for the recommendation! I haven’t read that one yet. Do you feel the ideas translate well to B2B/consulting, or more toward service businesses?

Anyone Can Cook

https://booplet.com/blog/anyone-can-cook/
1•greentfrapp•21s ago•0 comments

From the Diaries of John Henry, Book 7 – Inevitable

https://medium.com/from-the-diaries-of-john-henry/book-7-inevitable-fef0091f42c8
1•nicholast•5m ago•1 comments

Meta Connect 2025 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80s0chTOsK0
1•babelfish•13m ago•0 comments

"The End of Extractive AI: A Monograph on Presence" → Link to Zenodo

https://zenodo.org/records/17148689
1•antiparty•14m ago•0 comments

Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase

https://skyfall.dev/posts/slack
31•JustSkyfall•19m ago•3 comments

Facebook Messenger inserting web links into regular text?

2•reassess_blind•19m ago•0 comments

Netflix to Add NASA+ as It Launches into Live Streaming Feeds

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-nasa-plus-live-stream-channel-1236302851/
2•bookofjoe•23m ago•0 comments

ChatGPT context window has an error

https://chatgpt.com/share/68cb6054-10a4-8011-98c1-bcc65b9d0743
1•razodactyl•26m ago•0 comments

Trump designates anti-fascist Antifa movement as a terrorist organization

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-designates-anti-fascist-antifa-movement-terrorist-organiza...
15•hypeatei•30m ago•13 comments

The Climate Change Paradox

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-climate-change-paradox-20250915/
1•tzury•30m ago•1 comments

Target intestinal inflammation with locked nucleic acids via lipid nanoparticles

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63037-6
1•crescit_eundo•33m ago•0 comments

Hypervisor 101 in Rust

https://tandasat.github.io/Hypervisor-101-in-Rust/
12•pykello•37m ago•0 comments

PagerDuty's Kafka Outage Silences Alerts for Companies

https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/09/pagerduty-kafka-outage/
2•teleforce•37m ago•0 comments

I regret to inform you Meta's new smart glasses are the best I've ever tried

https://web.archive.org/web/20250918005001/https://www.theverge.com/tech/779566/meta-ray-ban-disp...
3•anythingworks•37m ago•1 comments

Gnome 49, "Brescia"

https://release.gnome.org/49/
3•Bogdanp•38m ago•0 comments

Pentagon Lawyers Raise Concerns over Trump's Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-lawyers-raise-concerns-over-trumps-drug-b...
5•JumpCrisscross•41m ago•0 comments

XAI Execs Clashed with Musk Advisers over Financial Projections Before Departing

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-musk-xai-executives-advisers-clash-eac3913b
1•JumpCrisscross•42m ago•0 comments

The Chess Cheating Epidemic

https://quillette.com/2025/09/16/the-chess-cheating-epidemic/
1•bookofjoe•44m ago•0 comments

Learning Languages with the Help of Algorithms

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/09/17/learning-languages-with-the-help-of-algorithms/
1•ibobev•48m ago•0 comments

Decoding a Disorder at the Interface of Mind and Brain

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/decoding-a-disorder-at-the-interface-of-mind-and-brain/
1•nibblenum•55m ago•1 comments

Engineering Highly Cellularized Living Materials via Mechanical Agitation

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202515436
2•PaulHoule•55m ago•0 comments

Meta Ray-Ban Display with Neural Band

https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-ray-ban-display-glasses-and-neural-band/
2•zhyder•56m ago•1 comments

Ap2 Protocol Documentation

https://ap2-protocol.net/
1•QingWu•59m ago•0 comments

The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power

https://thebulletin.org/2025/09/the-ai-raj-how-tech-giants-are-recolonizing-power/
1•pseudolus•59m ago•0 comments

How the classic McIntosh lost the battle for Apple supremacy

https://thehustle.co/originals/how-the-classic-mcintosh-lost-the-battle-for-apple-supremacy
1•paulpauper•59m ago•0 comments

White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic's AI limits

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/white-house-officials-reportedly-frustrated-by-anthropics-law-...
3•duxup•1h ago•2 comments

Meta Ray Ban Display and Neural Interface Announced

https://about.fb.com/news/2025/09/meta-ray-ban-display-ai-glasses-emg-wristband/
10•spot•1h ago•1 comments

Stone-Skimming Contest in Scotland Is Infiltrated by Cheaters

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/world/europe/stone-skimming-championship-cheating.html
1•gk1•1h ago•0 comments

ATC Tells Pilot to Get Off iPad and Turn Away from Air Force One Carrying Trump

https://simpleflying.com/spirit-airlines-ordered-turn-away-air-force-one/
2•wslh•1h ago•1 comments

Meta Announces New AI Glasses and Band

https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-ray-ban-display/
4•dream000•1h ago•0 comments