A new post dedicated to born networkers, in this case a woman of French origin.
I met Candice at least 5 years ago. In my eagerness to reach key contacts, I discovered a directory of companies dedicated to mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and international law firms.
The publication is called Capital & Corporate, a real goldmine, and Candice was its managing partner, so she certainly has top-level contacts, having created and marketed that publication as well as organising an annual meeting for the sector.
I lost track of her for a while and ran into her again when she was organising an event related to lawyers. The event was called The Forty under Forty: the 40 best lawyers under the age of 40. As that was my target audience when I worked at Regus, she persuaded me to sponsor the event. For me it was one of the most powerful events I have ever attended: almost 400 attendees in an ideal hotel, the Vincci Soho, where my colleagues and I were able to network at the very highest level.
When I changed jobs and moved to XING I lost track of her again for a short while, until she was the one who got back in touch to present her new project, the Salón Mi Empresa.
Once again it caught my interest, and she offered me the chance to take part as a sponsor in an event that was, until then, unique in Spain, bringing together everything an entrepreneur needs. Its first edition, in March 2010, brought together more than 8,000 business people, with up to 9 conference rooms running in parallel, more than 220 speakers, and networking and entrepreneur events such as Iniciador.
Why do I consider Candice a born networker?
- She doesn’t have an aggressive sales style; she knows how to approach you and doesn’t pressure you
- She inspires trust and listens carefully to the other person
- She offers you a solution tailored to your needs
- She knows how to reach the key people by asking for referrals
- On the other hand, she always refers a good contact to you whenever she can
- Her personal manner is exquisite: proper, polite, pleasant
- Super active, she tries to attend every interesting event
- She moves in several circles of entrepreneurs and business people
- She has a restless mind
Here is a video in which she was presenting the Salón Mi Empresa and tells us about her career: Video
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