- investing or providing other resources
- buying from you or supplying you
-opening access to people, knowledge, resources
- helping you learn and develop, e.g. as a mentor?
Your network forms an important resource, and like any investment it will be more valuable if well managed. So in addition to thinking about its current uses, think about:
-How can you sustain your network of contacts to promote their future co-operation? Who could be your future customers and investors? Who are the contacts you wish to develop?
- How can you grow your network: do you need to develop more contacts in specific domains, such as industry contacts and potential investors?