how do you meet CEOs?

by a searcher from Claremont McKenna College

4 years ago

Curious how others are meeting CEOs. Here are my top 3 ways: 
1) Investor conferences. I meet 100+ CEOs (mostly microcaps) at 5-10 conferences each year. 
2) LinkedIn. I have over 5,000 CEO connections on LinkedIn, which results in###-###-#### CEOs a year messaging me to raise capital. A lot to wade through but resulted in our first private deal. 
3) Referrals from other CEOs (new). Just started doing this, which is how we sourced our second deal. 
Thanks for any feedback. Best, Andy

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searcher from Fordham University

I am a CEO of a small public company looking for acquisitions.

4 years ago | like reply | 1 like

member from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

I would say that probably the best way is building a good network, everything else will come along

4 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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