Networking: The Marine in the mine field.

-You Ever Suck Dick for business?-


Reading a very informative article on tips on starting a clothing company. Specifically streetwear. It breaks down into different parts on what needs to be done in order to pursue starting a successful clothing brand. Now, just like every article and book out there, it doesn't ensure success, but sure as hell puts a lot of us on the right path.

I know I've been at this for almost 2 years already, but I pretend like like I just started yesterday. I need to say hungry and vulnerable, to keep my senses sharp. One of the things the article stresses is the DREADED NETWORKING. 


Many people treat networking like entry level male pornstars: they start with the mindset of I have to suck some serious dick if I want to make my up in the ranks in the industry. My opinion, it doesn't have to be like that. I know that sucking other peoples' dicks is just going to make me and my company look like, well, dick lickers. People that they shit on any time they feel. Pretty much, the insiders will just pat a dick licker on the head, say "you're so cute, now move along" and just forget about those dick lickin' labels.

Screw that, I'm going to treat this networking thing like a male porn star with a hustle: I'm gonna introduce myself and bring my own porn bitches and camera man with me. Oh yeah I own a production company, so we do our own porn, just wondering if you'd like to do business with me and we can both make some serious money and snort some serious lines of coke.

That's how it's going to be with my company, metaphorically, I've got my own dick, my own porn bitches and my own cameraman with me. We are a production team. I believe that's how to effectively network. There's a reason why I'm not retweeting and tweeting all of those popular streetwear labels like a sucker, they're used to that, and I'm too fly to be lickin' dick.

I'm going to just have to really start this from the ground up....

-I'm The Marine In The Mine Field- 


So I'm in the Drop Zone, just got dropped off by the chopper, with my Assualt Rifle in hand, ready to kill some tango's. BUT DAMN IT, WAIT A MINUTE THERE'S A MINEFIELD, SEPARATING ME AND MY SQUAD FROM THE TANGO'S BASE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FLANK 'EM. That's how I feel right now as far as networking. I'm going to have to strategically, carefully, and surgically move in and out of the mines in order to get to the base. Because I'm most likely on a couple people's bad sides (not my fault I swear!), I'm going to have to avoid them when it comes to networking, shouldn't be too hard as they don't play a major role in my market, but nonetheless, one plays a role. Indeed I will stay respectful at all cost if I were to come across any of them, as is in life, two parties will always eventually come across each other, especially when both are competing in the same market. It's all a mine field though, and I'm the marine who really has to watch his step.


How can I network though? It's sure as hell isn't impossible, as I see new companies and brands come up to prominence each and every day, I'm sure there's a method to it, I'm just going to have to keep digging.