Connect exists because I got tired of losing them. Here's the spark behind it, and how I work.
I went to a networking event and had real conversations with real people. The next day, I sat down to follow up — and the spark was already gone. The energy, the specifics, the thing that made each conversation matter — dull.
I replied to six people. It took half a day. Everything I wrote felt flat.
So I built Connect: capture the card, talk about what you talked about, and send the follow-up while the conversation is still alive.
There's a reason Connect doesn't let you save contacts for later.
Everyone who's tried "later" knows how that goes. You tell yourself it's too much effort, you need to get it just right, it's been too long. Meanwhile, you're making decisions for someone else — assuming they've moved on, assuming they weren't that interested. You're robbing them of their autonomy.
So I took "later" off the table. Not because it's the easiest design. Because it's the one that actually works.
That's how I approach everything I build. I'm not a yes-person. I'll challenge assumptions, yours and mine, because the goal isn't to build what feels comfortable. It's to build what succeeds. The best work happens when we bring our strengths together and the result is bigger than either of us alone
I built Connect so the spark of a conversation doesn't die.
If you've got a spark of your own — an idea, a problem, a "what if" — don't let that die either.
No pitch, no pressure. Just a conversation about what you're thinking.